Road cave-in caused by corrosion in slab

MUMBAI: The Andheri (E) road cave-in on Tuesday was caused by corrosion of steel in a slab, it has been revealed prima facie. Consultant D S Joshi, who made the submission to the BMC, told TOI that material from the site had been sent for laboratory tests to ascertain the reasons for the corrosion. “I [...]

Cessna offers training on corrosion inspections

  Cessna Aircraft Co. has developed a training program for service technicians to support a far-reaching effort to identify and correct corrosion, fatigue, and cracks in high-time aircraft. The 40-hour training course in Wichita, Kan., is designed for mechanics, covering techniques for visual inspection, as well as ultrasound and other methods for visualizing airframe structures. The [...]

Hammersmith tunnel ‘solution to crumbling flyover’

A west London council has said building a tunnel is the long-term solution to replace a “crumbling” flyover. The Hammersmith Flyover has been under repair works since December and is scheduled to reopen fully on 30 May. Hammersmith and Fulham Council said: “We must continue to push for an alternative solution, and that is a [...]

Anthony Wayne Bridge (Ohio) to close in 2013 for 2 years

Toledo’s Anthony Wayne Bridge will be closed to all traffic for two years, likely to start sometime in 2013, as part of a three-year, $50 million overhaul of the 81-year-old structure by the Ohio Department of Transportation. The fundamental main-span appearance of the bridge — which carries State Rts. 2, 51, and 65 over the [...]

Corrosion Work on George Washington Bridge will take 10 years

Peter Zipf sounds more cardiologist than civil engineer when he talks about subjecting the George Washington Bridge to the equivalent of the classic battery of tests for heart disease and finding the first signs of plaque. “It really is a little like giving somebody an EKG and checking their cholesterol levels,” said Zipf, the Port [...]

Manx2 crash landing was caused by corrosion

Air accident investigators have confirmed that mechanical failure caused an aircraft to crash land at Ronaldsway. The UK-based Air Accident Investigation Branch has issued a safety recommendation to the European Aviation Safety Agency following the accident. Emergency services were called into action at just before 6pm on Thursday, March 8, when the Manx2 service from [...]

Lights out for the Blatnik Bridge?

The iconic lights that outline the Blatnik Bridge linking Duluth and Superior will go dark and come down later this year during maintenance on the bridge. Whether they return when the work is complete in 2013 is up in the air. Corroded, in the way and “failing at an alarming rate,” the more than 200 [...]

Corrosion threat on Ohio bridge deck discovered

Grout packed into bundles of steel cables that compress the Veterans’ Glass City Skyway’s concrete deck sections together may contain elevated levels of salts that would cause those cables to corrode prematurely, the grout’s manufacturer has warned the Ohio Department of Transportation. The I-280 bridge over the Maumee River, which opened five years ago, is [...]

Contaminated Fuel Found at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport

Inspectors have uncovered risks in the aircraft refueling process at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. The inspectors see a potential disaster in the quality of the fuel. The Bermuda Department of Civil Aviation, where most Russian airliners are registered, has identified impurities that could lead to microbial corrosion in the fuel used at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport. Such [...]

Industry Challenges Texas Pipeline Ruling

Pipeline companies are asking the Texas Supreme Court to overturn a ruling they say jeopardizes new projects, escalating the battle over the costs of transporting oil and natural gas produced by the energy boom in South Texas. The industry says its costs are soaring as landowners, bolstered by a recent appellate-court opinion, seek much higher [...]