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"magic measuring tape" |
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After the assistant engineer
was posted to another construction site, the vacancy was
filled by an engineer
who had just graduated. He stated that the two ex-directors
of Hui Hon and the site agent
had told him to have workers shorten the measuring tape
that would be used to measure the actual length of the
pile. This became known as the "magic measuring tape".
One piling worker revealed that this young assistant engineer
had asked him to drill the pile to at least 40 m when
taking core samples. When the worker reported that the
drilling had been impeded by blockages within the pile,
the assistant engineer
instructed him to tidy up the drill hole and shorten the
tape before HD staff measured the length of the pile.
The worker said that he could not recollect who actually
cut the tape. He did state however that he accompanied
the assistant engineer
when the HD staff inspected the pile length and that he
was the one to lower the tape. At that time, he saw the
HD staff read the measurement off the tape and then sign
to confirm the total length of the pile.
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