This huge screw up has recieved short shrift in the msm. Maybe cause they are too busy being eclipsed by the 24/7 coverage on the dead crack ho, this could delay the second phase of the Bridge construction hugely.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c ... lapse.html

   

Shit happens.

   

True that. Let them pick up the mess and carry on.

   

You're classy.

   

90 tons of 'shit' doesn't 'happen'.

That lift would have (or should have) been analysed and checked by at least 3 different professionals. The lifting company's engineer, the contractor's engineer, and the consulting/design firm's engineer.

There are multiple, Canada wide, procedures that are in place to prevent 'shit' of this scale from happening. The fault will be found and a head or two will roll.

I am shocked that they passed the live load test, prior to the actual lift, if a support piece collapsed...unless of course, they decided to skip that procedure that day.

Thank god nobody got hurt.

   

It doesn't happen in Canada, only in Brazil or Albania. Ferries only sink in Bangla Desh and Togo.
Pipelines only leak elsewhere and oil tankers crash only in other places. Go Enbridge!

   

You drive a horse and buggy right?

   

Thing is, they'd done lifts like this already with this crane before this happened. Hopefully, the delay isn't too great as a result.

   

Have you been to the North Coast? There's some very good reason why tanker traffic is bad.

   

Xerxes,

PK makes us retest every time the crane moves.

A crane on a bridge would have to move every lift.

The only real reason for this mishap is that somebody got complacent and skipped procedures.

The cause of 'most' construction accidents.

   

Is that mandatory for me to be concerned about the environment? I try to be realistic and balance need for energy and jobs with a need to keep our environment as clean as possible.