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re: dashcam footage of the FIU bridge collapse
Posted on 3/17/18 at 2:24 pm to MastrShake
Posted on 3/17/18 at 2:24 pm to MastrShake
It breaks right under where they were working on it
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Posted on 3/17/18 at 2:29 pm to Zach
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It's what happens when you give advantages to "minority owned" in contracts. That company is Cuban and has had issues before this.
And it's what happens when you award the lowest bidder....there is a reason they are lowest
Posted on 3/17/18 at 4:48 pm to MastrShake
Anyone notice the bridge practically breaks right were the works were on top. I wonder what they were doing.
Posted on 3/17/18 at 5:06 pm to Jack Bauers HnK
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That school bus on the right. Could have been a lot worse.
It would have been beyond horrible and the garbage that would spew from the conspiracy nuts would be disgusting
This post was edited on 3/17/18 at 6:18 pm
Posted on 3/17/18 at 5:18 pm to MastrShake
what are the odds? when it is your time it's your time...
Posted on 3/18/18 at 8:30 am to MastrShake
FIU article pushes aluma Leonor Flores as an inspirational (for girls) example of a women going into STEM because she was involved with the project.
Bridge collapses and kills people, now the woman had nothing to do with it.
THEN:
NOW:
FIU article reverses course HAM, now Lenor Flores had nothing to do with bridge
Bridge collapses and kills people, now the woman had nothing to do with it.
THEN:
quote:
Twelve-year-old Michelle Flores shared a special moment with her family at FIU this past Saturday: She and her sister Gabriela joined their parents, FIU alumni Leonor and Henry Flores MIS ’01, to watch a 950-ton section of a pedestrian bridge swing into its permanent position across Southwest 8th Street.
Leonor Flores ’98 is a project executive and one of 63 FIU alumni who work for MCM, the construction firm building the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge, which will further connect FIU and its northerly neighbor, the City of Sweetwater. She was excited to share her work with her family, especially Michelle, who is interested in STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) in school.
NOW:
quote:
UPDATE, March 16, 2018, 11 a.m.: To clarify, Leonor Flores did not work on the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Bridge project in any capacity.
FIU article reverses course HAM, now Lenor Flores had nothing to do with bridge
Posted on 3/18/18 at 8:44 am to MastrShake
Is there any idea on why the bridge collapsed?
Posted on 3/18/18 at 8:53 am to MastrShake
Anyone else think of this when you heard about the collapse?
Posted on 3/18/18 at 9:06 am to cajunangelle
It's just impossible for me to wrap my brain around the fact they were testing the bridge with people under it.
The level of stupid there boggles the mind.
The level of stupid there boggles the mind.
Posted on 3/18/18 at 11:10 am to IllegalPete
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The bridge dropped so fast that dude was suspended in mid air for a second.
And yet Galileo would have you believe the dude’s feet should have been in constant contact with the span as it went down.
Proof that Galileo is Fake News.
/Vatican.
Posted on 3/18/18 at 12:17 pm to MastrShake
Damn
Posted on 3/18/18 at 12:24 pm to AUstar
quote:Now that's some blackheli, tinfoil suit shite right there...
THE MOTHMAN
+1 because I love it
Posted on 3/18/18 at 2:08 pm to AUstar
Mothman
It all makes sense now.
It all makes sense now.
Posted on 3/18/18 at 3:11 pm to MastrShake
Two commons sense points that you don’t have to be an engineer to have prevented this tragedy:
1. Detour traffic from the construction site.
2. Don’t remove the center crane until the center support is installed and cabling is in place.
With these measures in place, nothing happens.
1. Detour traffic from the construction site.
2. Don’t remove the center crane until the center support is installed and cabling is in place.
With these measures in place, nothing happens.
Posted on 3/18/18 at 3:34 pm to idlewatcher
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Whoa. Did the guy on the crane boom survive? That is brutal
That’s crazy! I didn’t see him until I read your post. Watched video 4 more times, amazing how fast the bridge left under his feet
Posted on 3/18/18 at 3:43 pm to WillieNelsonsDoobie
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That’s crazy! I didn’t see him until I read your post. Watched video 4 more times, amazing how fast the bridge left under his feet
Slow it down and look at the video in slow motion. It appears that he may have been wearing a safety harness or something. Looks like something is ripped off of him he falls and then the other items falls.
Posted on 3/18/18 at 3:49 pm to The Great McGinty
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Can't believe those guys weren't tied off!
Tied off to what, the bridge?
Don’t think that would have helped.
Posted on 3/18/18 at 3:58 pm to DeafJam73
quote:Munilla Construction Management built the bridge.
Is there any idea on why the bridge collapsed?
LINK
quote:I guess being a minority-owned firm is helpful in getting government contracts to build things.
MCM is an ISO 9001:2008 company and is certified as a minority-owned firm with the Southern Florida Minority Supplier Development Council.
Diversity > Safety
This post was edited on 3/18/18 at 3:59 pm
Posted on 3/18/18 at 8:13 pm to G The Tiger Fan
You don't have to be the low bid if you are a WIMBY firm.
Posted on 3/18/18 at 10:30 pm to MastrShake
Collapse happened right where the crane was ...hmmm
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