Comments on: The “Big Dig” tunnel mess starts to smell even worse with new evidence of malfeasance http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/07/23/the-big-dig-tunnel-mess-starts-to-smell-even-worse-with-new-evidence-of-malfeasance/ General interest observations and true web-log. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 05:30:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: enggirl1 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/07/23/the-big-dig-tunnel-mess-starts-to-smell-even-worse-with-new-evidence-of-malfeasance/comment-page-1/#comment-231547 enggirl1 Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:41:38 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=6277#comment-231547 Here's something I found online over the weekend. It's a story talking about the materials failure within the Big Dig project, and then goes on to discuss the number of forums and blogs going up all over the Internet where conversations are ongoing discussing skepticism and possible solutions to the problem. Check it out at: http://www.designnews.com/article/CA6357443.html Here’s something I found online over the weekend. It’s a story talking about the materials failure within the Big Dig project, and then goes on to discuss the number of forums and blogs going up all over the Internet where conversations are ongoing discussing skepticism and possible solutions to the problem. Check it out at: http://www.designnews.com/article/CA6357443.html

]]> By: joshua http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/07/23/the-big-dig-tunnel-mess-starts-to-smell-even-worse-with-new-evidence-of-malfeasance/comment-page-1/#comment-220834 joshua Mon, 24 Jul 2006 02:56:25 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=6277#comment-220834 this project has been a boondoggle since day 1......why is anyone surprised that it went 700% over budget and that the thing is falling down already. So many friends of friends of politicians made bundles of money on this it should have been known as the Mass. politicians kids college fund. It was poorly concieved, poorly designed and poorly built. The only thing not *poorly* was the cost. this project has been a boondoggle since day 1……why is anyone surprised that it went 700% over budget and that the thing is falling down already.
So many friends of friends of politicians made bundles of money on this it should have been known as the Mass. politicians kids college fund.

It was poorly concieved, poorly designed and poorly built. The only thing not *poorly* was the cost.

]]> By: Ballenger http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2006/07/23/the-big-dig-tunnel-mess-starts-to-smell-even-worse-with-new-evidence-of-malfeasance/comment-page-1/#comment-220660 Ballenger Sun, 23 Jul 2006 23:09:15 +0000 http://www.dvorak.org/blog/?p=6277#comment-220660 Anyone who has ever been around any large project, I think would agree, that CYA and "don't make waves" factors runs just below the surface, but deep and wide through nearly every aspect of an effort. However, when discoveries of life threatening design or application flaws are made, opportunity exists to go on the record and tell the truth if a problem can't be resolved internally, instead playing the role of the good (employed) soldier not rocking the boat. The "good" soldier in this case was the person (and anyone above them that was aware of the problem) who had supervision over the oversight and construction teams that it seems must have been aware of the disputes and chose to continue the work as if nothing was wrong, instead of trying to stop everything until a safe product could be delivered. Whoever this was should personally be involved (and given credit for time served) with the remediation, by standing under each of the suspect sections while they are tested, certified or replaced. This situation is good supporting evidence of why whistle blower laws were needed in the first place and why they should be protected. Anyone who has ever been around any large project, I think would agree, that CYA and “don’t make waves” factors runs just below the surface, but deep and wide through nearly every aspect of an effort. However, when discoveries of life threatening design or application flaws are made, opportunity exists to go on the record and tell the truth if a problem can’t be resolved internally, instead playing the role of the good (employed) soldier not rocking the boat. The “good” soldier in this case was the person (and anyone above them that was aware of the problem) who had supervision over the oversight and construction teams that it seems must have been aware of the disputes and chose to continue the work as if nothing was wrong, instead of trying to stop everything until a safe product could be delivered. Whoever this was should personally be involved (and given credit for time served) with the remediation, by standing under each of the suspect sections while they are tested, certified or replaced.

This situation is good supporting evidence of why whistle blower laws were needed in the first place and why they should be protected.

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