Posted on 03/15/2018 2:07:05 PM PDT by Morgana
FULL TITLE: 'Up to 10' people crushed to death as 950-ton pedestrian bridge collapses on top of cars and pedestrians on Florida college campus - just five days after it was installed
Up to 10 people have been killed when a newly installed pedestrian bridge spanning several lanes of traffic collapsed at Florida International University on Thursday.
US Senator Bill Nelson of Florida told local TV station CBS Miami that between six to 10 people died.
The 174-foot 'instant bridge' hailed as a feat of engineering and safety, was installed Saturday morning but was not due to open to the public until 2019.
At least six injured people were taken away from the scene and eight vehicles were trapped in the bridge wreckage, Miami-Dade County Mayor Carlos Gimenez said in an interview with CBS Miami.
One person was suffering from cardiac arrest, Gimenez said.
Television images captured from helicopter show numerous cars crushed by the weight of the bridge.
Images also show a number of emergency rescue workers crawling along the rubble in an attempt to spot survivors.
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
All concrete
Florida International University Bridge Collapses, Cars Underneath
Thanks for the data!
Harland and Wolff built the Titanic. I was attempting, to be facetious.
Dear God.....was this in Florida USA? Ten people crushed to death from a bridge collapse and I’m reading light-hearted, joking comments?! What am I missing? How on earth is this remotely funny? May God comfort those who lost loved ones.
One of the links on a FIGG web page has a link ‘Bridges as Art’ ..
They’ve worked on a vast number of bridge projects including the replacement for the I35 bridge that collapsed in Minniesoda not so many years ago.
Many here probably travel across theirs and Munilla bridges daily.
Yes. In fact Twitter blamed him within 45 minutes of the collapse.
Unreal.
I don’t think so but would have to see the deck plans or pictures if the cut away deck. They would be foolish not to place rebar in the deck. Concrete cannot withstand tension without rebar. It cannot support itself.
Previously sued by a TSA employee due to an airport pedestrian bridge collapse.
And that was likely a much smaller scale bridge. Wow.
“The contractor has standard limits on his insurance of $1-$2 million.”
Are you serious?? That seems absurdly low. I mean, a typical homeowner has $1 MM insurance against random injury. That bridge could cost well into six figures just to remove the concrete carcass in the event of a collapse on an empty field; even if it fell on nobody and nobody’s car and damaged no street no infrastructure. Talking just for concrete removal.
All of the above, along with Miami Mafia contractors.
The engineering firm and the engineers who worked on it will likely be hauled before the Florida State Board of Professional Engineers. Likely that PE licenses will be revoked. With the record of that firm, the company’s license will also be revoked.
What shortcuts were made?
I would not be surprised if this incident becomes part of an ethics study. Professional engineers are required to undergo continuing education activities of 12 to 15 professional development hours (PDH’s) per year, depending on the state. At least one of those hours has to be covering engineering ethics.
Disclosure statement - I am licensed in the State of Texas.
Hope it’s their moron Governor and Senators.
Yes, I’m very serious.
Bridge was just opened this past Saturday...
Bridge was just opened this past Saturday...
The real question is, where is the central support pillar and suspension lines that were pictured in the conceptual drawing? There is no sign of them in the picture of the wreckage...
Not opened, just put the center span in place (but without the supporting suspension cables).
It appears they had decided that the bridge segment could self-support while the suspension was final rigged. From some things I have read on the threads the suspension system was being worked on when the collapse occurred.
I built a much simpler bridge that had it main segment swung into place over a main-line set of railroad tracks.
The “pick” was set Easter morning, in the rain, eight cranes, about 70 ironworkers and others, all on triple time.
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