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Items Tagged with 'FIU bridge collapse'

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FIU Collapse Report Spurs Texas Bridge Design Review

November 27, 2019
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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.


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

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October 18, 2019
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U.S. safety board's info releases so far on 2018 fatal collapse show mostly that spin machines have been running at full speed.


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Did Concrete Error Doom Florida Bridge?

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Richard Korman
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Scott Judy
October 16, 2019
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FIGG Bridge Engineers and its consultant advance a theory that errors made by others caused the fatal collapse


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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
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Richard Korman
October 2, 2019
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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.


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Spreading Cracks On FIU Bridge Failed to Alarm Project Team

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Scott Judy
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Richard Korman
May 16, 2019
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At a meeting held the morning of the collapse to discuss cracking, the engineer of record assured the project team the bridge was safe.
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Prior to Tragic Bridge Collapse, Contractor MCM Piled Up Losses

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Scott Judy
March 14, 2019
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The contractor leading construction of the FIU pedestrian bridge was facing business challenges when the tragedy happened last March.
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Two Insurers Balk at Coverage for FIGG on Florida Collapse

Exclusions said to back position of Travelers, Phoenix on claims
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Richard Korman
August 16, 2018
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One attorney estimates the total settlements for death and injury could top $90 million.
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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
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Scott Judy
August 10, 2018
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The Florida International University photos show cracking in a second vertical member.
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