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Father of Collapsed Florida Bridge was Obama ‘Champion of Change’ in 2015
CFP ^ | 3/16/18 | Judi McLeod

Posted on 03/18/2018 4:58:46 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal

Celebrated leading visionary bridge engineer Atorod Azizinamini, whose ABC (Accelerated Bridge Construction) technology was used to build the bridge that collapsed yesterday on Florida International University’s campus, was named an Obama era Department of Transportation ‘Champion of Change’ in 2015.

The event in which Azizinamini was awarded ‘Champion of Change’ status was webcast live at whitehouse.gov/live, no longer online.

Much will be made in coming days that FIGG Bridge Group designed the bridge and that it was constructed by MCM Construction, in the aftermath of the bridge’s collapse.

But it was Azizinamini bridge technology all the way:

“This project is an outstanding example of the ABC method,” said Atorod Azizinamini, the center’s director, in a press release on Saturday. “This bridge is the result of great support from our congressional delegation and the U.S. Department of Transportation,” said FIU CFO Kenneth Jessell in the same press release. “FIU and our surrounding community will benefit from this project for generations to come. (Reason, Mar. 15, 2018)

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TOPICS: Conspiracy; Miscellaneous; Society
KEYWORDS: bridgetestrico; failedbridgerico; illegalaliens; labor; marxism; negligence; obama; obamarico
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Was this skinny, long tensioner concrete span supposed to be supported by it’s ends for a year while the main pylon was erected

Agreed, crazy. The part that fell spanned 7 lanes of traffic. If the central pylon and the cables weren't necessary to support the span then what was their purpose? Aesthetics?

Also, I've read that it was undergoing some kind of test. Any test, by its very nature, has an outcome that is not 100% known. It seems to me it would've been a good idea to halt traffic for the duration of the test.

21 posted on 03/18/2018 5:36:01 PM PDT by libertylover (Kurt Schlicter: "They wonder why they got Trump. They are why they got Trump")
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To: SamAdams76

Learned in grade school that the illness called the bends was discovered while building the Brooklyn Bridge. Decompression from coming up from those underwater caissons caused it.

Anyway, may it stand for another American century!


22 posted on 03/18/2018 5:37:49 PM PDT by elcid1970 ("The Second Amendment is more important than Islam. Buy ammo.")
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To: buffyt

There are several Roman Aqueducts that still stand and are used for bridges - 2,000 years later.


23 posted on 03/18/2018 5:38:03 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (This country & world is living on borrowed time (Luke 17:26-27))
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To: Neoliberalnot
These structures do not look like they are made of mud & grass.

From East African city Nairobi. My MD brother-in-law practiced there for 2 decades.


24 posted on 03/18/2018 5:54:55 PM PDT by entropy12 (30 Million low wealth, low skill LEGAL chain migrants in 25 years is growing EXPONENTIALLY..)
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To: Pearls Before Swine

“The final design still required a central pylon and cable stays. Construction of the main support/suspension pylon hadn’t even been started.”

I have read that the pylon and cable stays were “aesthetic” and not structural — fake, I guess you could say.


25 posted on 03/18/2018 5:58:19 PM PDT by buridan
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To: entropy12

Note that the former British colonies in Africa tend to be much better off than those that were former French or Belgian colonies.


26 posted on 03/18/2018 6:00:10 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: buridan
I have read that the pylon and cable stays were “aesthetic” and not structural...

I find that hard to believe. That's a long, heavy span. And, it's got no structural steel in it. All strength is provided by squeezing the concrete via tensioned cables (which apparently they found weren't tensioned enough, which is why they were doing the "test" when it collapsed).

As an analogy, consider a roll of coins. If oriented vertically, they can support a ton or more. If oriented horizontally, they fall apart. However, if you squeeze the coins while you hold them horizontal, they can take some transverse vertical load. That's what was supposed to be going on here.

But, again, looking at the bridge span, there was a rather heavily trussed structure that was going to accept the cable stays, which make sense. But the span platform itself was very thin. That just don't look right to me.

27 posted on 03/18/2018 6:04:22 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: DUMBGRUNT
I agree with what you listed on the construction side and would add another two to this. One, botched field installation and two incorrect specification components were either ordered or erroneously delivered. I'm always suspicious of falsified materials specification items as well.

