Comments on: Amid reports of leaks, South Ferry to open Monday http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/03/11/amidst-reports-of-leaks-south-ferry-to-open-monday/ A New York City Subway Blog Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:16:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: petey http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/03/11/amidst-reports-of-leaks-south-ferry-to-open-monday/#comment-59253 petey Wed, 11 Mar 2009 20:48:07 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2407#comment-59253 in addition to what mr eric says, whose responsibility is it to turn off the signals? the MTA turned them on, not the TWU: " Originally scheduled to open by December, the MTA activated the signals in the station in November. Under railroad regulations, a signal maintainer must monitor the switches 24 hours a day once they go live." another ideologically-motivated anti-union attack fails. in addition to what mr eric says, whose responsibility is it to turn off the signals? the MTA turned them on, not the TWU:

” Originally scheduled to open by December, the MTA activated the signals in the station in November. Under railroad regulations, a signal maintainer must monitor the switches 24 hours a day once they go live.”

another ideologically-motivated anti-union attack fails.

]]> By: Mr. Eric http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/03/11/amidst-reports-of-leaks-south-ferry-to-open-monday/#comment-59251 Mr. Eric Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:00:13 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2407#comment-59251 What union are you talking about? Most of the MTA's projects are done by contractors who DON'T use unionized workers. They use mostly immigrants workers. What union are you talking about? Most of the MTA’s projects are done by contractors who DON’T use unionized workers. They use mostly immigrants workers.

]]> By: rhywun http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/03/11/amidst-reports-of-leaks-south-ferry-to-open-monday/#comment-59250 rhywun Wed, 11 Mar 2009 14:45:45 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2407#comment-59250 Archeological delays are perfectly understandable. But for the union to turn around and the screw the public yet again like that is just... maddening. I hope whatever union shop was responsible for the 1" gap was fined at least $75,000 to pay the other union shop for doing nothing while it was fixed. Archeological delays are perfectly understandable. But for the union to turn around and the screw the public yet again like that is just… maddening. I hope whatever union shop was responsible for the 1″ gap was fined at least $75,000 to pay the other union shop for doing nothing while it was fixed.

]]> By: Josh K http://secondavenuesagas.com/2009/03/11/amidst-reports-of-leaks-south-ferry-to-open-monday/#comment-59247 Josh K Wed, 11 Mar 2009 12:35:31 +0000 http://secondavenuesagas.com/?p=2407#comment-59247 A significant part of that delay was also stopping for archeological investigation work. The other mega projects shouldn't have this problem as they aren't located on the sites first occupied by European colonists. When the project discovered part of the original fortifications of the tip of Manhattan, it kind of screwed things up. The 1" gap delay, however, was totally unacceptable. Every government engineer, myself included, has project horror stories of years of delays and massive change orders. The sad thing is that the "easy" projects often turn out to be just as much of a hassle to design and build as the ones that look hard from the beginning. A significant part of that delay was also stopping for archeological investigation work. The other mega projects shouldn’t have this problem as they aren’t located on the sites first occupied by European colonists. When the project discovered part of the original fortifications of the tip of Manhattan, it kind of screwed things up.

The 1″ gap delay, however, was totally unacceptable.

Every government engineer, myself included, has project horror stories of years of delays and massive change orders. The sad thing is that the “easy” projects often turn out to be just as much of a hassle to design and build as the ones that look hard from the beginning.

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