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Florida International University Bridge Collapses, Cars Underneath
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| 03/15/2018
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Posted on 03/15/2018 11:32:16 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: shelterguy
>>They might want to stick with what works.<<
Or at least field test a real one in a less dangerous situation like over a river that needs 10 feet or so.
I cannot believe they field tested this in production. You would think they were (red dot) Indians who did this.
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posted on
03/15/2018 11:54:40 AM PDT
by
freedumb2003
(obozo took 8 years to try to destroy us. Trump took 1 to rebuild us. MAGA!!)
To: Red Badger
Rush just talked about it on his show.
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posted on
03/15/2018 11:54:45 AM PDT
by
Biggirl
("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5W)
To: SoFloFreeper
Safety Factor - If the calculations show it will fail with a load of X, you design it to withstand a load of 2.5X. That’s the “margin of safety.”
To: Red Badger
Las Vegas has a lot of experience with pedestrian bridges.
They should have contracted with whomever builds those.
This thing was just pure poor construction and design apparently...
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posted on
03/15/2018 11:55:15 AM PDT
by
SolidRedState
(I used to think bizarro world was a fiction.)
To: Boogieman
4 seconds ! :-\
85
posted on
03/15/2018 11:55:24 AM PDT
by
tomkat
To: Red Badger
Should have used Reardon steel...
86
posted on
03/15/2018 11:56:23 AM PDT
by
Popman
To: Red Badger
Were turning into a third world country.
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posted on
03/15/2018 11:56:24 AM PDT
by
Cobra64
(Common sense isn't common any more.)
To: SoFloFreeper
What does that mean, 2.5 factor? Figure out how strong you expect it needs to be, then multiply by 2.5 to take into account the things you weren't expecting.
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posted on
03/15/2018 11:56:36 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
To: SuperLuminal
Wonder how many that worked on the bridge were illegals?
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posted on
03/15/2018 11:56:44 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: SuperLuminal
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posted on
03/15/2018 11:57:53 AM PDT
by
Reno89519
(Americans Are Dreamers, Too! No to Amnesty, Yes to Catch-and-Deport, and Yes to E-Verify.)
To: Red Badger
Who had the low bid on that job?
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posted on
03/15/2018 11:57:57 AM PDT
by
SMARTY
("Nearly all men can stand adversity...to test a man's character, give him power." A. Lincoln)
To: SuperLuminal
They’re a local company here. Built the Zakim Bridge in Boston and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa. Owned now by a woman and created by her Father.
To: tomkat
It was unfinished, not scheduled to open for another year................
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posted on
03/15/2018 11:58:23 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(The people who call Trump a tyrant are the same people who want the president to confiscate weapons.)
To: Paradox
To: ProtectOurFreedom
My scholarship currently focuses on applying liberative pedagogies in engineering education, leveraging best practices from womens studies and ethnic studies to engage students in creating a democratic classroom that encourages all voices. In 2005 I received a CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to support this work, which includes developing, implementing, and assessing curricular and pedagogical innovations based on liberative pedagogies and student input at Smith, and understanding how students at Smith conceptualize their identities as engineers. I seek as an engineering educator to be part of a paradigm shift that these pedagogies demand, repositioning concerns about diversity in science and engineering from superficial measures of equity as headcounts, to addressing justice and the genuine engagement of all students as core educational challenges. Rileys research interests include engineering and social justice; engineering ethics; social inequality in engineering education; and the liberal education of engineers. In 2005 she received a National Science Foundation CAREER award on implementing and assessing critical and feminist pedagogies in engineering classrooms. Students in Rileys research group are pursuing interests including culturally inclusive pedagogies; understanding faculty motivations and approaches to teaching engineering ethics; connections between critical thinking and engineering ethics pedagogies; engineering education policy; and public participation in engineering projects impacting communities.
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posted on
03/15/2018 11:58:43 AM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
To: Red Badger
I’m assuming Florida International University is not an engineering school ...
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posted on
03/15/2018 11:58:55 AM PDT
by
IronJack
(A)
To: TallahasseeConservative
Built the Zakim Bridge in Boston and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa.Note to self: Don't take the Zakim Bridge and the Sunshine Skyway Bridge.
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posted on
03/15/2018 11:59:18 AM PDT
by
dfwgator
To: amihow
Chinese steel?
My very first thought. Inferior concrete is also a possibility.
To: ProtectOurFreedom
The department of engineering “eduction” is not a part of any Engineering Curricula or department of college. It is part of the college of education for certification as a High School teacher. Sort of like getting a degree in Business Education is not in the College of Business.
Universities have fallen in the US but not as far as this article or its’ responders imply.
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posted on
03/15/2018 11:59:32 AM PDT
by
lurked_for_a_decade
(Imagination is more important than knowledge! ( e_uid == 0 ) != ( e_uid = 0 ). I Read kernel code.)
To: Boogieman
Judging by the looks of the abutments, the bridge had not even been finished yet.
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posted on
03/15/2018 11:59:33 AM PDT
by
Tolerance Sucks Rocks
(The US Constitution ....... Invented by geniuses and God .... Administered by morons ......)
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