FIU bridge collapse

Judge Rejects FIGG's Motion to Halt 10-Year Debarment

Scott Judy

Richard Korman

August 18, 2020

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The Florida-based bridge engineering specialist faces a 10-year debarment from projects involving federal funds.

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.

Editorial

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

ENR Editors

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.

Did Concrete Error Doom Florida Bridge?

Richard Korman

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

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

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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.