http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/s...96-952,00.html
Just read this, and as someone who has done inspections on contractor built plants many times (all be it on a much smaller scale), why am I not surprised. I have made recommendations and pointed out substandard installations that have been ignored by "them above". The contractors are trying to save money and the installers who employ cheap (poorly trained) labour. But I blame the people who are supposedly monitoring performance of said contractors. Shaking my head in disbelief. At least they are digging the heels in and not accepting it until the faults are fixed. I've taken over plants and spent the next few years fixing the problems that got ignored, at great expense to the company, and at times risk to my men. Time we got some real PRACTICAL engineers on the job, ones that have actually got their hands dirty.
Bill