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I'm gonna guess Brazil (and then be not surprised when it's Detroit)
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Jun 6, 2018 21:24
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 I would break all kinds of laws getting the gently caress off that bridge if I saw that.
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Jun 6, 2018 21:34
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Those joints are designed to relieve slight movements and shift, but that's quite an extreme amount of shift. I'm just a little confused because I usually only see gaps like that directly over supports, not where two spans meet.
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Jun 6, 2018 21:38
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Javid posted:I'm gonna guess Brazil (and then be not surprised when it's Detroit) Yup, it's in Rio de Janeiro as per google.
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Jun 6, 2018 21:39
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Are you sure it's not an expansion joint between two cantilevered spans? Yep: http://bandnewsfmrio.band.uol.com.br/editorias-detalhes/rachadura-na-ponte-rio-niteroi-na-verdade-e-j GotLag fucked around with this message at 21:52 on Jun 6, 2018 |
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Jun 6, 2018 21:48
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Javid posted:I'm gonna guess Brazil (and then be not surprised when it's Detroit) The rouge river bridge has had some pretty bad potholes. 
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Jun 6, 2018 21:49
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Why is everyone making such a stink over this black piece of wire sticking out of a bri oh holy poo poo
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Jun 6, 2018 21:50
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GotLag posted:Are you sure it's not an expansion joint between two cantilevered spans? Is there a reason why they made the expansion joint look like a crack repaired by an idiot? Like I assume other bridges in the world use expansion joints that are less holy gently caress looking
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Jun 6, 2018 22:01
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The joint has rotational symmetry, and overlaps because there's a linkage inside.
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Jun 6, 2018 22:19
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I feel like an expansion joint should also not create a gap in the road surface, like, there should be overlapping surfaces to allow for movement without creating a drop down to the ocean or whatever.
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Jun 6, 2018 23:55
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TooMuchAbstraction posted:I feel like an expansion joint should also not create a gap in the road surface, like, there should be overlapping surfaces to allow for movement without creating a drop down to the ocean or whatever. I dont think it should. We have tons of expansion joints round the PNW and they are always covered as far as i've seen.
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Jun 7, 2018 00:34
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Apparently one of our clients just got fined $3000 because he demolished a house without disconnecting the fiber connection and the whole block's internet leaked away. 
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Jun 7, 2018 05:21
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Is fiber like 10-base-T where you have to have a terminal on all of the outputs? I guess that makes sense...?
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Jun 7, 2018 05:25
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Jaguars! posted:Apparently one of our clients just got fined $3000 because he demolished a house without disconnecting the fiber connection and the whole block's internet leaked away. That sounds more like crappy destruction tales to me. therobit fucked around with this message at 05:55 on Jun 7, 2018 |
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Jun 7, 2018 05:41
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Jaguars! posted:Apparently one of our clients just got fined $3000 because he demolished a house without disconnecting the fiber connection and the whole block's internet leaked away. You’ve got to pump those numbers up. Those are rookie numbers in this racket.
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Jun 7, 2018 05:42
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Water gets into the fiber if you just snip the line (or snag it out with a digger). I guess the bit about the whole block going might be a bit suspect, just going on information received.
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Jun 7, 2018 05:44
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Jaguars! posted:Apparently one of our clients just got fined $3000 because he demolished a house without disconnecting the fiber connection and the whole block's internet leaked away. Did he wait for the gas company to decommission the service? Because the company I work for has had people not do that like a dozen times this spring. We’ve been lucky.
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Jun 7, 2018 11:44
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If we are on crappy bridge chat, I now live in Delaware which narrowly avoided a looming disaster of the I-495 bridge. Luckily, a civil engineer was working at a site along the river which the bridge spans and noticed that support columns were leaning. He reported it to DelDOT who had to completley shut down the bridge. However they determined the cause of this was from the DuPont corp leasing out the property at the base of the supports to a few companies who ended up stockpiling tons of soil which compressed the soil enough to throw the bridge out of alignment. The bridge recently reopened after 49 million in emergency repairs. 
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Jun 7, 2018 13:59
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Kanish posted:If we are on crappy bridge chat, I now live in Delaware which narrowly avoided a looming disaster of the I-495 bridge. Luckily, a civil engineer was working at a site along the river which the bridge spans and noticed that support columns were leaning. He reported it to DelDOT who had to completley shut down the bridge. I want to believe this civil engineer did a double take, stared, and then started to tilt his head like in a treasure hunt movie.
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Jun 7, 2018 14:40
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Thwomp posted:I want to believe this civil engineer did a double take, stared, and then started to tilt his head like in a treasure hunt movie. I want to know whether s/he got poo poo on for being a grass.
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Jun 7, 2018 15:13
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You could just use one of these little angle brackets to fix the bridge. They do yeoman's work, apparently.
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Jun 7, 2018 15:50
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I thought yall were talking about this one http://www.thereporteronline.com/article/RO/20080319/TMP01/303199958
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Jun 7, 2018 16:22
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quote:As a bridge inspector, Kim is constantly looking at structures, even casually, on his time off.
