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BREAKING: Several Dead After 950-Ton Pedestrian Bridge Collapses At Florida International University
Towhnhall.com ^ | March 15, 2018 | Matt Vespa

Posted on 03/15/2018 3:29:54 PM PDT by Kaslin

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To: Kaslin
This was a new....creative.....awesome....design...

Which flunked Bridges 101.

Pretty disgraceful....and devastating.

21 posted on 03/15/2018 3:52:40 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Trump.Deplorable

I think it goes back further....2013...


22 posted on 03/15/2018 3:53:24 PM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: Kaslin

Be ironic if it is shown illegal immigrants were used as laborers..


23 posted on 03/15/2018 3:53:28 PM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: Kaslin

Well...ban pedestrian bridges?

RIP to the victim.


24 posted on 03/15/2018 3:59:27 PM PDT by SecAmndmt (Arm yourselves!)
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To: Kaslin
Shep Smith? LMAO.

If I want to get any information about a breaking story, I'll rely on what I can find in the Dead Sea scrolls before I tune in to Fox News.

25 posted on 03/15/2018 4:03:40 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Go ahead, bite the Big Apple ... don't mind the maggots.")
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To: Sacajaweau

The design may have been fine. The construction procedures appear to be awful.


26 posted on 03/15/2018 4:04:40 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Go ahead, bite the Big Apple ... don't mind the maggots.")
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To: Kaslin

FIU Civil Engineering class project or is someone going to lose their degree?


27 posted on 03/15/2018 4:04:54 PM PDT by TheRightGuy (I want MY BAILOUT ... a billion or two should do!)
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To: luvbach1

South Florida has a notoriously flexible attitude toward rules, with a high rate of construction accidents and defects being one manifestation.


28 posted on 03/15/2018 4:07:00 PM PDT by Rockingham
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To: Kaslin

Substandard steel?


29 posted on 03/15/2018 4:08:44 PM PDT by tiki
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To: luvbach1

Early eyewitness statements are notoriously unreliable.

CC


30 posted on 03/15/2018 4:09:41 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (Do you know what really burns my ass? A flame about 3 feet high.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Surgeons and Engineers can be some arrogant bastages.


31 posted on 03/15/2018 4:10:30 PM PDT by waterhill (I Shall Remain, in spite of __________.)
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To: Kaslin

NOT ‘American built’


32 posted on 03/15/2018 4:12:10 PM PDT by blueplum ( "...this moment is your moment: it belongs to you... " President Donald J. Trump, Jan 20, 2017)
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To: Trump.Deplorable

The grant application was approved in 2013.


33 posted on 03/15/2018 4:13:48 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Alberta's Child

It was missing the suspension supports that were pictured in the design pics.


34 posted on 03/15/2018 4:14:05 PM PDT by dforest (Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
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To: Sacajaweau

cheap labor, cheap materials?


35 posted on 03/15/2018 4:14:45 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: 9YearLurker

Appears to be crossing 6 plus lanes plus center median.


36 posted on 03/15/2018 4:19:34 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: vladimir998

And now you know why these people choose “studies” for their majors. Math hard.

I think the stupidest comment I read was one where Trump was blamed for this infrastructure (they assumed it was existing) collapse because of tax cuts. Because you know
the planning, design, engineering and construction of a new bridge with a total cost of $14.2 million to build (out of a total project cost of $19.4 million) must have lacked proper funding.


37 posted on 03/15/2018 4:20:14 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Kaslin

Wow, another one?


38 posted on 03/15/2018 4:20:47 PM PDT by keat
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To: Real Cynic No More

They are probably blaming him because Miami-Dade is such a Republican stronghold.

Snort. Sorry, just couldn’t resist.


39 posted on 03/15/2018 4:21:37 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Alberta's Child

+1


40 posted on 03/15/2018 4:22:30 PM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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