Miami Pedestrian Bridge, Part IX 33

[JAE]

A continuation of our discussion of this failure. Best to read the other threads first to avoid rehashing things already discussed.

Part I
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Part II
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Part III
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Part IV
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Part V
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Part VI
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Part VII
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Part VIII
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[3DDave]

Mike W77 - I worked for a company with a similar problem. A third party was to design the item, but our company was responsible for both the cost of manufacture and the ultimate performance. That third party was, politically, buddies with the CEO of the company that acquired us in a heavily leveraged buyout and didn't care how much money our group lost on this contract as long as we still rendered unto Caesar 10%+ growth year after year, leading to massive layoffs to make up for the losses. I think, because the original design was so flawed, that it more than doubled the original fixed-price contract jammed down our collective throats.

 

[JAE]

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This topic is broken into multiple threads due to the long length and many images creating longer load times for some. If you are NEW to this discussion, please read the following threads prior to posting to avoid rehashing old discussions.

Part I
thread815-436595

Part II
thread815-436699

Part III
thread815-436802

Part IV
thread815-436924

Part V
thread815-437029

Part VI
thread815-438451

Part VII
thread815-438966

Part VIII
thread815-440072

Part IX
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Part X
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