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Jun 7, 2018 18:44
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My Lovely Horse posted:I have no comment, I just really like this sentence. ~my bridgewaifu~
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Jun 7, 2018 19:14
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My Lovely Horse posted:I have no comment, I just really like this sentence. It's the purest expression of "have a job you like and you'll never work a day in your life"
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Jun 7, 2018 19:15
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BattleMaster posted:It's the purest expression of "have a job you like and you'll never work a day in your life" That or he has such a powerful sense of duty he can't help himself. Either way: 
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Jun 7, 2018 19:45
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Kanish posted:If we are on crappy bridge chat, I now live in Delaware which narrowly avoided a looming disaster of the I-495 bridge. Luckily, a civil engineer was working at a site along the river which the bridge spans and noticed that support columns were leaning. He reported it to DelDOT who had to completley shut down the bridge. Just hook a ratcheting tie-down strap to the other column.
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Jun 7, 2018 20:01
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BattleMaster posted:It's the purest expression of "have a job you like and you'll never work a day in your life" That, or you just can't help it. Just gotta let that stare linger a bit longer then normal on that bridge support, make sure it won't kill you.
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Jun 7, 2018 20:11
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BattleMaster posted:It's the purest expression of "have a job you like and you'll never work a day in your life" Structural engineer checking in. We all do stare at structures, but often just to see how hosed/badly designed something is. When I lived in SF I would see exposed brick walls in chiq bars and go "yeah, when the next earthquake happens everyone will get crushed to death" or see exposed rebar on the tension steel of a concrete beam and choose to change my route to work, or watch the hoops an engineer went through to meet code on an architectural fancy (Frank Gehry is satan, fyi). I know a few fire protection guys who are the same way, always noting when fire barrier doors are propped open or tables block exits. What I'm say is its obsession more than love, per se. Maybe unhealthy love?
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Jun 7, 2018 21:49
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Yeah I can't not look at fire code stuff everywhere I am, as well as mentally note every pull station heat or smoke detector, and extinguisher I see.
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Jun 7, 2018 21:52
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i dunno, when you see stuff thats in your area of expertise it just seems like a giant exclamation point or when you start hearing someone talking about your field and they completely have no idea what they are talking about
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Jun 7, 2018 21:53
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Baronjutter posted:Yeah I can't not look at fire code stuff everywhere I am, as well as mentally note every pull station heat or smoke detector, and extinguisher I see. Our regular fire drills at work were led by one of the NYC fire captains. This guy saw it all, from 9-11 to apartment building fires. Every time he came and spoke to us he had some horrific story to tell and had a lesson to teach. That stuff gets burned in (no pun intended) and now I'm always looking at fire exits and counting the rows from my seat to the emergency exits on the plane, stuff like that.
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Jun 7, 2018 22:01
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Blindeye posted:When I lived in SF I would see exposed brick walls in chiq bars and go "yeah, when the next earthquake happens everyone will get crushed to death" I thought most brick walls these days were really brick facades over something with better structural characteristics. I guess in an earthquake there's still the potential for flying bricks, which isn't exactly a good time, but the wall itself shouldn't be any more vulnerable to earthquakes than a normal, non-brick wall would be.
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Jun 7, 2018 22:02
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As a technical writer I constantly proofread everything I see, it's reflexive and not really something I can choose to "turn off." TooMuchAbstraction posted:I thought most brick walls these days were really brick facades over something with better structural characteristics. I guess in an earthquake there's still the potential for flying bricks, which isn't exactly a good time, but the wall itself shouldn't be any more vulnerable to earthquakes than a normal, non-brick wall would be. Pretty much every true masonry structure in California has been reinforced by now, but if I understand it right that's really only aimed at preventing immediate building collapse. It's a given that in a strong earthquake a lot of damage will still occur, up to and including rendering buildings too dangerous to occupy, and certainly that includes brick facades collapsing. That said, I'd probably rather be near one of those brick facades, than on a sidewalk just outside a skyscraper, given how many windows are likely to break and rain tons of glass shards down on the streets. Earthquakes are fuckin' dangerous, yo.
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Jun 7, 2018 22:11
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Kanish posted:However they determined the cause of this was from the DuPont corp leasing out the property at the base of the supports to a few companies who ended up stockpiling tons of soil which compressed the soil enough to throw the bridge out of alignment. The bridge recently reopened after 49 million in emergency repairs. Well I hope they got good money for leasing out that land.
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Jun 7, 2018 22:15
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 Fire exit is blocked, opens inwards, no door handle.
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Jun 7, 2018 22:17
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...i will lay me down...
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Jun 7, 2018 22:18
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 Just saw this on reddit, speaking of fire safety. This is why fire doors must be kept closed, or even exist.
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Platystemon posted:Well I hope they got good money for leasing out that land. I wouldn't be surprised if it was the state that footed the repair bill.
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