I don't have the name of the chief civil engineer in 1997. Legally the RSC can take Irish Rail to court and the fines are significant.
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Originally Posted by losexpectation
you didn't get to respond about the bridge checks tranparency, i presume they just put out a press release about checking the all the bridges but not details?
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Exactly, date and the report would be nice. I'm amazed there isn't a ring bound folder for every structure which an engineer would simply read to understand the unique aspects of the each bridge.
The engineer sent out wasn't familiar with the viaduct, and assumed it was on piled foundations. Only 2 out of 104 bridges over water with piers in the water are not carried on foundations. Two are carried on gravity piers on weirs