New Pedestrian Bridge Collapses in Miami

[Reasonable]

This is what happens when democrats make the decisions.

Are democrats weakening safety rules?
Goddamn you drunken woman...
trump's rolling back a plethora of safety rules and consumer protection rules.

Democrats don't weaken safety rules. Democrats ignore all those racist, bigoted safety rules. They are white man's rules.

Ding ding ding.
Even with Bripat trolling the forum THAT has to be the most idiotic comment of the day.

 

[EvilCat Breath]

More of Obama's regulations this bastard is rolling back.
He's not only happy to put us at risk on land.. but also in the ocean.

Trump to roll back offshore drilling safety regulations: report

Building codes are normally enforced by the state government, you lying fake Marine. Trump's deregulation had nothing to do with this.

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Ever hear of OSHA?
Lol

Ohhh were employees hurt? Did the bridge fall on some workers. Or, do you not know what OSHA means?

 

[EvilCat Breath]

Look at the bright side. Some of the dead might be democrats.

 

[skye]

Cheap Chinese steel??



and there is also the Kobe Steel fraud.

Kobe Steel admits data fraud went on nearly five decades, CEO to quit

 

[Muhammed]

When did they build the bridge?

It was still under construction.

 

[BULLDOG]

More of Obama's regulations this bastard is rolling back.
He's not only happy to put us at risk on land.. but also in the ocean.

Trump to roll back offshore drilling safety regulations: report

Building codes are normally enforced by the state government, you lying fake Marine. Trump's deregulation had nothing to do with this.

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Ever hear of OSHA?
Lol

Ohhh were employees hurt? Did the bridge fall on some workers. Or, do you not know what OSHA means?

Yes employees were hurt. OSHA is on site as well as the NTSB and every other safety organization that might be required.

 

[initforme]

The company owes those injured workers a lot of money.

 

[BULLDOG]

Look at the bright side. Some of the dead might be democrats.

But on the other hand, they might have been some of your regular customers.

 

[depotoo]

 

[Baz Ares]

MACA. Make America Cuba Again

It started construction in spring but had to be commissioned in 2016 to have the work started. I guess this is what happens when you have shovel ready jobs, that weren't shovel ready...Liberalism kills people.

If George Bush was responsible for the economy Obama inherited, this bridge collapse is Obama's legacy left for President Trump.

Jesus Christ. Couldn't even waited until the bodies were counted, could ya'?

What is interesting is what government entity allowed such a bridge to be commissioned? Just like with BP , it was the dept of interior that allowed the rig to operate, why was the bridge allowed to be opened?

It was not open. it is under construction new.

 

[depotoo]

This is really bad-
State: Firm hired for bridge design check should have been pre-qualified but wasn’t

Read more here: State: Firm hired for bridge design check should have been pre-qualified but wasn’t
TALLAHASSEE


The Florida Department of Transportation distanced itself from the bridge construction and collapse late Thursday, saying that the company hired by FIU’s design team to provide “an independent, secondary design check” had not been pre-qualified for the job. That design check is often a technicality but is required by the state.

In a fact sheet of “preliminary findings,” FDOT emphasized that the Florida International University pedestrian project was a “local agency project” under contract with FIU, and not one managed by the state.

“There will clearly be an investigation to see exactly what happened and why this happened,’’ said Gov. Rick Scott during an evening news conference with law enforcement and FIU officials. He emphasized this was “not a FDOT project” and said “we will hold anybody accountable if anybody has done anything wrong.”

Under the contract, however, the project required “an independent, secondary design check,” and the design team, FIGG Bridge Engineers, hired another engineering firm, Louis Berger. That firm “was not FDOT pre-qualified for this service, which is required under FIU’s agreement with the state. FIU’s design build team is responsible for selecting a pre-qualified firm and ensuring this process is followed,” the release said.

Read more here: State: Firm hired for bridge design check should have been pre-qualified but wasn’t
Louis Berger Group
Engineering company

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Louis Berger is a full-service engineering, architecture, planning, environmental, program and construction management and economic development firm based in Morristown, New Jersey. Wikipedia

Headquarters: New Jersey
Subsidiaries: Ammann & Whitney, Louis Berger SAS, Berger, Lehman Associates, P.C., BergerABAM Inc., Louis Berger & Co., The Louis Berger Group Phils., Inc.,

 

[depotoo]

They are saying at least 4 dead so far.

 

[jillian]

"Mass Casualties" reported.

Florida International University Bridge Collapses, Cars Underneath

horrible.

 

[jillian]

Chinese steel?

