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Originally Posted by fotze
There is actually a really interesting welding story too. Probably something that will be in quality control texts for years to come (after the lawsuits are settled).
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probably...typically, structural and the shop drawings for the steel go hand in hand where there are checks and balances between consultants and the trades.
for whatever reason, the welds were not up to standards - whether that is due to a difference in the standards between Canada and Spain, or a lack of quality control with the steel fabricator is the question.
usually, welds should be inspected to ensure the quality, usually a sampling...but it seems that enough problems were seen in the initial sample that they had to inspect every weld and consequently reject them. Again, either poor quality, or not meeting the canadian standards.
That's my understanding of the process anyways...