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The subway rail problem for SF doesn't seem to me to have a root cause of American governments lack expertise (which they do, to be certain) but rather simply t
by persistent 7y ago
The subway rail problem for SF doesn't seem to me to have a root cause of American governments lack expertise (which they do, to be certain) but rather simply that Americans are dishonest. Tutor-Perini thought they could chisel off a couple dollars by using inadequate rails because they didn't think SFMTA's supervising engineers would notice. They were right: it was a third-party audit that discovered the problem.
As a country we basically venerate fraud. This has consequences which could easily have been predicted.
- ozim 7y agoDon't be so hard on your fellow countrymen. Fraud is quite popular thing to do in other countries as well.
- gamblor956 7y agoI disagree with the statement in general that Americans are dishonest, but I do agree that Tutor-Perini is one of the most dishonest construction companies in the world. They've literally never had a project come in on-time or under budget. They're not even all that politically well connected anymore, but keep getting projects because they're one of the few US companies with the experience in massive infrastructure projects.