News of the damage was first reported by Alecia, a blogging actress who spotted the crack last night when she showed up at the church for a rehearsal. That blog post was brought to wider attention this morning by Universal Hub.
Unfortunately, the T deals with the lowest bidder on almost all of their contracting services (which is significant). This is what you get when you go cheap with engineering and construction (not to mention 6 year construction time for changing a light bulb). I think we end up paying more in the end because they go with the crappiest vendor they can find.
The first few pieces come out just fine without upsetting the structural integrity of the whole. "Structural damage" doesn't mean "damage to any part of the structure", but instead "damage which compromises the entirety of the structure".
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Old South Crack
Shades of Jane Langton's "Divine Inspiration."
www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140173765/ref=nosim
Photos of the cracks
Photos of the cracks and update on the structural integrity.
http://wbztv.com/local/old.south.church.2.880642.html
T blames elevator-shaft work, stops Copley construction
The Globe reports on a joint press conference between Rev. Nancy Taylor and MBTA Assistant General Manager Charles L. O'Reilly.
and the Globe gives credit to Alecia and you
Last paragraph:
Woah, now that the Globe
Woah, now that the Globe finally learned to use hyperlinks, I'm glad to see them linking to both UH and to the local blogger who got the scoop.
You get what you pay for.
Unfortunately, the T deals with the lowest bidder on almost all of their contracting services (which is significant). This is what you get when you go cheap with engineering and construction (not to mention 6 year construction time for changing a light bulb). I think we end up paying more in the end because they go with the crappiest vendor they can find.
So there's a large crack
So there's a large crack which penetrates the entire thickness of the wall, yet it's "not clear whether there is any structural damage to the church"?
Structure
You can have holes in things and still have them be structural. Like holes (properly placed and sized) in joists for plumbing to pass through.
But structural or not, it doesn't sound good.
Think "Jenga"
The first few pieces come out just fine without upsetting the structural integrity of the whole. "Structural damage" doesn't mean "damage to any part of the structure", but instead "damage which compromises the entirety of the structure".