Comments on: “I’ve never thought twice about the safety” http://mybrilliantmistakes.com/2007/02/ive-never-thought-twice-about-the-safety/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ive-never-thought-twice-about-the-safety The personal blog of Cynthia Closkey Sun, 18 Dec 2011 16:16:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cindy http://mybrilliantmistakes.com/2007/02/ive-never-thought-twice-about-the-safety/#comment-328 Cindy Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:16:41 +0000 http://mybrilliantmistakes.com/?p=475#comment-328 Jeff: Excellent points. I feel like there's a potential drinking game somewhere in this. Not sure how to structure it, but maybe it would involve taking a sip every time someone is quoted saying either "safe" or "defect"? Susan: You were there! And the reporters weren't. This is exactly where citizen journalism can fill the gap. The next time there's a big dust cloud at the convention center, I hope you have a digital camera or cameraphone on hand -- I smell Pulitzer! Jeff: Excellent points. I feel like there’s a potential drinking game somewhere in this. Not sure how to structure it, but maybe it would involve taking a sip every time someone is quoted saying either “safe” or “defect”?

Susan: You were there! And the reporters weren’t. This is exactly where citizen journalism can fill the gap. The next time there’s a big dust cloud at the convention center, I hope you have a digital camera or cameraphone on hand — I smell Pulitzer!

]]> By: Susan http://mybrilliantmistakes.com/2007/02/ive-never-thought-twice-about-the-safety/#comment-327 Susan Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:34:05 +0000 http://mybrilliantmistakes.com/?p=475#comment-327 I work in the building next to the Convention Center and have a window by my otherwise drab, gray cubicle. Lo and behold, I was working on some project that will undoubtedly join a land fill somewhere when I heard the noise. I looked out and saw a big dust cloud. But strangely none of the pedestrians nearby looked concerned or stopped walking until the fire and police came by. (Very good response time, BTW, which is comforting.) Floor collapses, not so comforting. BTW, I was a little disappointed in the local reporters. It seemed to take them much longer to get over to cover the action. Could they all have been covering the weather for a news story titled something like "PREPARE FOR THE BIG STORM!!!!!"? I work in the building next to the Convention Center and have a window by my otherwise drab, gray cubicle. Lo and behold, I was working on some project that will undoubtedly join a land fill somewhere when I heard the noise. I looked out and saw a big dust cloud. But strangely none of the pedestrians nearby looked concerned or stopped walking until the fire and police came by. (Very good response time, BTW, which is comforting.) Floor collapses, not so comforting.

BTW, I was a little disappointed in the local reporters. It seemed to take them much longer to get over to cover the action. Could they all have been covering the weather for a news story titled something like “PREPARE FOR THE BIG STORM!!!!!”?

]]> By: Jeff http://mybrilliantmistakes.com/2007/02/ive-never-thought-twice-about-the-safety/#comment-326 Jeff Tue, 06 Feb 2007 19:58:11 +0000 http://mybrilliantmistakes.com/?p=475#comment-326 "Deathtrap"? Tsk tsk, Cindy. I think the Convention Center has been doing a heck of a job. The history is ominous... http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07037/759777-85.stm Start with several ounces of a unique, cantilevered, eco-friendly design with which all the contractors are unfamiliar. Add in mistakes, as well as bedrock shifts, which change the stability characteristics of the very foundation. Sprinkle in a horrendous accident, a dead worker, an investigation by OSHA, and possibly getrunken employees. Add a splash of legal action: the steel contractor has sued the SEA for change orders -- which suggests that as the unique, innovative, award-winning project unfolded, new difficulties and stresses were discovered in various parts of the structure. What do you get? A pretty darn good drink. I can't for the life of me figure out why Onorato might be angry. A truck doing the splits sounds like a natural outcome of this one. (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07037/759819-100.stm) “Deathtrap”? Tsk tsk, Cindy. I think the Convention Center has been doing a heck of a job.

The history is ominous… http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07037/759777-85.stm

Start with several ounces of a unique, cantilevered, eco-friendly design with which all the contractors are unfamiliar.

Add in mistakes, as well as bedrock shifts, which change the stability characteristics of the very foundation.

Sprinkle in a horrendous accident, a dead worker, an investigation by OSHA, and possibly getrunken employees.

Add a splash of legal action: the steel contractor has sued the SEA for change orders — which suggests that as the unique, innovative, award-winning project unfolded, new difficulties and stresses were discovered in various parts of the structure.

What do you get? A pretty darn good drink.

I can’t for the life of me figure out why Onorato might be angry. A truck doing the splits sounds like a natural outcome of this one. (http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/07037/759819-100.stm)

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