As the world’s largest equipment manufacturers convened in Munich for the Bauma equipment show April 4-14, the overriding question was what has changed in the industry since the last show three years ago.
The steel subcontractor and the fabricator for the problem bridge-like spans at San Francisco's Salesforce Transit Center are vigorously countering the Transbay Joint Powers Authority's contention that a construction error caused the brittle fractures of the hub’s two built-up plate girders.