New pedestrian bridge collapses

lokie · Mar 15, 2018

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...sity-injuring-several/?utm_term=.c9a2d66168fe
New pedestrian bridge collapses at Florida International University, injuring several

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2018/03/15/bridge-collapses-florida-international-university/
FIU Bridge Collapse: ‘Several’ Dead, 8 Cars Trapped Underneath

A tragedy and now somebody has some splainin to do.

ANC · Mar 15, 2018

And this all started because one person was run over a while ago...

tyler.durden · Mar 15, 2018

Perhaps the bridge was from IKEA. They cost a little less, but you have to put them together yourself. I usually have a few parts left over at the end of construction of their products...

Too soon?

Cold$moke · Mar 15, 2018

Thas what happens when you go with the lowest bid or the fastest builders.

Building with REAL quality takes time and money.

Most people nowadays dont realize how shoddy some of the buildings they are in are put together to save time and make the contractor more money .

tangerinegreen555 · Mar 15, 2018

It wasn't even open for pedestrian travel yet, just put up a couple days ago?

I want some heads on a post.

abalonehx · Mar 15, 2018

Company that built collapsed FIU bridge offers ‘thoughts and prayers’

The company that built the collapsed Florida International University bridge sent out condolences just four hours after touting the opening on its Facebook page.

MCM - Munilla Construction Management
6 hours ago
Our family’s thoughts and prayers go out to everyone affected by this terrible tragedy. The new UniversityCity Bridge, which was under construction, experienced a catastrophic collapse causing injuries and loss of life. MCM is a family business and we are all devastated and doing everything we can to assist. We will conduct a full investigation to determine exactly what went wrong and will cooperate with investigators on scene in every way.

Beachwalker · Mar 15, 2018

The Builders were reportedly doing stress-tests on it (in the middle of Rush Hour) when it collapsed. Sounds like a bright bunch :wall:

curious2garden · Mar 15, 2018

tangerinegreen555 said:
It wasn't even open for pedestrian travel yet, just put up a couple days ago?

I want some heads on a post.View attachment 4106268

I would like to have 10 minutes in a closed room with the civil engineer that signed off those blueprints, just 10 minutes.

abalonehx · Mar 15, 2018

Cold$moke · Mar 15, 2018

Beachwalker said:
The Builders were reportedly doing stress-tests on it (in the middle of Rush Hour) when it collapsed. Sounds like a bright bunch

Sometimes you dont have a choice but they should have tried to redicect traffic.

Construction rarely waits on people lol

Cold$moke · Mar 15, 2018

Its funny in my town we worked on a college bridge not over traffic.

But i thought it was funny that my company purposely modified structural clips because it was easier and cheaper .

I no longer work there and i hope someone could stop shit like that .

The problem is that the inspectors are buddies with the builders they all hangout .

So some shit gets "passed" when it really shouldnt .

Its why i dont stay working long cause im the guy that is always questioning if something is right . Cause i was trained to do work correctly as possible .

Sucks

curious2garden · Mar 15, 2018

Cold$moke said:
Sometimes you dont have a choice but they should have tried to redicect traffic.

Construction rarely waits on people lol

Indeed, even when it should....

abalonehx · Mar 15, 2018

Court documents show that MCM, or Munilla Construction Management, was accused of substandard work in a lawsuit filed earlier this month. The suit said a worker at Fort Lauderdale International Airport, where the company is working on an expansion, fell and injured himself when a makeshift bridge MCM built collapsed under the worker’s weight.

The suit charged the company with employing “incompetent, inexperienced, unskilled or careless employees” at the job site.

curious2garden · Mar 15, 2018

abalonehx said:
Court documents show that MCM, or Munilla Construction Management, was accused of substandard work in a lawsuit filed earlier this month. The suit said a worker at Fort Lauderdale International Airport, where the company is working on an expansion, fell and injured himself when a makeshift bridge MCM built collapsed under the worker’s weight.

The suit charged the company with employing “incompetent, inexperienced, unskilled or careless employees” at the job site.

Thank god we don't need unions!

Cold$moke · Mar 15, 2018

Ha ha im a x union guy

Aslong as they do how they are trained and not how the contractor says so lol

mariwanalady · Mar 15, 2018

My thoughts are with the families of the deceased.

cannabineer · Mar 15, 2018

mariwanalady said:
My thoughts are with the families of the deceased.

Mine aren't.

curious2garden · Mar 15, 2018

cannabineer said:
Mine aren't.

You know how literal I am. I do wonder what exact shape that sort of though takes.....

I think to much

WeedFreak78 · Mar 16, 2018

curious2garden said:
I would like to have 10 minutes in a closed room with the civil engineer that signed off those blueprints, just 10 minutes.

Engineers at my old company would just say "It worked in the computer model, must have been worker error." Because computers are infallible. :dunce:

ANC · Mar 16, 2018

Who the fuck builds a 900-tonne pedestrian bridge?

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