Save the Cruces Trail and Panama Canal Watershed

Panamá Nacional Detectadas más rajaduras en nicho de esclusa del Pacífico miércoles 11 de noviembre de 2015 - 12:00 a.m. En un memorándum, el diseñador pone al tanto al consorcio Grupo Unidos por el Canal sobre nuevas fisuras halladas entre la compuerta número cinco y seis COMPARTIR Adelita Coriat acoriat@laestrella.com.pa El 25 de septiembre pasado, un memorándum de Consultores Internacionales dirigido a Michael Newbery, gerente de diseño de la empresa Montgomery Watson Harza, IV Groep y Tetratech, contratada por el consorcio Grupo Unidos por el Canal (GUPC), informaba de una nueva rajadura en el nicho 3 de la esclusa del Pacífico de la ampliación de la vía interoceánica de Panamá. ‘La fisura transversal, de una longitud de 25 a 30 metros, está ubicada ‘aguas arriba' (upstream) de la junta de la construcción de la puerta deslizante número 6. El agua fluía de esta fisura', se lee en la nota que envía John Duque, ingeniero estr...

Home     Economy     Two new sets of cracks in the new PanCanal locks Economy Two new sets of cracks in the new PanCanal locks November 11, 2015 0 Share on Facebook   Tweet on Twitter     Why is a construction problem that yields this concrete core sample being called a design flaw? Because if it is properly diagnosed as a bad concrete pour and properly resolved by tearing out the faulty concrete and redoing the work, that would cause major new delays and probably bankrupt construction companies in Spain, Italy and Panama and possibly some of their suppliers, insurers and lenders as well. Calling it a design flaw allows for a quicker, cheaper and shorter-lasting fix and for those responsible for the bad concrete to litigate with designers in an attempt to pass off some of the costs of their mistake to others. New cracks in the new locks as the ACP looks for new revenue sources by Eric Jackson La Estrella...

TECH   PANAMA CANAL The New Panama Canal Is Leaking Water—And Money by    David Z. Morris @davidzmorris NOVEMBER 2, 2015, 10:15 AM EST E-mail   Tweet   Facebook   Linkedin Share icons As the opening date for the Panama Canal expansion has been delayed several times, merchant ships must continue using the old Pacific-Atlantic link. Photograph by Rodrigo Arangua — AFP/Getty Images Cracked concrete may further slow down expansion project, which has already faced major hurdles. As early as August,  grim videos  emerged showing water streaming through cracked concrete at the Pacific end of the ongoing Panama Canal expansion project. The Panama Canal Authority (ACP) has since acknowledged that leaks developed during stress testing of the new locks. ACP tentatively stated that the leak won’t cause further delays, but samples taken from the massive concrete structure have shown apparently serious problems , an...