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<blockquote data-quote="Emil Gawaziuk" data-source="post: 50841" data-attributes="member: 297">Re: Commissioned Report on Indiana Fair TragedyHaving spent the past few days on the road and having a lot of time for reading while travelling, I had a very good long look at the detailed all inclusive report.&nbsp; The findings are all very very sound, and indeed, corners were cut in the construction of that stage (budgetary, oversight, whatever one may attribute to the reasonings. Shall leave that for the courts to decipher).&nbsp; Not necessarily in the design (however, the fin plates have me very curious. Looking at the metallurgical reports, and at others mention of them being a weak point I do concur. As a welder, I see a pile of welds that were improperly done. Little to no base metal amagalmation where the parts meet, relying strictly on a single or double root pass weld to carry the load. That kind of stuff scares me.), but in the assembly of the design. There will be a lot of good things come out of this I hope, with increased regulation and calls for proper engineering documentation with every temporary structure that is erected.&nbsp; Gordon is on the money.......companies such as Stageline and MSR will have a pretty good couple years ahead of them I feel. I always feel better on an SL260, 320 or SAM than some of the scaff decks out there.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emil Gawaziuk, post: 50841, member: 297"] Re: Commissioned Report on Indiana Fair Tragedy Having spent the past few days on the road and having a lot of time for reading while travelling, I had a very good long look at the detailed all inclusive report. The findings are all very very sound, and indeed, corners were cut in the construction of that stage (budgetary, oversight, whatever one may attribute to the reasonings. Shall leave that for the courts to decipher). Not necessarily in the design (however, the fin plates have me very curious. Looking at the metallurgical reports, and at others mention of them being a weak point I do concur. As a welder, I see a pile of welds that were improperly done. Little to no base metal amagalmation where the parts meet, relying strictly on a single or double root pass weld to carry the load. That kind of stuff scares me.), but in the assembly of the design. There will be a lot of good things come out of this I hope, with increased regulation and calls for proper engineering documentation with every temporary structure that is erected. Gordon is on the money.......companies such as Stageline and MSR will have a pretty good couple years ahead of them I feel. I always feel better on an SL260, 320 or SAM than some of the scaff decks out there. [/QUOTE]

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