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34. Is he a professor of engineering?

Fri Mar 16, 2018, 01:05 PM

Mar 2018

Otherwise his opinion bears no more weight than yours or mine - and no where near that of a trained and licensed engineer.

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Rubio: "The cables that suspend the bridge had loosened" [View all] dalton99a Mar 2018 OP

So something had gone wrong within hours of installation Demovictory9 Mar 2018 #1

A 175' suspension pedestrian bridge in an area prone to hurricanes. What the fuck were they thinking? TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #10

It was designed to withstand a cat5 hurricane. So they knew what they were thinking. Blue_Adept Mar 2018 #15

I head that NWS is establishing a new Cat 6 :) mchill Mar 2018 #26

Definitely a necessity in the state of things. Blue_Adept Mar 2018 #30

I doubt that. Tipperary Mar 2018 #47

Wouldn't it be smart to search before saying that? Blue_Adept Mar 2018 #49

Better to drop the stupid Categories altogether Mariana Mar 2018 #52

Rubio, an adjunct professor there, said it was a new and innovative design. ie. Never tested before. TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #33

Is he a professor of engineering? Retrograde Mar 2018 #34

He's a prof of Graft and Kickbacks, which might make him qualified as a building code inspector. TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #36

Yet somehow it didn't withstand even in the normal weather. LisaL Mar 2018 #45

Oh, we know weather is what caused it? Blue_Adept Mar 2018 #46

Yet it could not withstand a 5 mph wind Generic Brad Mar 2018 #48

Ah, then we learned officially that it was a 5mph breeze that caused it? Blue_Adept Mar 2018 #50

Just being snarky Generic Brad Mar 2018 #53

Skyway bridge. NCTraveler Mar 2018 #22

Manaford was involved somehow tool. Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #17

Last year Manafort was hepling a Chinese company take over the bridge builder csziggy Mar 2018 #41

Now, hubs company had parts made of Chinese steel...shitty steel...they had to scrap them and have Demsrule86 Mar 2018 #44

This is a funny response ProudLib72 Mar 2018 #2

Thanks! I wondered if there was any pushback... Rhiannon12866 Mar 2018 #6

Does Marco have any reason to MontanaMama Mar 2018 #12

If they were concerned about the bridge exboyfil Mar 2018 #3

Exactly. LisaM Mar 2018 #5

Post tension cables samir.g Mar 2018 #4

So they were securing the pedestrian bridge while allowing vehicles to ride underneath it? TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #7

I suspect they had an institutional animus against shutting down traffic... Rollo Mar 2018 #9

Back in the early 2000s Retrograde Mar 2018 #35

Must have been this one... Rollo Mar 2018 #42

or this... Rollo Mar 2018 #43

There's got to be more to it than that... Rollo Mar 2018 #8

Other possibilities include substandard materials, improper assembly, or just plain bad design... TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #11

Wouldn't be surprised. I recall well the Boston tunnel wherein the huge ceiling tiles RKP5637 Mar 2018 #28

This is the best article I've found so far, with actual engineers commenting muriel_volestrangler Mar 2018 #14

Good article. I would bet that the span was self-supporting with only a low margin of safety FarCenter Mar 2018 #24

They could probably build a temporary bridge or pontoon across the canal muriel_volestrangler Mar 2018 #25

Or maybe the walkway breaks at the point where the first two angled members meet it FarCenter Mar 2018 #29

could they have over-tightened the cables - perhaps to the point of breaking? DrDan Mar 2018 #23

Why didn't they block traffic while it was being done? Cattledog Mar 2018 #13

It's vitally important to know exactly what went wrong, but... Girard442 Mar 2018 #16

What cables? The central tower and the stay cables had not yet been erected. FarCenter Mar 2018 #18

I think they are referring to the post-tension cables - they run through the center of the concrete DrDan Mar 2018 #20

EXACTLY MY RESPONSE WHEN I READ HIS TWEET. The entire superstructure bullwinkle428 Mar 2018 #21

fuck this idiot, I'll wait for the investigation is completely before I listen to someone Javaman Mar 2018 #19

My best guess Alea Mar 2018 #27

That big ass crane arrived post collapse Brother Buzz Mar 2018 #37

You should watch the video of the collapse Alea Mar 2018 #38

The bridge looks like slabs of unreinforced concrete Demovictory9 Mar 2018 #39

i saw planned pictures compared to state of bridge just prior to collapse bdtrppr6 Mar 2018 #31

Rubio, . . . intended to be an an innovative and one-of-a-kind engineering design. TheBlackAdder Mar 2018 #32

And RUBIO has dibs on an expert opinion about anything from guns to bridges: be-CAUSE ?!1 UTUSN Mar 2018 #40

Everyone is missing this: "THE CABLES HAD LOOSENED" groundloop Mar 2018 #51