Posted on 03/15/2018 2:07:05 PM PDT by Morgana
All concrete
Florida International University Bridge Collapses, Cars Underneath
Thanks for the data!
Harland and Wolff built the Titanic. I was attempting, to be facetious.
Dear God.....was this in Florida USA? Ten people crushed to death from a bridge collapse and I’m reading light-hearted, joking comments?! What am I missing? How on earth is this remotely funny? May God comfort those who lost loved ones.
One of the links on a FIGG web page has a link ‘Bridges as Art’ ..
They’ve worked on a vast number of bridge projects including the replacement for the I35 bridge that collapsed in Minniesoda not so many years ago.
Many here probably travel across theirs and Munilla bridges daily.
Yes. In fact Twitter blamed him within 45 minutes of the collapse.
Unreal.
I don’t think so but would have to see the deck plans or pictures if the cut away deck. They would be foolish not to place rebar in the deck. Concrete cannot withstand tension without rebar. It cannot support itself.
Previously sued by a TSA employee due to an airport pedestrian bridge collapse.
And that was likely a much smaller scale bridge. Wow.
“The contractor has standard limits on his insurance of $1-$2 million.”
Are you serious?? That seems absurdly low. I mean, a typical homeowner has $1 MM insurance against random injury. That bridge could cost well into six figures just to remove the concrete carcass in the event of a collapse on an empty field; even if it fell on nobody and nobody’s car and damaged no street no infrastructure. Talking just for concrete removal.
All of the above, along with Miami Mafia contractors.
The engineering firm and the engineers who worked on it will likely be hauled before the Florida State Board of Professional Engineers. Likely that PE licenses will be revoked. With the record of that firm, the company’s license will also be revoked.
What shortcuts were made?
I would not be surprised if this incident becomes part of an ethics study. Professional engineers are required to undergo continuing education activities of 12 to 15 professional development hours (PDH’s) per year, depending on the state. At least one of those hours has to be covering engineering ethics.
Disclosure statement - I am licensed in the State of Texas.
Hope it’s their moron Governor and Senators.
Yes, I’m very serious.
Bridge was just opened this past Saturday...
Bridge was just opened this past Saturday...
The real question is, where is the central support pillar and suspension lines that were pictured in the conceptual drawing? There is no sign of them in the picture of the wreckage...
Not opened, just put the center span in place (but without the supporting suspension cables).
It appears they had decided that the bridge segment could self-support while the suspension was final rigged. From some things I have read on the threads the suspension system was being worked on when the collapse occurred.
I built a much simpler bridge that had it main segment swung into place over a main-line set of railroad tracks.
The “pick” was set Easter morning, in the rain, eight cranes, about 70 ironworkers and others, all on triple time.
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