Bridge that was finished this past Saturday collapses in Miami at FIU; multiple people dead.

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

Whole situation is fukked up.

I'm glad I didn't get caught up in it

All ya fiu peeps are good?

 

[OfTheCross]

All ya fiu peeps are good?

As far as I know...

My ppl were telling me there were multiple deaths...they used some new technology to build it faster and it cost $14 mill

What a fukking waste

 

[Shogun]

First-of-its-kind pedestrian bridge “swings” into place

“This project is an outstanding example of the ABC method,” said chair of FIU’s Civil & Environmental Engineering Department and director of FIU’s ABC-UTC Atorod Azizinamini, who is one of the world’s leading experts on Accelerated Bridge Construction. “Building the major element of the bridge – its main span superstructure – outside of the traveled way and away from busy Eighth Street is a milestone.”

“FIU has come a long way since the TIGER grant that funded this pedestrian bridge was awarded in 2013. This project represents a true collaboration among so many different partners at local, state, and federal levels, and in both the public and private sectors,” said Mario Diaz-Balart, U.S. Representative and Chairman of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Transportation, Housing and Urban Development. “The university’s growth and acceleration is no longer just about the campus and its student body; it’s about the future of Sweetwater, Miami-Dade County and the entire South Florida region. I believe this is what creative solutions to transportation challenges look like, and I will continue to support and incentivize these new ideas.”

“This bridge is the result of great support from our congressional delegation and the U.S. Department of Transportation,” said FIU Senior Vice President and CFO Kenneth Jessell. “This bridge has already been the catalyst for significant economic development in the City of Sweetwater. FIU and our surrounding community will benefit from this project for generations to come.”

The bridge was designed by FIGG Bridge Engineers and built by MCM. Barnhart Crane and Rigging operated the Self-Propelled Modular Transporters that placed the bridge on its permanent supports.

MCM

Right to work state = low paid unqualified people making unsafe structures.

Meet our Unions & Professional Affiliations | MCM

Our executive leadership as well as rank and file employees participate and benefit from our alliances with the following construction unions and associations as they are important resources for recruitment, education and training, and upward promotion.

 

[BigMoneyGrip]

And you can't even call it crumbling infrastructure as it's the newest bridge in the entire fukkn country

I wonder if they used that cheap Chinese steel

All I know is the city of Miami and the University better open up that check book.. that civil suit gonna be a mofo

 

[Shogun]

Scary news. The contractor gotta be on the hook for shoddy work.
to the deceased.

The people responsible are probably going to suffer for the rest of their lives.

Loosely related:
30 Years After Explosion, Challenger Engineer Still Blames Himself
And this dude wasn't really responsible.

 

[Shogun]

 

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

As far as I know...

My ppl were telling me there were multiple deaths...they used some new technology to build it faster and it cost $14 mill

What a fukking waste

Wow that’s horrible . Use a never before used technology in a busy intersection in the middle of Miami brehs

 

[N.J.stan]

That's crazy, RIP to all the victims

 

[OfTheCross]

Wow that’s horrible . Use a never before used technology in a busy intersection in the middle of Miami brehs

Bruh...not only that. It was unnecessary.

ItsI literally a bridge to no where.

When you cross the street therest nothing there

 

[Dirty Mcdrawz]

Bruh...not only that. It was unnecessary.

ItsI literally a bridge to no where.

When you cross the street therest nothing there

They were saying that the bridge was built because the intersection was unsafe for pedestrians, is that true?

 

[Sohh_lifted]

They were saying that the bridge was built because the intersection was unsafe for pedestrians, is that true?

Students were getting hit, jay walking etc. it is an 8 lane intersection. we have plenty of pedestrian walkways similar throughout so fla, usually by the highways, schools etc

 

[OfTheCross]

They were saying that the bridge was built because the intersection was unsafe for pedestrians, is that true?

1 college student died last year crossing the street. Apparently she had enough clout behind her that the school decided to build this shyt.

It's a busy intersection but it's not deadly

 

[LeoTheGreat]

my alma mater rip to the deceased
them boys bout to get sued out the ass for this amazing fukk up this shyt is inexcusable

 

[Poetical Poltergeist]

Bruh...not only that. It was unnecessary.

ItsI literally a bridge to no where.

When you cross the street therest nothing there

R u kidding me?

 

[NY's #1 Draft Pick]

Bruh...not only that. It was unnecessary.

ItsI literally a bridge to no where.

When you cross the street therest nothing there

U right . Ain’t shyt but sweetwater on the other side. No restaurants no stores.