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Florida bridge that collapsed was touted as 'engineering feat come to life'
Good Morning Progressive America via Yahoo Noose ^
| March 16, 2018
| MEGHAN KENEALLY
Posted on 03/16/2018 8:55:54 AM PDT by Navy Patriot
"FIU is about building bridges and student safety. This project accomplishes our mission beautifully," said FIU President Mark B. Rosenberg said in a statement earlier this month. "We are filled with pride and satisfaction at seeing this engineering feat come to life and connect our campus to the surrounding community where thousands of our students live."
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Close enough for Government work.
To: Navy Patriot
Any set asides for various oppressed or under-represented groups?
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posted on
03/16/2018 8:58:56 AM PDT
by
Pining_4_TX
(For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. ~ Hosea 8:7)
To: Navy Patriot
Engineering feat? It's friggin' concrete! And didn't last a week.
THIS actual engineering feat was built in 1777, still stands today, and handled vehicular traffic into the 1960s.
Above: The Iron Bridge (UK)
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posted on
03/16/2018 8:59:57 AM PDT
by
montag813
To: Navy Patriot
Just another opportunity to waste the peoples’ money.
To: montag813
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posted on
03/16/2018 9:01:00 AM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
To: Navy Patriot
To: Pining_4_TX
Pre-stress tested.
Chinese concrete ?
To: Pining_4_TX
Check the bid proposal. Since it had federal money I’m 100% positive they had a DBE (Disadvantaged Business Enterprise) /WBE (Women owned Business Enterprise) goal for a certain % of work for these type of firms.
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posted on
03/16/2018 9:01:59 AM PDT
by
shotgun
To: Col Frank Slade
In China the responsible people would be executed. In America they are reelected to office.
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posted on
03/16/2018 9:06:53 AM PDT
by
Bonemaker
(invictus maneo)
To: Pining_4_TX
Any set asides for various oppressed or under-represented groups? Project manager was a Hispanic woman whose kid went to the college.
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03/16/2018 9:09:14 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
To: Pining_4_TX
Any set asides for various oppressed or under-represented groups?Well, more than one hundred experts holding Doctorate Degrees in Ethnic and Women's Studies reached a consensus that the bridge would last 100 years or more.
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posted on
03/16/2018 9:09:19 AM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(America needs another European World War)
To: Col Frank Slade
Let’s be honest. China is the largest steel maker in the world, by far. There’s nothing wrong with Chinese steel overall.
There IS a problem with American planners, government officials, engineers and buyers.
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posted on
03/16/2018 9:11:12 AM PDT
by
PGR88
To: Navy Patriot
To: wally_bert; montag813
Easy on the eyes too.Yes, it is.
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posted on
03/16/2018 9:12:24 AM PDT
by
Navy Patriot
(America needs another European World War)
To: shotgun
Yup! Who needs engineering skills? You just have to to have the right skin color, the ârightâ gender or be gender fluid. Knowledge is not a requirement in this society.
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posted on
03/16/2018 9:12:37 AM PDT
by
Chgogal
(Sessions recused himself for shaking an Ambassador's hand. Shameful!)
To: Navy Patriot
I read where the original design had the walkway supported with cables from a tower - none of which is seen at the collapsed walkway.
Sooo, maybe they forgot the supports?
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posted on
03/16/2018 9:13:58 AM PDT
by
Psalm 73
("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
To: Navy Patriot
I’ll bet one or two dissenters warned about this and they were told to shut up.
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posted on
03/16/2018 9:14:13 AM PDT
by
I want the USA back
(Islam is an open-ended declaration of war against non-Muslims. - Henri Boulad)
To: PapaBear3625
UPDATE, March 16, 2018, 11 a.m.: To clarify, Leonor Flores did not work on the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge project in any capacity.
The story was updated.
To: Col Frank Slade
Chinese concrete ? Too stupid to understand the difference between cement and concrete, I see.
To: PapaBear3625
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03/16/2018 9:16:18 AM PDT
by
PapaBear3625
(Big governent is attractive to those who think that THEY will be in control of it.)
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