^^^^^^^^^^

and..... never misses an opportunity to troll.

 

[Marion Morrison]

Odd how it doesn't say "old pedestrian bridge collapses in Miami"

Those things were built solid.

 

[Ravi]

This is really bad-
State: Firm hired for bridge design check should have been pre-qualified but wasn’t

Read more here: State: Firm hired for bridge design check should have been pre-qualified but wasn’t
TALLAHASSEE


The Florida Department of Transportation distanced itself from the bridge construction and collapse late Thursday, saying that the company hired by FIU’s design team to provide “an independent, secondary design check” had not been pre-qualified for the job. That design check is often a technicality but is required by the state.

In a fact sheet of “preliminary findings,” FDOT emphasized that the Florida International University pedestrian project was a “local agency project” under contract with FIU, and not one managed by the state.

“There will clearly be an investigation to see exactly what happened and why this happened,’’ said Gov. Rick Scott during an evening news conference with law enforcement and FIU officials. He emphasized this was “not a FDOT project” and said “we will hold anybody accountable if anybody has done anything wrong.”

Under the contract, however, the project required “an independent, secondary design check,” and the design team, FIGG Bridge Engineers, hired another engineering firm, Louis Berger. That firm “was not FDOT pre-qualified for this service, which is required under FIU’s agreement with the state. FIU’s design build team is responsible for selecting a pre-qualified firm and ensuring this process is followed,” the release said.

Read more here: State: Firm hired for bridge design check should have been pre-qualified but wasn’t
Louis Berger Group
Engineering company

louisberger.com
Louis Berger is a full-service engineering, architecture, planning, environmental, program and construction management and economic development firm based in Morristown, New Jersey. Wikipedia

Headquarters: New Jersey
Subsidiaries: Ammann & Whitney, Louis Berger SAS, Berger, Lehman Associates, P.C., BergerABAM Inc., Louis Berger & Co., The Louis Berger Group Phils., Inc.,

So not minority contractors. Fuck the racist POSs on this thread.

 

[depotoo]

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Jul 28, 2016 · The Justice Department announced today that the government has filed suit under the False Claims Act against Derish M. Wolff and Salvatore J. Pepe, respectively the former CEO and CFO of Louis Berger Group Inc. (LBG), ..

 

[depotoo]

Yet they still hired them. No wonder they weren’t state certified.

 

[Marion Morrison]

This is really bad-
State: Firm hired for bridge design check should have been pre-qualified but wasn’t

Read more here: State: Firm hired for bridge design check should have been pre-qualified but wasn’t
TALLAHASSEE


The Florida Department of Transportation distanced itself from the bridge construction and collapse late Thursday, saying that the company hired by FIU’s design team to provide “an independent, secondary design check” had not been pre-qualified for the job. That design check is often a technicality but is required by the state.

In a fact sheet of “preliminary findings,” FDOT emphasized that the Florida International University pedestrian project was a “local agency project” under contract with FIU, and not one managed by the state.

“There will clearly be an investigation to see exactly what happened and why this happened,’’ said Gov. Rick Scott during an evening news conference with law enforcement and FIU officials. He emphasized this was “not a FDOT project” and said “we will hold anybody accountable if anybody has done anything wrong.”

Under the contract, however, the project required “an independent, secondary design check,” and the design team, FIGG Bridge Engineers, hired another engineering firm, Louis Berger. That firm “was not FDOT pre-qualified for this service, which is required under FIU’s agreement with the state. FIU’s design build team is responsible for selecting a pre-qualified firm and ensuring this process is followed,” the release said.

Read more here: State: Firm hired for bridge design check should have been pre-qualified but wasn’t
Louis Berger Group
Engineering company

louisberger.com
Louis Berger is a full-service engineering, architecture, planning, environmental, program and construction management and economic development firm based in Morristown, New Jersey. Wikipedia

Headquarters: New Jersey
Subsidiaries: Ammann & Whitney, Louis Berger SAS, Berger, Lehman Associates, P.C., BergerABAM Inc., Louis Berger & Co., The Louis Berger Group Phils., Inc.,

So not minority contractors. Fuck the racist POSs on this thread.

Does Ravi remember the pedestrian bridge over I95?

 

[martybegan]

Dang.. Union installers, no illegals.

What is Accelerated Bridge Construction, which was used ahead of the Miami collapse
This should have had a temp middle support till above overhead cabling was completed.
And anchored to the end ground bridge tension buttress points.

Kinda like this.

Looks like a failure at the far approach that dragged the near approach side with it.

Not a structural engineer, but have taken a few basic seminars on bridges.