
But the Corps decided not to act on the findings.
The Times-Picayune got hold of the documents. They turned them over to forensic engineers studying the levee breaches.
The engineers say the documents show project engineers made a critical mistake in assessing soil strengths on the 17th Avenue Canal project.
Robert Bea is a University of California-Berkeley professor who is a member of the National Science Foundation team who looked at the documents.
He says after the Corps found the mistake, the documents indicate they decided to ignore the problem -- and no one ever raised the issue again.
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