The final report on the Miami bridge collapse, released Nov. 12, adds new details on the project team’s numerous failures leading up to the tragedy, especially those committed by FIGG Bridge Engineers and Louis Berger Group.
Also, NTSB Vice Chairman Bruce Landsberg adds to the agency’s assessment with a scathing statement that notes, in part: “The bridge was not properly designed, and there was no qualified oversight on that design. When the inevitable began to happen—a creeping, catastrophic material failure, nobody did anything, despite what NTSB Chairman Sumwalt accurately described as the ‘bridge screaming at everyone that it was failing.’ Why?” (Readers can view Landsberg’s full statement here.)