HPDBC Chapter 922: Too Much of a Good Thing
Chapter 922: Too Much of a Good Thing
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Having learned from yesterday's experience, and with Zhou Chengyu's instructions, the six-member review team shook hands and exchanged pleasantries with the other party. Qian Xing then led Zhai Yong and Fu Yingxian to the conference room with them.
Sun Jianqiu then said to the accompanying principal, "Principal Wang, we won't rush to the meeting room to look at the documents. We'd like to take a walk around the school and see how the school buildings are being used. After all, that's the main purpose of our trip."
Principal Wang quickly replied, "No problem, no problem, I'll go with you and act as your guide."
Ji Chonghao smiled and politely declined, "No need, no need. It's just a small place, we won't get lost. You go ahead and do your thing."
Although Principal Wang hesitated for a moment, he thought of the others who had gone to the conference room, so he nodded and said, "Alright then, experts, please make yourselves at home. If you need anything, feel free to contact me anytime."
Ji Chonghao, Sun Jianqiu, and Zhu Yunzhu strolled casually through the school. Ji Chonghao took many photos of students attending classes and participating in activities with a point-and-shoot digital camera.
Based on their study of the blueprints last night, the three of them had already identified several locations that needed to be inspected. Zhu Yunzhu took out a small rebar scanner from her bag, attached it to the surface of the concrete column, and then carefully watched the display on the screen.
Sun Jianqiu was also watching from the side. A few seconds later, Zhu Yunzhu frowned.
Sun Jianqiu also saw it and called out to Ji Chonghao, "Director Ji, come and take a look." As he spoke, he pointed to the scanner screen.
On the screen, the distribution of the steel bars was very clear, but Ji Chonghao, being an outsider, only saw the spectacle. After looking at it, he turned to Sun Jianqiu.
"this?"
Sun Jianqiu pointed to a spot on the screen and said, "The spacing between the longitudinal steel bars is about eight centimeters wider than what your foundation requires, and the signal from the deeper steel bars is significantly weaker than that from the shallower ones."
Ji Chonghao finally understood. This was just shoddy workmanship, just like the school from yesterday.
His face immediately darkened.
At this point, Sun Jianqiu told Ji Chonghao his judgment: "The specifications and spacing of the shallow steel bars are lower than the requirements you put forward at the time, and the specifications of the deep steel bars used are two sizes smaller than what you required."
Ji Chonghao nodded, indicating that he understood. He couldn't be completely sure yet, as this was just one point, and there were several more points to test.
Seeing that it was about time, Sun Jianqiu instructed his student Zhu Yunzhu, "Let's go to the next location."
At the next point, the structural column of the student dormitory building, the test results were even more unacceptable. The scanner showed that the column not only had problems with the steel reinforcement, but also with the construction process. Moreover, the surface of the column had recently been covered with a hardening layer and then repainted. This was clearly a case of trying to cover something up!
After checking all six locations, the three of them got together to do a rough analysis before heading to the school's conference room.
Their actions had been witnessed by others.
In the conference room, Qian Xing continued to chat and laugh with the leaders from the Construction Bureau and the school, while Zhai Yong carefully reviewed the relevant documents, and Fu Ying watched intently from the side.
Fu Ying asked, "How is it? Are there any problems?"
Zhai Yong whispered to Fu Ying, "It's strange. I'm not trying to praise them, but their documents are too perfect. The signatures, stamps, and dates on the test reports are all consistent and meet all national standards, except for your foundation's requirements."
Fu Ying looked at Zhai Yong and blinked a few times.
Zhai Yong quickly added, "You know what 'too much of a good thing' means, right?"
Fu Ying understood, and she nodded.
At this moment, Ji Chonghao, Sun Jianqiu, and Zhu Yunzhu also arrived at the conference room. After they exchanged pleasantries and took their seats, Zhai Yong gave Sun Jianqiu a wink, and Sun Jianqiu understood.
Sun Jianqiu smiled and said to Ma Cheng, the director of the Construction Bureau, "Director Ma, thank you very much for your cooperation and support. According to our plan, we will randomly select a few locations to conduct on-site physical rebound tests and core sampling."
Ma Cheng smiled broadly: "No problem, we'll cooperate fully!"
The group first went to the student dormitory. Zhai Yong stepped forward to conduct a rebound test on the load-bearing column, while Zhu Yunzhu was still responsible for recording the relevant data.
"The rebound value, converted to strength, is 295 MPa, which meets the requirements."
After several points are tested, the results can be roughly obtained. The results are in line with the existing building codes, but they do not meet the design and construction requirements proposed by the foundation.
But judging from the expressions of Ma Cheng and the others, it seemed like this was no big deal at all.
Ji Chonghao knew that on their own turf, these people wouldn't care whether the foundation had any objections. They just thought that as long as the school buildings were built according to national standards, that was enough. As for the money donated by the foundation, it was best not to mention it at all.
Moreover, the review team originally had no authority; they were just conducting tests and gathering information according to the requirements from above. They achieved their goal, and the other party was quite cooperative.
The group worked together seamlessly, without saying a word, and left after extracting the core sample according to plan.
On the way, Zhai Yong reported on the relevant information he had reviewed, and Sun Jianqiu then combined it with the problems he found during on-site testing. Comparing the two, it was obvious that there was a problem.
So this time they didn't go back to their accommodation, but instead had their driver take them directly to the provincial capital. One of Sun Jianqiu's junior fellow students is now at the Sichuan Provincial Academy of Building Research, where there is a full set of instruments and equipment to test the core samples they collected.
That night, they conducted tests overnight. The next day, after the results came out, Ji Chonghao immediately scanned and faxed the results to the Sany Foundation and informed his direct supervisor, Zhou Chengyu, by phone.
The result was the same: even though there were some flaws in the construction process, according to the data and test samples, the school buildings of both schools met the building code requirements, but were far from meeting the requirements of the Trinity Foundation.
Huang Xiaochuan soon found out as well.
After hanging up the phone, he stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window and looked into the distance, actually thinking about how to handle the situation.
As for Zhou Chengyu's poor execution, let's put that aside for now. The issue of the school building is indeed quite troublesome. If the building quality is substandard, it's easy to handle; we can simply demolish it under the pretext of substandard quality. We absolutely cannot leave the hidden danger there.
But now that the building quality meets the relevant standards, things get complicated. If we want to demolish a school building that has been assessed as qualified, we must have a convincing reason.
But can Huang Xiaochuan say he knew a major earthquake was going to happen? These school buildings might not be able to withstand the earthquake and would have to be demolished, which is definitely unacceptable!
Huang Xiaochuan was torn. Should he protect himself or the lives of those students? It was a very difficult choice.