Items Tagged with 'FIU bridge collapse'

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FIU Collapse Report Spurs Texas Bridge Design Review

November 27, 2019

The Texas Dept. of Transportation has suspended design work on Corpus Christi’s Harbor Bridge pending a safety review of plans prepared by FIGG Bridge Group, one of the firms faulted by the National Transportation Safety Board for last year’s deadly pedestrian bridge collapse at Florida International University.

Editorial

NTSB Must Clarify Fla. Bridge Tragedy Disputes at Oct. 22 Hearing

ENR Editors

October 18, 2019

5 Comments

U.S. safety board's info releases so far on 2018 fatal collapse show mostly that spin machines have been running at full speed.

Did Concrete Error Doom Florida Bridge?

Richard Korman

Scott Judy

October 16, 2019

2 Comments

FIGG Bridge Engineers and its consultant advance a theory that errors made by others caused the fatal collapse

The Florida International University Tragedy

Berger: FIGG Is Slow To Hand Over All Bridge Collapse Data

This story updates and corrects the Oct. 7 print edition version

Richard Korman

October 2, 2019

One Comment

About half an hour before the almost-completed pedestrian bridge collapsed onto a busy Miami-area road last year, killing six people, Denney Pate, the bridge’s engineer-of-record, sent a text to Linda Figg, the chief executive of FIGG Bridge Engineers.

Structural Failures

Spreading Cracks On FIU Bridge Failed to Alarm Project Team

Scott Judy

Richard Korman

May 16, 2019

6 Comments

At a meeting held the morning of the collapse to discuss cracking, the engineer of record assured the project team the bridge was safe.

Bankruptcies

Prior to Tragic Bridge Collapse, Contractor MCM Piled Up Losses

Scott Judy

March 14, 2019

2 Comments

The contractor leading construction of the FIU pedestrian bridge was facing business challenges when the tragedy happened last March.

Two Insurers Balk at Coverage for FIGG on Florida Collapse

Exclusions said to back position of Travelers, Phoenix on claims

Richard Korman

August 16, 2018

3 Comments

One attorney estimates the total settlements for death and injury could top $90 million.

Structural Failures

Investigators: Big Cracks, But No Cause Yet for Florida Bridge Collapse

Newly released photos show cracking prior to collapse at the Florida International University bridge

Scott Judy

August 10, 2018

10 Comments

The Florida International University photos show cracking in a second vertical member.

ENR

Dec 9, 2019

A joint venture of Skanska, Corman Kokosing Construction Co. and McLean Contracting Co. is moving toward an early 2020 construction start for a $463-million replacement for a 79-year-old bridge across the Potomac River, south of Washington, D.C.

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