Victoria line closed due to concrete mishap

[GB_Groundworks]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25862543

http://usvsth3m.com/post....rrently



ouch....



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[msh paving]

You could not dream it up.... dim wits....MSH

[lutonlagerlout]

thats what happens when you pay men like sean off and get muppets to do the shuttering
LLL

[michaelthegardener]

I hear there going to re name it the blue circle line ......

[dig dug dan]

[seanandruby]

To true LLL. They cancelled my train from London bridge and i didn't get home til 10.o'clock that night, i was going to have next day off but new job and got to make a lick. The big jobs are getting a lot worse i think and quality going out the window

[lutonlagerlout]

[url=http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... d-slow-set
ting-process-throwing-bags-SUGAR-sludge.html?ITO=1490&ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490]SUGAR TO THE RESCUE[/url]
LLL

[GB_Groundworks]

After tony mc said about was it his dad or uncle having a 25kg bag of sugar in the cab for breakdowns in a concrete truck I tried it on a small 100mm cube in a concrete test mold. It definetly weakens it and stopped it a setting properly.



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[TheRockConcreting]

Yeah sugars good and more people seem to be understanding what it can help with when dealing with concrete.

[GB_Groundworks]

Link to science bit



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[Tony McC]

It was the Father-in-Law, who drove a half-cab wagon with a donkey engine for Tilcon (am I making you feel old yet???) who always had the sugar in his cab.

I had my own problems with sugar and concrete when we worked on the new Vimto factory 20 years ago!

And think: if sugar can do this to concrete, imagine what it can do to your body!