Poor ignorant Bob

Poor ignorant Bob. He just doesn't get it.

1. Design began in 2004; construction in 2008. The severe design, construction and inspection flaws became public in 2013.
2. It's Montgomery County's project. Montgomery County was owner of record until recently when they passed the SSTC to WMATA.
3. Design reviews, permits, construction, inspection, materials test reports, construction reviews, daily construction reports, etc. Montgomery County is responsible for all construction in the county. However, the SSTC is different--it's the County's own project.
4. Montgomery County was construction manager for the project with a team of full time county employees on site during construction.

Who was "minding the store" for Montgomery County? No expansion joints? One would think that with all of the people who handled the design and construction plans between 2004 and 2011 or so, when construction was essentially complete, that someone from Montgomery County, WMATA, the Maryland Transit Administration, the Federal Transit Administration, Parsons Brinckerhoff, Foulger Pratt or Balter Co. would have realized that the 315 ft. wide by 580 ft. long SSTC doesn't have any expansion joints, especially since it's a WMATA requirement that expansion joints be spaced no farther apart than every 100 feet.

Not surprising, poor ignorant Bob missed the part where I said: "IMHO the Silver Spring Transit Center is as much about government officials not telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth in statements to the news media that are intended for the public, as it is about construction."

All those who had meaningful roles on this project--design, design review, construction, construction review, construction inspection, project management, construction management, and government officials who have made inaccurate or incomplete public statements--should hang their heads in shame.

Finally, poor ignorant Bob shows his ignorance, and lack of class, by being an attack dog. Poor ignorant Bob, like Donald Trump, personally insults those who have opinions different than his. That's uncalled for, Ignorant Bob. Grow up. 

In the immortal words of George Bernard Shaw: "I learned long ago, never to wrestle with a pig. You get dirty, and besides, the pig likes it."

Poor ignorant Bob & mentor Donald Trump

Silver Spring Transit Center 

Paul S. Sarbanes Transit Center 

Montgomery County MD 

WMATA 

Federal Transit Administration (FTA) 

Maryland Transit Administration (MTA) 

public-private partnership 

crony capitalism 

Purple Line 

Gov. Hogan