CplKlinger
Senior Member
Oh my, that's a lot of piers. Come on TransEd, what's your excuse this time?
Valley Line LRT | TransEd/Marigold | City of Edmonton
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BASE
Active Member
Cracks were first noticed July 16th when doing a walk through with city. They are exploring strengthening but not replacement of these piers currently.
EdwardEdm
Active Member
Finally, they can't use their concrete in the river scapegoat. Unlike almost every other time they announced a delay they would quietly ignore all of the other concrete construction issues they had and just blame the chunk in the river...
awstott
Active Member
Just slap a bandaid on it... Not like people's lives depend on it or anything.
Has there been one successful P3 built LRT project in this country?
Transed should be held accountable for their lack of communication. If they've known for almost a month why have they not said anything? Oh wait... Too much egg on their faces from how many other missed openings????
When they first started building the piers there was a couple that failed initial testing - should have been a warning sign IMHO.
occidentalcapital
Senior Member
I wonder, are they really serious cracks? Why else would they need to do repairs? It seems that they are admitting a big problem by not even leaving open the possibility that this might not be a serious issue.
awstott
Active Member
Guess the only art that's going to installed on the pillars is more concrete to fill the cracks - maybe they should shape it as a bandaid eh?
Greenspace
Senior Member
My guess -- City final inspections found the cracks, not up to standards, will have to be fully replaced to meet their requirements.
yeggator
Active Member
How did TransEd drop the ball this badly? This is on top of a bad concrete pour for the Whitemud overpass that required them to completely redo it a few years back.
ntt1
Active Member
awstott
Active Member
Never.mind the 3 sections of the elevated section they replaced as well. And don't forget the countless sections of the track bed they had to replace as well.
Greenspace
Senior Member
If Jespo's rumour is right, could be a year delay.
occidentalcapital
Senior Member
It would be great if all parties could show some flexibility, maybe do a temporary steel support to open the line now, then do an off site fabrication of new concrete pier and install it overnight.
Gronk!
Senior Member
I listened to the livestream this morning on CTV. The TransEd CEO looked as though he was about ready for a stroke. That Q&A in French with the Radio-Canada reporter should have been much briefer.
Yossarian
New Member
When this project was staffing up I applied to work as a concrete engineer. At the time I wasn't happy that I didn't even get an interview, but hoo boy am I glad I dodged that bullet.
kcantor
Senior Member
“The cracks are due to thermal expansion issues that are related to the weather, he said.”
one more thing to blame on global warming???