Article here. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2013/06/19/mb-investors-group-cracks-stadium-concrete-winnipeg.html

 

Contractor says its normal.

 

Professors at McGill / U of M says it shouldn't happen beyond hairline cracks.

 

I defer to the expert engineers who have inspected and certified the stadium as being safe. Find me a single concrete building that has no cracks.

I defer to the expert engineers who have inspected and certified the stadium as being safe. Find me a single concrete building that has no cracks.

Especially in the Red River Valley.

We're all gonna die!!!

Just posting the link. I have not idea either way..

 

if it's not structural stuff that's cracking then it's really just an eyesore and nothing more. Seal it and it's not a big deal. 

Even hydro dams have cracks in the concrete...

 

...non-issue, they can handle it internally

Man, the ground shifts a bit & the concrete cracks. Happens all the time. Right away the news media jumps on it like the stadium is going to collapse. Did you see the comments left by readers? Haters are coming out of the woodwork. The comments are disgraceful.

Man, the ground shifts a bit & the concrete cracks. Happens all the time. Right away the news media jumps on it like the stadium is going to collapse. Did you see the comments left by readers? Haters are coming out of the woodwork. The comments are disgraceful.

 

There only one thing worse than comments on CBC articles...comments on Free Press articles.

Meh, not a surprise given the rush.  They were still pouring and cutting (egress for field level) concrete during rookie camp.  The shabby, ugly last minute work they had to do to get occupancy should be more of a concern.

Meh, not a surprise given the rush.  They were still pouring and cutting (egress for field level) concrete during rookie camp. 

 

Concrete always cracks...rushing had nothing to do with it.

Concrete always cracks...rushing had nothing to do with it.

They're talking about the size of the cracks, not the fact that it did crack.

Problems occur when cracks are not dealt with when they happen.  There are hairline cracks that will happen all the time.  The bigger ones should be treated, and properly sealed so that water can't get in and freeze, which seems to be what they are doing.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/Premier-not-concerned-by-cracks-in-stadiums-concrete-212345961.html

 

 

 

"It’s all part of natural shrinkage," Sheegl said.

 

Must have gotten his advice from George Costanza.

Cracks on Cracks on Cracks.

Since the sod has been turned over for the new stadium.....I have discovered:

 

We have wind, during Winnipeg winters

Water will pool

Concrete in a 4 season environment, will develop cracks

 

Just colour me utterly disillusioned.......  

Since the sod has been turned over for the new stadium.....I have discovered:

 

We have wind, during Winnipeg winters

Water will pool

Concrete in a 4 season environment, will develop cracks

 

Just colour me utterly disillusioned.......  

 

Clearly mother nature was against us from the beginning.