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Father of Collapsed Florida Bridge was Obama ‘Champion of Change’ in 2015
Canada Free Press ^ | 03/16/18 | Judi McLeod

Posted on 03/16/2018 11:37:24 AM PDT by Sean_Anthony

The bridge was supposed to last for more than 100 years and withstand a Category 5 hurricane. Instead it came crashing down on people occupied cars within days of its construction.

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 Azizinaminif was awarded ‘Champion of Change’ status was webcast live at whitehouse.gov/live, no longer online.

(Excerpt) Read more at canadafreepress.com ...


TOPICS: Government; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: atorodazizinamini; azizinamini; azizinaminif; brigecollapse; championofchange; floridabridge; footbridge; obama; premature; shovelready
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To: Sean_Anthony

Obama is loathesome but not everything revolves around politics


21 posted on 03/16/2018 12:00:24 PM PDT by The Cuban
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To: MichaelRDanger

Quite true....S Florida isn’t part of the good ol US of A.


22 posted on 03/16/2018 12:01:23 PM PDT by rrrod (just an old guy with a gun in his pocket)
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To: ThinkingBuddha

A student was struck by a car and killed a year or so ago so they built the pedestrian bridge - for $40 million! Then even more people were killed. Please, let’s let government solve all our problems. What could possibly go wrong?


23 posted on 03/16/2018 12:01:30 PM PDT by subterfuge (RIP T.P.)
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To: Sean_Anthony

Unless I’m reading this wrong, this guy had nothing directly to do with the Florida bridge. He poneered then ABC method used to build it, and countless others in the U.S. Might as well blame the Weight Brothers for every plane crash.


24 posted on 03/16/2018 12:01:36 PM PDT by Wolfie
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To: M Kehoe

Bttt.

5.56mm


25 posted on 03/16/2018 12:03:28 PM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: bigbob

Sean Anthony is a bot.


26 posted on 03/16/2018 12:06:23 PM PDT by TexasGator (Z)
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To: bigbob
Yes, to be fair why not wait to pin the blame until some facts are known? Yes, I know this is FR but...

Yeah. ...and the claim is that he came up with the general design used, not the specific design, nor construction nor implementation.

27 posted on 03/16/2018 12:06:43 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: bigbob

Fact is the bridge collapsed being that it couldn’t support its weight. Yes, I would say that is a design flaw.


28 posted on 03/16/2018 12:11:44 PM PDT by zek157
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To: Sean_Anthony
Atorod Azizinamini named a ‘Champion of Change’ by Barack Obama in 2015,


29 posted on 03/16/2018 12:13:15 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (America needs another European World War)
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To: lee martell

https://www.chronicle.com/article/Engineer-Connects-His-Research/142787


30 posted on 03/16/2018 12:15:20 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Sean_Anthony

This off site bridge construction has been used for overpasses in Wisconsin a number of times successfully.


31 posted on 03/16/2018 12:16:32 PM PDT by UB355 (Slower traffic keep right)
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To: subterfuge

I hadn’t seen the 40 million figure, just 14.2. Source for that?


32 posted on 03/16/2018 12:20:44 PM PDT by sjm_888
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To: zek157

It may be the specs were wrong for the installation portion of the bridge...which would indeed be part of the design.


33 posted on 03/16/2018 12:20:54 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: ThinkingBuddha

Affirmative action engineering.
*************
You beat me to it.


34 posted on 03/16/2018 12:28:56 PM PDT by Socon-Econ
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35 posted on 03/16/2018 12:34:35 PM PDT by Lizavetta
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To: Sean_Anthony

I’d say “Champion of Crushing American Citizens into Bloody Pulp”. Typical of nobama. Losers tend to congregate.


36 posted on 03/16/2018 12:37:07 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation Camp?)
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To: Sean_Anthony
bridge engineer Atorod Azizinamini"

Can't deny America is the Land of Opportunity.

37 posted on 03/16/2018 12:39:18 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (They said what's up is down, they said what isn't is, they put ideas in his head he thought were his)
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To: Sean_Anthony
bridge engineer Atorod Azizinamini"

Can't deny America is the Land of Opportunity.

38 posted on 03/16/2018 12:39:26 PM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (They said what's up is down, they said what isn't is, they put ideas in his head he thought were his)
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To: Sean_Anthony

And my two engineers have been stymied at every turn because they aren’t minority or women.


39 posted on 03/16/2018 12:41:43 PM PDT by OpusatFR
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To: TexasGator

That’s ok, the articles it posts are usually good.


40 posted on 03/16/2018 12:44:10 PM PDT by right way right (May we remain sober over mere men, for God really is our one and only true hope.)
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