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Botany

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21. I can't tell by looking @ the picture but if the concrete has cracks .....
Fri Feb 28, 2014, 11:28 PM
Feb 2014

Last edited Sat Mar 1, 2014, 09:20 AM - Edit history (1)

.... between the brick buildings and the bleacher seats they might
have to rip the whole thing down and rebuild it. It could be a design
flaw .... look @ the architects and or the engineers ..... it could be
a bad pour of concrete or the make up of the concrete was bad ....
or the steel re-bar inside the concrete was bad .... or the structural
steel framing was bad for one reason or another but it looks to me that
the area under the concourse is used for locker rooms or other things
and so if you don't want pieces of concrete falling on Coach Jones' head
they might have to rip it down and build it again.



You might be right about the columns but I don't see how they could
carry the load.

I wonder if somebody or a group of people didn't do their do diligence
and tested the soil and sub soil before the thing was built.

BTW if I was in a position in Allen Texas I would be finding out who
was at fault and telling "them" the city and or school district is not paying
one dime to fix the problem.



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Who needs regulations?? nt barnabas63 Feb 2014 #1
not Texas..., they think they know... no text Stuart G Feb 2014 #2
From fracking to cracking... KansDem Feb 2014 #3
If they can't use the stadium exboyfil Feb 2014 #4
60 million bucks????!!! Gadzooks! Turbineguy Feb 2014 #5
I bet it's all the fracking there . . . another_liberal Feb 2014 #6
They are screwed Botany Feb 2014 #7
The only cheap fix would be to support the elevated sections cosmicone Feb 2014 #15
I can't tell by looking @ the picture but if the concrete has cracks ..... Botany Feb 2014 #21
Some of that nice, cheap Chinese steel like they'll use on the keystone pipeline Blue Owl Feb 2014 #8
60 million bucks and they still couldn't even get it right? Brigid Feb 2014 #9
Corruption most likely the root cause. nt Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2014 #11
That is federal investigation worthy corruption. Damn. nt adirondacker Feb 2014 #18
One of the most expensive? Incitatus Feb 2014 #10
Allen, Texas, has one (1) high school Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2014 #12
Eye opening. Thanks /nt Ash_F Feb 2014 #14
I live in Texas Sweet Freedom Feb 2014 #13
I'd be willing to bet a beer...... DeSwiss Feb 2014 #16
Meh, the town could go bankrupt for all I care fujiyama Feb 2014 #17
I wonder whose brother-in-law got the concrete contract for the project? FSogol Feb 2014 #19
What would you bet mbuch64 Feb 2014 #20
Two things some Texas construction companies are known for: CHEAP labor and materials. TxVietVet Mar 2014 #22
Good ol' boy contractors and corruption Tom Ripley Mar 2014 #23
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