At 11:17 AM -0800 12/23/09, Adam Randall wrote:
Unfortunately, this is how government works too. About 10 years ago while
maintaining the Golden Gate website I had to post contracts to their site.
These would be for things like seismic retrofits, etc. Contractors would bid
on the contracts, and whoever came up the lowest was the winner.
Nice to know that the guys making your bridges more earthquake resistant are
the ones who are the cheapest.
Adam.
Adam:
The problem is not who is the "cheapest", but rather who is
"approved" by a bunch of government bureaucrats who have no idea of
what is actually needed to make a bridge earthquake resistant.
I submitted several Federal applications for grants in the
Geophysical discipline and you would not believe the submission and
review process -- it was a joke. IMO, it's a "good-old-boys-club" of
handing out favors to those who support government misconceptions.
Much like the Global Warming nonsense of today.
In any event, Merry Christmas.
tedd
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