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Miami pedestrian bridge collapses, killing several, officials say
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Posted on 03/15/2018 2:47:59 PM PDT by matt04

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21 posted on 03/15/2018 3:39:54 PM PDT by a little elbow grease (Zip ties and duct tape are far more productive than pussy hats and #metoo tweets)
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To: matt04
Should be ban bridges?

Or just pedestrians?

22 posted on 03/15/2018 3:41:02 PM PDT by x
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To: PAR35
Arrest the architects, the contractors, and the engineers pending further investigation.

It's the American way!

23 posted on 03/15/2018 3:41:36 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: marktwain
They put up the bridge before the suspension structure was in place. What were they thinking?

Heaven knows. Perhaps that the thing would hold while they were progressing to the next stage of the project.

24 posted on 03/15/2018 3:44:14 PM PDT by Mr Ramsbotham (Laws against sodomy are honored in the breech.)
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To: Responsibility2nd; matt04

This is the only one in the Breaking News sidebar.

Next time, check and look before posting.


25 posted on 03/15/2018 3:47:16 PM PDT by PAR35
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To: Enchante

Ain’t no brag if you can do it.

The SJWs are psychotic and push an agenda of hate, revenge, and exclusion/blacklisting.

As the posters inside NASA used to say, Apollo will be judged by its accomplishments, not its goals.


26 posted on 03/15/2018 4:08:45 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (Wear an orange pin to mourn thvictims of the Tide Pods Challenge.)
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To: CGASMIA68

Low Bid Contractors!

WORTH REPEATING...

How many jobs have been “won” by the lowest, cheapest, fastest bidder for Industrial and Commercial projects that should have had million $ price tags but were bid at $500k or below and ended up being disasters?

The labor for this bridge was probably built by Haitians and Dominicans straight off the boat.


27 posted on 03/15/2018 4:27:11 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (This country & world is living on borrowed time (Luke 17:26-27))
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To: matt04

I wonder how many illegal construction workers they used?


28 posted on 03/15/2018 4:35:51 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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To: matt04

Oh no. Kids are going to be walking out of school again across the country.


29 posted on 03/15/2018 5:01:42 PM PDT by SamAdams76
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To: cdcdawg; rockinqsranch
Cheap imported steel combined with cheap imported labor?

No steel, just pre-stressed concrete. Cable-stays to support it were not in place.

30 posted on 03/15/2018 5:24:30 PM PDT by CedarDave
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To: matt04
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/2018/03/15/mass-casualty-event-pedestrian-bridge-collapses-at-miami-florida-international-university/#more-146963

Above is a link to Conservative Treehouse on this as well.

The circumstances that appear to be involved in this tragedy really tick me off. The initial information suggests to that this is more likely to be something deficient during the construction phase than the design phase. This will be determined later though.

No matter though, why were automobiles (and possibly pedestrians?) allowed into the construction zone prior to testing being performed and the results signed off on by the enginer-in-charge. Completely mind boggling.

Information in Sundance’s post indicated a cable failure. If so, it could be an inaccurate specification from the designer, a non-approved substitution, a steel supplier error where the grade delivered did not match the supplier's as-delivered certification documents or the steel had bogus certifications from somewhere within the supply chain.

31 posted on 03/15/2018 5:25:03 PM PDT by Hootowl99
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32 posted on 03/15/2018 6:37:47 PM PDT by LegendHasIt
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To: CGASMIA68

It probably won’t matter because with this many people involved, as they’ll likely go after everyone involved in the design, construction etc...The lawyers will work overtime trying to figure out how to find blame at every stage of development etc.


33 posted on 03/15/2018 7:08:37 PM PDT by dragnet2 (Diversion and evasion are tools of deceit)
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