The Construction Thread

[thør]

San Bruno pipeline explosion

"A former PG&E worker has provided new information on the building of the natural-gas pipeline that blew up last September in San Bruno, Calif. Experienced PG&E welders, not hired contractors, installed the 1,700-foot portion of natural-gas Line 132 in 1956, said Frank Maffei, in an interview with the San Mateo Times. Maffei was also interviewed by National Transportation Safety Board investigators in January. The retired foreman said PG&E did not execute the seam welds, which were done at the factory that manufactured the pipe. A civil engineering professor said he was disturbed by the story because "the goal in constructing high-pressure pipelines is not only to meet requirements but to exceed them.""

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I thought everyone knew that longitudinal welds on pipe are made at the factory. It's common knowledge about pipe. And Bea is being sanctimonious considering his experience in industry.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Oh yeah, I heard about that. So they're chasing down retired pipe welders in the old folks home eh?

 

[thør]

Oh yeah, I heard about that. So they're chasing down retired pipe welders in the old folks home eh?

I think regulators are trying to figure out the real story.

It was a long seam. A factory seam. More than likely, a sub-arc weld. Some one was eating their lunch on the line when that part went through.

 

[neci]

Oh yeah, I heard about that. So they're chasing down retired pipe welders in the old folks home eh?

that was me and janey.

shhhhhhhh.

 

[rosco rathbone]

china-korea subsea tunnel

On the megascale engineering front...

http://blog.eteacherchinese.com/china-economy/china-korea-submarine-tunnel/?obref=outloud

 

[Saint Peter]

I think regulators are trying to figure out the real story.

It was a long seam. A factory seam. More than likely, a sub-arc weld. Some one was eating their lunch on the line when that part went through.

Sub-arc welding is like driving in the fog. It is fast and cheap, but the operator does not know for sure what is going on under the sand.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Sub-arc welding is like driving in the fog. It is fast and cheap, but the operator does not know for sure what is going on under the sand.

That's what rookie engineers with little testy things are for.


Say, what's the underwater equivalent of a bamboo scaffold?

 

[Saint Peter]

That's what rookie engineers with little testy things are for.


Say, what's the underwater equivalent of a bamboo scaffold?

Carbon fiber water wings.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Actually they've probably leapfrogged us by now constructionwise.

 

[thør]

Actually they've probably leapfrogged us by now constructionwise.

There's a chance to leap over them.

Atlantic Yards

 

[rosco rathbone]

Went down to the hall this morning to throw my hat in the ring.

3 1/2 years, 3 surgeries, 1 lawsuit and I'm ready to go back.

Talking to the guy who was steward when I got hurt. He said the signalman on that job--who switched to hook on the day I went in the hole--got thrown out of a man lift. He was booming up, the basket got hung on something then cut loose and deflected all of a sudden and shot him out. He was tied off, so instead of being dead, he just slammed into the boom and broke his back.

My attitude is totally different now. I'm gonna be looking over my shoulder constantly. I don't know if this is good or bad.

 

[rosco rathbone]

There's a chance to leap over them.

Atlantic Yards

Yeah, I saw that. The future is here, what can you do.

 

[Saint Peter]

Go slow. Look around. Trust your instincts.


Best of luck, Rosco.

 

[rosco rathbone]

Go slow. Look around. Trust your instincts.


Best of luck, Rosco.

The BA said he'd start me slow and if I still had the eye of the tiger I could go back to connecting. Have to see how I feel. I'm really just in it for the money now. That and going crazy with boredom.

 

[chillywilly2]

The BA said he'd start me slow and if I still had the eye of the tiger I could go back to connecting. Have to see how I feel. I'm really just in it for the money now. That and going crazy with boredom.

Be an estimator...you won't be bored

 

[sweepthefloor]

This sounds dangerous. I am worried sick.

 

[chillywilly2]

This sounds dangerous. I am worried sick.

Its construction

 

[rosco rathbone]

Be an estimator...you won't be bored

I have alot of respect for those guys. Not my cup of tea though.

 

[chillywilly2]

I have alot of respect for those guys. Not my cup of tea though.

I know...I was teasing...get back to connecting if you can...easy enough from the lift in that you don't gotta climb anymore...and good to hear you are back at it

 

[rosco rathbone]

I know...I was teasing...get back to connecting if you can...easy enough from the lift in that you don't gotta climb anymore...and good to hear you are back at it

Between the lifts and the pre-fab modular structures, your grandma could do this these days.

 

[chillywilly2]

Between the lifts and the pre-fab modular structures, your grandma could do this these days.

Not without a union card

 

[thør]

Went down to the hall this morning to throw my hat in the ring.

3 1/2 years, 3 surgeries, 1 lawsuit and I'm ready to go back.

Talking to the guy who was steward when I got hurt. He said the signalman on that job--who switched to hook on the day I went in the hole--got thrown out of a man lift. He was booming up, the basket got hung on something then cut loose and deflected all of a sudden and shot him out. He was tied off, so instead of being dead, he just slammed into the boom and broke his back.

My attitude is totally different now. I'm gonna be looking over my shoulder constantly. I don't know if this is good or bad.

Leave the swashbuckling to Errol Flynn

 

[ruminator]

Great thread.

Thanks to all for all of the life experience shared here.

Best of luck to you rosco.

 

[thør]

Ontario stands to profit from the Japanese quake.

Canadian pre-engineered home manufacturer, Viceroy Homes Ltd., says it has been called upon by its Japanese affiliate to help fulfill an order for 30,000 pre-fabricated homes to replace some of those destroyed by the tsunami.

 

[SkAoUt]

Ontario stands to profit from the Japanese quake.

Canadian pre-engineered home manufacturer, Viceroy Homes Ltd., says it has been called upon by its Japanese affiliate to help fulfill an order for 30,000 pre-fabricated homes to replace some of those destroyed by the tsunami.

The manufacturing is going to happen in Richmond B.C.

Lower mainland workers'll hopefully profit at well.