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Diversity Fail? All-Women Engineering Team Blamed for Collapse of Miami Pedestrian Bridge
SandraRose.com ^ | March 18, 2018 | Sandra Rose

Posted on 03/18/2018 6:12:54 PM PDT by reaganaut1

The all-women engineering team that designed the ill-fated pedestrian foot bridge at Miami’s Florida International University were highly touted for their advances in a field that is typically dominated by men.

But critics are pointing the finger of blame at the female engineers for design flaws that may have brought the bridge down.

Investigators are still on the scene of last week’s bridge collapse that killed 6 people and injured 9 on the FIU campus in Southwest Miami.

The investigation is focusing on the work done by a team of all-women engineers who were employed by one of the construction firms that designed and built the bridge.

Munilla Construction Management (MCM), the South Miami-based firm that designed the FIU foot bridge, has been sued multiple times for unsafe practices in the past.

In early March MCM was sued by a construction worker who was severely injured when MCM’s “makeshift bridge” at Miami’s International Airport collapsed.

MCM is a Cuban-American, family-owned Miami company founded in 1983 that employs more than 1,000 people in several states. The company is a federal military contractor for the U.S. Army and Navy.

MCM was awarded the $14.2 million minority contract to design and build the cable-stayed bridge. The company is well-connected in Miami politics and it promotes inclusion and diversity in the workforce.

(Excerpt) Read more at sandrarose.com ...


TOPICS: Society
KEYWORDS: bridgecollapse; designflaw; diversity; fiu; fiubridge; miami; quotas; women
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To: grey_whiskers

...”Was?” What happened? Did she stand outside in the rain and shrink all of a sudden?

Well, it was 40 years ago...


61 posted on 03/18/2018 6:54:49 PM PDT by HangnJudge
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To: reaganaut1

>>...critics say simple mathematics would have prevented the disaster in Miami.<<

“Math is hard if your’re a female, and even harder if you’re a minority female. So let’s not worry about that math thingy and just design a pretty bridge!” — All female, Cubana design team.

It’s a high price to pay for being stylish.


62 posted on 03/18/2018 6:55:50 PM PDT by nickedknack
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To: reaganaut1

Employees at MCM | Munilla Construction Management

Melanie Rowan, P.E.
Senior Project Manager

Nelson Gomez Jr
Project Engineer

Maira Suarez

Alex Suarez
Senior Project Manager

Nelson Nunez
Fleet Manager

https://www.linkedin.com/company/mcm_3


63 posted on 03/18/2018 6:55:57 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: nickedknack

"You can say that again."
64 posted on 03/18/2018 6:58:20 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: reaganaut1





65 posted on 03/18/2018 6:58:35 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: reaganaut1

I once dated a cute girl who was a math major. She was pretty smart. She was also later president of her sorority at Mississippi State.

Still it is a fact that boys on average, score higher on math tests and girls score higher on verbal.


66 posted on 03/18/2018 6:59:26 PM PDT by yarddog
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To: reaganaut1
Q: "What will hold up the bridge?"

A: "FEELINGS!!!"

You're Hired!

67 posted on 03/18/2018 7:00:39 PM PDT by montag813
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

It was more important how the bridges felt about themselves...


68 posted on 03/18/2018 7:03:02 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Donald Trump: Doing the work American politicians just won't do.)
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To: Chode

You misspelled Matt


69 posted on 03/18/2018 7:04:58 PM PDT by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC ("Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt" - Pr. Herbert Hoover)
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To: Chode; bunkerhill7
A Bridge Too Fair

OMG!!

They had this problem back in Merrie Olde England too!

London Bridge is Falling Down,
Falling Down,
Falling Down,
London Bridge is Falling Down,
My Fair Lady

70 posted on 03/18/2018 7:05:49 PM PDT by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: reaganaut1

You’ve got to be kidding me? Is this real?


71 posted on 03/18/2018 7:06:45 PM PDT by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: reaganaut1

Well the bridge was being intolerant of gravity for a while then caved to the worlds pressure to turn that potential energy into steady state. Can’t have some object refusing to bow to the pressure of Mother Earth.


72 posted on 03/18/2018 7:07:45 PM PDT by wgmalabama (The government murdered Robert LaVoy Finicum - what makes you think you are not next?)
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To: HerrBlucher
There is some seriously bad logic going on here to imply that gender played any role in this

Yeah, this kind of stuff is embarrassing.

I'd bet that most modern civil engineering failures are a result of cutting corners to save (or embezzle) money, not poor engineering.

73 posted on 03/18/2018 7:07:55 PM PDT by Drew68
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To: reaganaut1

The wonders of MWOB.


74 posted on 03/18/2018 7:08:44 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (<img src="http://i.imgur.com/WukZwJP.gif" width=800>https://i.imgur.com/zXSEP5Z.gif)
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To: Wm F Buckley Republican

None?


75 posted on 03/18/2018 7:09:02 PM PDT by sagar
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To: FirstFlaBn

The dashcam video shows the bridge broke right where the workers were tensioning the cable, so it may have nothing to do with the design.


76 posted on 03/18/2018 7:11:05 PM PDT by Moonman62 (Make America Great Again!)
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To: reaganaut1

Affirmative Action does a lot of real-world damage.


77 posted on 03/18/2018 7:13:07 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: dsrtsage

Math is sexist.


78 posted on 03/18/2018 7:13:30 PM PDT by Architect of Avalon
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To: reaganaut1

Diversity is job one (won)?


79 posted on 03/18/2018 7:13:56 PM PDT by Kickaha (See the glory...of the royal scam)
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To: reaganaut1

Critical design calculations done a bad time of the month???


80 posted on 03/18/2018 7:15:56 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is another agitator for republicanism like Sam Adams when we need him?)
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