Posted on 02/28/2023 4:51:09 PM PST by nickcarraway
An engineer who designed a bridge that collapsed hours after opening in rural Saskatchewan in 2018 is prohibited from practicing for now.
The Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan’s (APEGS) discipline committee panel sent Scott O. Gullacher an interim order outlining the stipulations on Jan. 24, 2023.
Gullacher was found guilty on three counts of professional misconduct, with one count relating to a formal complaint on the Dyck Memorial Bridge in the R.M. of Clayton, Sask. which collapsed hours after opening on Sept. 14, 2018.
He was found to not have practiced in a careful and diligent manner by “not employing a site-specific geotechnical analysis and by not providing adequate engineering designs for the helical pile foundations,” according to a news release from APEGS.
The second complaint pertained to five municipal bridges, one located in the RM of Scott, one in the RM of Caledonia, one in the RM of Mervin, and two located in the RM of Purdue.
The designs for these bridges lacked relevant design information, design code deficiencies, lack of welding detail plans, as well as other deficiencies, which resulted in the bridges not being able to carry the minimum loads required by code.
A hearing was held in June 2022 regarding two additional counts, but the panel did not receive sufficient evidence to prove professional misconduct.
A hearing is scheduled for March 13, 2023, where the panel will hear submissions from the investigation committee and Gullacher. A final written order will be issued to Gullacher and if there is no appeal, the order will be published in the spring, according to the release.
But did he incorperate his feelings into his math caculations. This is the real question we need to know.
Bridge looks racist to me…..
Damn. Talk about a career killer!
My advisor at the U of A told us young engineering students that doctors can bury their mistakes but engineers live with theirs forever.
Is it “a little bit south of Saskatoon”?
Blue Cross would know that he had an increase in med amt. without his telling them. That’s Blue Cross for you. Never cared for that one.
Family need a Go Fund Me. Paying off something insurance should be part of is so stressful, it will make one worse off physically and mentally.
I think you posted to the wrong thread.
Comment in wrong story Please remove.
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Yes, I did. I was so mad.
Which raises the questions, how were bridges he designed, approved and built, lacking required planning, documentation, and code reviews? What was going on with the cities who approved the construction?
Maybe Capitola can hire him to do the design for pier repairs.
“Stop it with those negative waves.”
But were racial quotas met?
I really hate it when a bridge collapses under me.
I hate it when my bridge partner collapses under me.
Maybe he has a future career in suburban parking lot design. I always assumed that’s where failed civil engineers go.
That looks like many of the 100 year old bridges all across Idaho...that are still standing and working.
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