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And we in the US struggle with getting anything built for less than eye watering sums - does anyone remember the recent bay bridge saga? Corruption, incompetenc
by pmurT 9y ago
And we in the US struggle with getting anything built for less than eye watering sums - does anyone remember the recent bay bridge saga? Corruption, incompetence, etc?
- seanmcdirmid 9y ago> And we in the US struggle with getting anything built for less than eye watering sums - does anyone remember the recent bay bridge saga? You mean the one partially built by the Chinese? http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.html http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/business/global/26bridge.h... Also, don't assume those bridges are built particularly well and will last for a long time. The Chinese have their own fair share of corruption, incompetence, etc...
- austinz 9y agoYeah, except for the facts that the leaky bolts that were the primary source of consternation last year (?) weren't part of the Chinese-built part of the bridge.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoThe problem with the welds in the Chinese part of the bridge came much earlier in the bridge building process: http://media.sacbee.com/static/sinclair/sinclair.jquery/baybridge/index.html http://media.sacbee.com/static/sinclair/sinclair.jquery/bayb... Overall, it looks like the Chinese didn't do that bad of a job here.