Inflatable Dam Bursts in Tempe, AZ
Inflatable Dam Bursts in Tempe, AZ
(OP)
http://www .azcentral .com/commu nity/tempe /articles/ 2010/07/20 /20100720t empelake07 20-ON.html
This thing is a little over 10 years old. Apparently our summer sun hasn't been to nice to the rubber dam. Perhaps it needed a liberal spraying of Armor All.
This thing is a little over 10 years old. Apparently our summer sun hasn't been to nice to the rubber dam. Perhaps it needed a liberal spraying of Armor All.






RE: Inflatable Dam Bursts in Tempe, AZ
The end bladders were supposed to have a 25 year lifetime and they failed at 10 years. It's no secret that the sun shines a lot of Tempe. Wasn't this tested?
It's fortunate that no one (so far) was hurt or killed. But the taxpayers of Tempe are going to get hosed.
RE: Inflatable Dam Bursts in Tempe, AZ
Richard L. Flower, P. E., LEED Green Associate
RE: Inflatable Dam Bursts in Tempe, AZ
So it wasn't that it wasn't thought of, it was that methods to prevent the problem weren't used as planned.
RE: Inflatable Dam Bursts in Tempe, AZ
Richard L. Flower, P. E., LEED Green Associate
Senior Structural Engineer
Complere Engineering Group, Inc.