Troubled welds on the Bay Bridge
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Troubled welds on the Bay Bridge
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Re: Troubled welds on the Bay Bridge
#2I feel that the title is misleading.
Caltrans faulted by practicing terrible project management.
If someone underbids the next contractor by $250 million on a job they've never done before, you're supposed to politely laugh them out of the room.
Edit: for the benefit of those now arriving, the title and link have been changed.
Re: Troubled welds on the Bay Bridge
#3I feel that the title is misleading. Caltrans faulted by practicing terrible project management. If someone underbids the next contractor by $250 million on a job they've never done before, you're supposed to politely laugh them out of the room. Edit: for the benefit of those now arriving, the title and link have been changed.
Not just the next contractor but the lowest bid by a contractor who has ever built a bridge before.
Just in case someone doesn't read the article. ;)
Re: Troubled welds on the Bay Bridge
#4Original story -
http://www.sacbee.com/static/sinclair/sinclair.jquery/baybri...
It's a pet peeve of mine when it's really a story about a story.
Re: Troubled welds on the Bay Bridge
#5I feel that the title is misleading. Caltrans faulted by practicing terrible project management. If someone underbids the next contractor by $250 million on a job they've never done before, you're supposed to politely laugh them out of the room. Edit: for the benefit of those now arriving, the title and link have been changed.
I've worked for a company (electronics design/installation) that desperately underbid competitors to get as many jobs as possible, then the boss piles pressure on the workers to get the job done at an inhuman speed. Inevitably, up fucks occur and the boss has a shit fit, you get in trouble and have a black mark against your name. Not fun all around.
The lessons, not every job is worth doing and always allow margins for mistakes.
Re: Troubled welds on the Bay Bridge
#6Original story - http://www.sacbee.com/static/sinclair/sinclair.jquery/baybri... It's a pet peeve of mine when it's really a story about a story.
Wow, what a difference. Thanks!
Submitted url was http://news.yahoo.com/report-chinese-company-faulted-bridge-....
Re: Troubled welds on the Bay Bridge
#7about California's 40% of population have East Asian race affiliation and current voting system unfairly favors such non-uniform population distribution. Immigrants arn't merely confined to ironing your shirts and preparing dim sums, but they're taking over 'important' positions like elected officials.
most of such third-world nations don't have a grasp on essentials ideas for functioning, sustainable society (like transparency). It is not a surprise that a Chinese-ridden state picked some suspicious Chinese company for a multibillion dollar project, costing non-Chinese taxpayers $$$.
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#8Seems the fact that the company was Chinese is pretty irrelevant - and yet it's repeated over an over.
China is the new bogeyman.
Re: Troubled welds on the Bay Bridge
#9about California's 40% of population have East Asian race affiliation and current voting system unfairly favors such non-uniform population distribution. Immigrants arn't merely confined to ironing your shirts and preparing dim sums, but they're taking over 'important' positions like elected officials. most of such third-world nations don't have a grasp on essentials ideas for functioning, sustainable society (like t…
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#10about California's 40% of population have East Asian race affiliation and current voting system unfairly favors such non-uniform population distribution. Immigrants arn't merely confined to ironing your shirts and preparing dim sums, but they're taking over 'important' positions like elected officials. most of such third-world nations don't have a grasp on essentials ideas for functioning, sustainable society (like t…
I don't know if you're aware of this, but your comment seems laden with anti-Chinese sentiment ("Chinese-ridden") that doesn't seem justifiable by facts nor by modern standards of treating other people.
First, the demographics of California are not what you state. People of Asian descent comprise ~15% of the population of California, not 40%.
Second, is there evidence that the rationale for the selection of the inexperienced company from China was influenced by anything except for nominal cost? Specifically, is there evidence that race was a factor in the company's selection? Perhaps I'm wrong but it seems highly unlikely prima facie.
Third, if we accept as fact that third-world nations don't grasp the essentials for running sustainable society (which I don't in general, but will for this comment), then what is the relevance of that to Chinese Americans? I would argue that there is none.
Fourth, Chinese taxpayers lost money just as much as non-Chinese taxpayers, proportional to their tax payments.
Fifth, phrases like "Chinese-ridden" have no utility except as derogatory terms. Deriding an entire race of people makes absolutely no sense, as your race does not determine your person nor even your culture. Basically, it comes off as racist.