https://www.insidecostarica.com/2015/09/07/panama-canals-new-locks-leaking-really-leaking-video/ Costa Rica's Leading English Language News Source Tue, 28 Oct 2025 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.2 https://www.insidecostarica.com/2015/09/07/panama-canals-new-locks-leaking-really-leaking-video/#comment-12043 zzzzz Tue, 08 Sep 2015 13:53:00 +0000 http://insidecostarica.com/?p=18900#comment-12043 I can’t imagine how they will repair a fracture that goes through a 4m wall.
Maybe they wish they could use ‘quick concrete’ But they said they wont accept a crappy repair job.
They will accept a crappy repair job.
I might be wrong but i doubt there is comprehensive insurance backing this and the cost of redoing the job might bankrupt the contractor. So faced with with loosing a lot of money, the client might opt for a creative cost-saving approach also known as the endless chain of stopgap measures, the crappy job.
I doubt it was poorly engineered but then again you could spend a lifetime complaining only about engineers and never be wrong…
I think it is possible the concrete was poor quality, not properly mixed and also not poured using vibrators and not cured right either but the footing might end up being the reason though.
I have personally witnessed issues of this type in places where it was very surprising to me how people could get away with it.

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