[NTLK] OT: Poutine Burger

John Heinrichs minicapt1 at mac.com
Wed Apr 30 00:29:56 EDT 2014


1.  http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Crane+collapses+Port+Mann+drops+tonnes+concrete+into+Fraser/6133636/story.html
2. There is a major investigation into the Quebec construction industry and corruption. My guess is that 60+% of the province’s construction ‘investment’ goes into various pockets, which tends to adversely affect the quality of new construction and the upkeep on the older stuff.
 
Cheers
John
 minicapt1 at mac.com

On 29 Apr 14, at 21:18, Andrei Chichak <newton at chichak.ca> wrote:

> Didn't they also put a construction crane into the inlet on the new Port Mann bridge?
> 
> I was thinking of this one: http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/montreal-highway-overpass-collapses/2006/10/01/1159641194901.html?from=rss
> 
> A
> 
> On 2014-April-29, at 10:06 PM, John Heinrichs <minicapt1 at mac.com> wrote:
> 
>> You were thinking of the Quebec Bridge:  http://legionmagazine.com/en/2000/11/a-bridge-with-two-tragedies/
>> Fifty years later, the Second Narrows Bridge across Burrard Inlet went into the drink:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironworkers_Memorial_Second_Narrows_Crossing
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