The dangers of group-think, illustrated by the FIU pedestrian bridge collapse

[Ace-Garageguy]

Think for yourself. Ask questions and speak out when something seems wrong. Refuse to just go-along-to-get-along.

 

 

Edited May 8, 2022 by Ace-Garageguy

[peteski]

I seem to recall you posting some pedestrian bridge collapse story few years back.  Is this the same bridge, or another bridge?

[Ace-Garageguy]

12 minutes ago, peteski said:

I seem to recall you posting some pedestrian bridge collapse story few years back.  Is this the same bridge, or another bridge?

Same bridge. I posted that shortly after it happened.

But the video here is about the results of a lengthy investigation by the relevant authorities...and pretty much the same conclusions I came to back then.

With the investigation bearing out my assertions of widespread sloppy incompetence, the story goes well beyond the "old man shouting at clouds" I'm often characterized as. 

[89AKurt]

It took only how many years to figure this out?  What I want to know, did they ever build any bridge over that busy road?

[vamach1]

8 hours ago, 89AKurt said:

It took only how many years to figure this out?  What I want to know, did they ever build any bridge over that busy road?

I saw on the local news that a new bridge walkway is going to be built.  Let’s hope they get it right this time.

[Ace-Garageguy]

2 hours ago, vamach1 said:

I saw on the local news that a new bridge walkway is going to be built.  Let’s hope they get it right this time.

Let's hope they use steel. It's easy to design with, it's relatively cheap, it fails less spectacularly if even marginal redundant load paths are present, if it's designed right and maintained it's at least a 100-year solution, it builds fast with fewer inherent variables that could jeopardize the quality of on-site fabrication, it can be moved into place as a unit like they tried to do with this mess with no issues, and there's no shortage of good designs already out there to draw inspiration from. 

Nah. Let's make another artsy-fartsy over-designed under-engineered debacle.