SA Politics Thread Part 11: The GNU Normal

[Jam Sandwich]

This took 2 years to do yet is being lauded as an achievement. Lol.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1962431875735081066

Those bricks will be used for other 'projects'.....

 

[TheChamp]

Generates more tenders over time due to maintenance.

Is the maintenence more frequent and more expensive than tar?

 

[ToxicBunny]

Is the maintenence more frequent and more expensive than tar?

Yes.

 

[GrootVoet]

Those bricks looks nice but geeez two years to do it and at what cost and thats only for phase 1.



And five years from now the side walk will likely still look like this, unfinished unless tannie Zille and the DA runs the show.

 

[Unhappy1]

Is the maintenence more frequent and more expensive than tar?

Definitely, the problem with it is that the water gets under the bricks and ends up washing away the sand. Making the whole thing an uneven mess after a while and that's when the bricks start to break.

 

[ToxicBunny]

Definitely, the problem with it is that the water gets under the bricks and ends up washing away the sand. Making the whole thing an uneven mess after a while and that's when the bricks start to break.

You can also be damned sure that the subsurface for that paving has not been constructed to handle hundreds of vehicles an hour as well as the regular 10 - 20 ton trucks that will use the road.

Once its open to the traffic, I think conservatively 2 months before its showing signs of being fscked.

 

[¯\_(ツ)_/¯]

You can also be damned sure that the subsurface for that paving has not been constructed to handle hundreds of vehicles an hour as well as the regular 10 - 20 ton trucks that will use the road.

Once its open to the traffic, I think conservatively 2 months before its showing signs of being fscked.

Once the first paver loosens, it starts moving/rocking as vehicles goes over it. It loosens those next to it. Soon it's a mess. I really can't believe any engineer thought this was a good idea. But maybe it was a colleague of the too-tall trains engineer.

 

[ShaunSA]

Definitely, the problem with it is that the water gets under the bricks and ends up washing away the sand. Making the whole thing an uneven mess after a while and that's when the bricks start to break.

Ah but that is the beauty of it. Maintenance tenders forever

 

[ToxicBunny]

Ah but that is the beauty of it. Maintenance tenders forever

Road open for a few weeks, then closed and another 2 years for a tender to fleece an additional R150m

 

[Sideshow Bob]

Given that there are road markings and pedestrian crossings in the new paved surface I doubt it.

Dada Morero says it is made to be walkable so my guess was partly correct. Melrose arch area has such paved roads as well.

 

[ShaunSA]

Road open for a few weeks, then closed and another 2 years for a tender to fleece an additional R150m

The N3 says heya

 

[Next Thing]

This took 2 years to do yet is being lauded as an achievement. Lol.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1962431875735081066

Oh great .. Next time we will have bricks flying everywhere now

 

[Jam Sandwich]

Dada Morero says it is made to be walkable so my guess was partly correct. Melrose arch area has such paved roads as well.

So you cant walk on tar?

 

[TheChamp]

You can also be damned sure that the subsurface for that paving has not been constructed to handle hundreds of vehicles an hour as well as the regular 10 - 20 ton trucks that will use the road.

Once its open to the traffic, I think conservatively 2 months before its showing signs of being fscked.

Looks fine to me, more or less the same standard as a tarred road, the concrete base is way more than adequate. The second contractor knows their job.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1958542330421473478

 

[ShaunSA]

Is the maintenence more frequent and more expensive than tar?

Looks fine to me, more or less the same standard as a tarred road, the concrete base is way more than adequate.

And there we have it. From zero knowledge to MyBB Expit in 30 seconds

 

[ToxicBunny]

Looks fine to me, more or less the same standard as a tarred road, the concrete base is way more than adequate. The second contractor knows their job.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1958542330421473478

So how thick is that sub base? What material is it composed of? What level of compaction has it undergone to engineer it to an appropriate level.

 

[TheChamp]

So how thick is that sub base? What material is it composed of? What level of compaction has it undergone to engineer it to an appropriate level.

No idea, I wasn't building the road, but I can see that the sub base is crushed stone and gravel as it's intended to be and it looks at least a metre thick, which is more than adequate.

 

[Sideshow Bob]

So you cant walk on tar?

Yes, that is what I said, correct.

 

[TheChamp]

And there we have it. From zero knowledge to MyBB Expit in 30 seconds

I may not be an expert, but it doesn't mean I am clueless, I know it's a strange concept for you to comprehend.

 

[ShaunSA]

I may not be an expert, but it doesn't mean I am clueless, I know it's a strange concept for you to comprehend.

I would hardly call you clueless. Not when extremely clueless would be more accurate