A barge-mounted concrete batch plant at the new Tappan Zee Bridge jobsite in New York partially collapsed on Dec. 16. Project representatives reported no injuries and say project concrete placement operations have been halted until an investigation is complete.
State Thruway Authority engineers and safety experts "are monitoring the situation to ensure that [contractor] Tappan Zee Constructors conducts a thorough investigation into exactly what caused this equipment failure," says Brian Conybeare, special adviser to Gov. Andrew Cuomo for the replacement bridge, officially called the New NY Bridge Project. "We will also review any corrective action plan presented by [Tappan Zee Constructors] to prevent similar accidents in the future."