Roland Perry wrote:
In message , at 21:37:20 on Thu, 25 Apr
2019, Recliner remarked:
Basil Jet wrote:

Wow. No date announced for Bond Street at all.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-48054789

Yes, I knew it was behind the other stations, but I wonder what's gone so
badly wrong?

It was reported a couple of weeks ago that they'd used "the wrong type
of concrete" for some of the construction, and implied they were having
to chip that out and replace it.

Ah, I hadn't seen that, perhaps because I was away. It does sound like a
beginner's mistake, hardly to be expected in a flagship project like that.

Am 26.04.2019 um 08:42 schrieb Recliner:
It was reported a couple of weeks ago that they'd used "the wrong type
of concrete" for some of the construction, and implied they were having
to chip that out and replace it.

Ah, I hadn't seen that, perhaps because I was away. It does sound like a
beginner's mistake, hardly to be expected in a flagship project like that.

Oh, in Germany, "we" made that mistake with the concrete sleepers for
several lines renovated to high-speed standard in the 1990's; they were
happy to renovate Halle-Berlin a second time some 10 years later.