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Time lapse of 58 hour bridge replacement.
https://youtu.be/AzHEMxcizcI
Time lapse of Tennessee DOT taking out old bridge and putting in new one in a weekend in downtown Nashville. |
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08-18-2015, 12:56 PM | #31 |
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The section of I-44 that crosses I-49 has been ****ed all summer such that the lanes are so tight that if you're in the left one you're driving on the rumble strip for a solid mile if not three. That goes for both directions of traffic.
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08-18-2015, 12:57 PM | #32 |
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There is always the know it all that comes running out the door in his robe and slippers top tell you how it should be done and why your doing it wrong.
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08-18-2015, 01:01 PM | #33 |
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Send the bill to MODOT get a free alignment they will just pass it on to the contractor who was supposed to grout and smooth the rumble strips.
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08-18-2015, 01:09 PM | #34 |
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Not sure if that would fly considering they have signs advising drivers to stay in the right lane to avoid the strip.
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08-18-2015, 01:13 PM | #35 | |
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08-18-2015, 02:02 PM | #36 | |
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08-18-2015, 02:14 PM | #37 | |
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I also think people get their panties in a wad when there are major traffic jams-then you go by the construction site and 20 guys are standing around holding shovels or smoking. You are correct-it is all about perception-and unfortunately - past projects have been slow with shoddy work. Example-the repave all the way down 23rd in Independence was complete shit. They still haven't fixed the sidewalks after all these years. The overlay was a mushy mess. The islands were not fixed and pieces wash into the road during heavy rains. It might not have been MODOT- but I am sure they will get the blame. |
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08-18-2015, 02:37 PM | #38 |
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Kiewit, the company I work for in Lenexa, has done this many times in the last few years.
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08-18-2015, 02:45 PM | #39 |
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I wish they would of slowed it down a little bit..I never could find the 8 guys leaning on shovels while 1 was digging
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08-18-2015, 03:55 PM | #40 | |
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11 months for 3/4 of a mile, and the same crew is doing several towns at once. They are right down the street, and it is the standard 5 guys watch one guy work, which is during the 3 days of the week they are there. I don't blame them. 100 degrees and 80% humidity is tough. I am not bitching to bitch. I work my ass off for a living, and I know their job it tough, too, but there is a LOT of wasted time on the jobsite. |
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08-18-2015, 04:40 PM | #41 |
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Did utilities above and below ground need to be removed and replaced? Did right of way need to be purchased. Did new storm and sanitary sewers have to be built. Did a grader uncover a arrowhead and site shutdown till archeologists scour the site to make sure it wasn't ancient burial ground. Did grading contractor find contaminated soil from a former gas station no longer there and the EPA stepped in. This is a myriad of just a few things that happen and slow construction.
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08-18-2015, 04:52 PM | #43 |
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Kiewit is a good company I worked with you guys at Iatan II power generation Plant contracted by KCPL.
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