Zactly!
Wrong design requirement priorities!
It ain’t about ‘ease of assembly’!
It’s about STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY!
1 INTRODUCTION
This report documents the criteria for the analysis and design of the signature pedestrian bridge and access structures. The pedestrian bridge is a new crossing spanning over SW 8th Street. The design criteria in this report are a general guidance for the design of the architectural and structural elements.1.1 Architectural Vision
Located on the west side of the intersection of SW 8th Street and 109th Avenue, the FIU pedestrian bridge will serve as a critical piece of infrastructure to allow safe student transit across one of the region’s busiest highways (60,000 Annual Average Daily Traffic). While safety is of the utmost importance, providing the students and public at large with a bridge that will encourage and sustain its use is of equal value.
Safety is #1. Oops.