New 96/275 construction nightmare

Why can't they change option one to triple the staff & have it done in a couple of months instead of an entire season?
 
Pony up the funds from option 3 and tell whoever is doing it that if they get it done in a month, they get all of it. Two months, half of it. 3 months, a quarter, and so on.
 
Mike94ZLT1 said:
Pony up the funds from option 3 and tell whoever is doing it that if they get it done in a month, they get all of it. Two months, half of it. 3 months, a quarter, and so on.
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That's exactly what I was thinking.

Seeing as I live on Northville Rd. the traffic detour is going to make me want to shoot people. I'm not going to be able to get anywhere in a hurry. :(
 
We have had a HUGE mess for 11 miles on US23 since Spring!
The worst part is they only installed posts & cables (“guardrails”).
They don’t even work on it every day and when they do, there will
only be literally 2 or 3 guys.

This has been one of the worst “drag this job out as long as you can” deals
I’ve ever seen. The 45 & 60 MPH speeds have been ignored by the masses,
which is bad, but everyone can see they’re not working………much.
 
DBK said:
Is that road that fucked up? I don't usually go over there, but I'm just thinking maybe they add another 347 cops pulling people over right there and traffic will be so slow the road surface won't matter.

Drove home through Ohio last night. For all the whining we do here, they are even worse. Virtually the entire state worth of I-75 was a fucking disaster of barrels and barriers, which when combined with their irrationally freaked out left-lane slow ass drivers made for a great drive. Have their bridges and interchanges ever not been completely torn apart?
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I drive that route once to twice a year typically driving up to see family. It's been a complete disaster for the last 20 years I've been driving it. Cinci/Dayton is the same project it was in the early 2000's. I honestly don't think they have progressed a single thing. And you're right. Stupid ass state allows right lane passing, so people in the left lane driving slow as fuck have no reason to worry about the car coming up on them. Then you get the two semi's doing 55 next to each other without anyone caring.
 
moneypit said:
everything is slow in Ohio,
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They did finally up the speed limit though. Probably 2/3 of the state you can now do 70 on the expressways. Cin/Day is an exception because the entire area is one massive cluster fuck.
 
Stalker said:
They did finally up the speed limit though. Probably 2/3 of the state you can now do 70 on the expressways. Cin/Day is an exception because the entire area is one massive cluster fuck.
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Ever got stuck going thru there during rush hour? I've been tempted to just yank the wheel to the right and take a dive off the bridge with hopes of getting there quicker.
 
CMYZ28 said:
Ever got stuck going thru there during rush hour? I've been tempted to just yank the wheel to the right and take a dive off the bridge with hopes of getting there quicker.
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I got stuck there on my way from Detroit to NC. I was stuck in Cincinnati for HOURS.
 
4Gas$ said:
We have had a HUGE mess for 11 miles on US23 since Spring!
The worst part is they only installed posts & cables (“guardrails”).
They don’t even work on it every day and when they do, there will
only be literally 2 or 3 guys.

This has been one of the worst “drag this job out as long as you can” deals
I’ve ever seen. The 45 & 60 MPH speeds have been ignored by the masses,
which is bad, but everyone can see they’re not working………much.
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The contractor is not "dragging the job out as long as he can", he is loosing his ass on that job (financially speaking), trust me he wants to be done with it as fast as possible. We are doing the construction engineering on that cable guardrail job which should have been completed months ago.....if the contractor knew what he was doing. We have had to reject so many foundations, terminals and posts he is practically doing the job twice (three times in some locations).

--Joe
 
soap said:
The contractor is not "dragging the job out as long as he can", he is loosing his ass on that job (financially speaking), trust me he wants to be done with it as fast as possible. We are doing the construction engineering on that cable guardrail job which should have been completed months ago.....if the contractor knew what he was doing. We have had to reject so many foundations, terminals and posts he is practically doing the job twice (three times in some locations).

--Joe
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So I was basically correct! The contractor is inapt, they are
not intentionally screwing it up, but in the end they have
made a tremendous mess at a great cost to all involved.

How is this allowed to happen? Why are they allowed to tie-up
a freeway for so long & keeping things so unsafe and only using
a skeleton crew to work? Is this company going to be awarded
another road work contract next year just to do this again?
 
4Gas$ said:
So I was basically correct! The contractor is inapt, they are
not intentionally screwing it up, but in the end they have
made a tremendous mess at a great cost to all involved.

How is this allowed to happen? Why are they allowed to tie-up
a freeway for so long & keeping things so unsafe and only using
a skeleton crew to work? Is this company going to be awarded
another road work contract next year just to do this again?
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From my understanding (and correct me if I am wrong).... the contractors dont get paid by the day. They bid to do the job at a certain amount. That is the amount that they get. There are incentives for early completion (extra cash etc). As long as they are being properly inspected, the contractor shouldnt be cutting corners to bust a job out half assed just for the incentives
 
mustangmike6996 said:
From my understanding (and correct me if I am wrong).... the contractors dont get paid by the day. They bid to do the job at a certain amount. That is the amount that they get. There are incentives for early completion (extra cash etc). As long as they are being properly inspected, the contractor shouldnt be cutting corners to bust a job out half assed just for the incentives
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It sounds like that is the way it is suppose to work....
but look at what actually happened.

These kinds of road work projects can not continue to
go like this. Like I said, it has gone on for so long that
drivers have completely ignored the speed limits.

This is not safe for anyone. Are those involved going to
learn something from this?
 
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