I am not yet convinced that the designers were at not at fault though. I've encountered several significant failures caused by both well known and obscure designers. A PE really doesn't mean that much to me and a university professor even less. In addition, I am always suspicious of design and equipment type by an engineer that has a financial interest in the equipment or technique. Often enough, I have found their recommendations to be biased to the harm of the owner. Full independence is best IMHO.

This was already a weird situation to me in that the street below was apparently open to traffic before testing had even been completed and worse still traffic was going under the bridge while testing was being performed. Weird.

28 posted on 03/18/2018 6:07:20 PM PDT by Hootowl99
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Another example of Obunghole’s $hit Midas touch.


29 posted on 03/18/2018 6:09:59 PM PDT by beethovenfan (I always try to maximize my carbon footprint.)
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To: buffyt

I’m tired of “better mousetraps” that aren’t better, just different (and sometimes cheapened chintzy product).

But then even Free Love isn’t free.

Everything has a cost associated with it.


30 posted on 03/18/2018 6:25:55 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn thvictims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: Hootowl99

” I’m always suspicious of falsified materials specification items as well.”

An apartment collapsed in Mexico (?) a few years back.
Beach sand was substituted in the mix.
Beach sand has sea salt that eats rebar; quickly.

Very fatal.


31 posted on 03/18/2018 6:28:29 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT (This Space for Rent)
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To: Pearls Before Swine
Good post. Those were my conclusions when I first reviewed the photos.

I think the "test" claim had more to do with the post tension work. We are missing photos of the other side. One. I wonder if there was a pull out of the tensioners on the other side during the "test?" Two. Did they fail to adequately tension the span before placement?

The design and project schedule still troubles me. Safety is an afterthought now.
32 posted on 03/18/2018 6:33:17 PM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: PA Engineer

On that bridge, if the tension was lost, it’s a flat out f’n emergency. Like I said, it would have the support strength of a roll of coins if the tension was lost. I wonder if that is what they were checking, although they called it “a test.” If it was, they were checking for a major failure, because I bet it was well known that absent the tensioning, the bridge would fail under its own wait.


33 posted on 03/18/2018 6:36:31 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine ("Married with children.")
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To: entropy12

Thank you. I so wanted to respond to the “mud and grass” claim but just lacked the energy to deal with that level of ignorance.


34 posted on 03/18/2018 6:38:32 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: dfwgator

Lot of truth in that. One of the reasons India has progressed so much technologically can be traced back to British rule of 150 years during which education flourished.


35 posted on 03/18/2018 6:44:38 PM PDT by entropy12 (30 Million low wealth, low skill LEGAL chain migrants in 25 years is growing EXPONENTIALLY..)
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To: SamAdams76

A Great Read:

The Great Bridge
The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
By David McCullough


36 posted on 03/18/2018 8:22:21 PM PDT by Crossfeed
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To: Pearls Before Swine

Yes, that is at the heart of the failure. One can only guess why they thought it would withstand the stress for even a day. There is a reason for the center support. Now we all know what that reason was.


37 posted on 03/18/2018 8:39:00 PM PDT by Robert DeLong
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To: Pearls Before Swine
However, if you squeeze the coins while you hold them horizontal, they can take some transverse vertical load. That's what was supposed to be going on here.

That doesn't sound like a design premise that I'd feel comfortable with.

38 posted on 03/18/2018 11:49:57 PM PDT by neverevergiveup
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To: Pearls Before Swine
For your reference: Diversity Fail? All-Women Engineering Team Blamed for Collapse of Miami Pedestrian Bridge

Sen. Marco Rubio, who lives a few miles from FIU, rushed to the scene of the collapse and shared insider information that the cables were “being tightened” before the bridge collapsed.
39 posted on 03/19/2018 12:06:10 AM PDT by PA Engineer (Liberate America from the Occupation Media.)
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To: libertylover; elcid1970
"...while building the Brooklyn Bridge. Decompression from coming up from those underwater caissons caused it. Anyway, may it stand for another American century...!"

Too late—I already bought it and, along with a benefactor from Nigeria, will be replacing it. ;)

Agreed, crazy. The part that fell spanned 7 lanes of traffic.

I learned yesterday, that the dormitory for the school (next to the highway) has 16 floors. (No pets allowed).

While adequate parking is required for a Miami-Dade County building permit, the parking lot is located on the opposite side of that very busy highway!

40 posted on 03/19/2018 1:05:55 AM PDT by Does so (Let's make the word Mohammedism--adding it to other ISMs...)
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