mcdemarco M. C. DeMarco
The most disturbing thing I've read about the Miami bridge collapse so far is the abstract to this paper: https://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/38943 The oblique references to a collapsed Australian bridge in the news reports are talking about that one.
33MHz Robert
@mcdemarco oh my.
mcdemarco M. C. DeMarco
@33MHz That's not to say it wasn't merely construction error, but it's disturbing nonetheless.
33MHz Robert
@mcdemarco Yes, it's easy to assume the tightening of cables caused this collapse, and extrapolation from different sizes isn't reasonable, no guidance on how to do it... makes the endeavor concerning.
EchoDunk EchoDunk
@33MHz @mcdemarco I hope my gut is wrong and it wasn't corner cutting sub contractors
mcdemarco M. C. DeMarco
@EchoDunk @33MHz Inspections are all about catching the corner-cutting subcontractors before the whole thing collapses, so it's unlikely to be entirely caused by missing corners.
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