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ABC News7y
FIU bridge collapse 'felt as if there was an earthquake,' witness says
A rescue dog and its handler work at the scene where a pedestrian bridge collapsed at Florida International University on March 15, 2018 in Miami. Joe Raedle/Getty Images She could see slabs of ...
Forbes7y
The FIU Bridge Collapse: Do We Need Slow Engineering?
For Slow Engineering, we need to do the same, and I would suggest that these elements allow us to think through the “perfect storm” that brought about the tragic collapse of the FIU bridge.
Time7y
All 6 Victims’ Remains Recovered in FIU Bridge Collapse
Police have recovered the remains of all six victims who died in the Florida International University bridge collapse. Miami-Dade Police identified three victims as 57-year-old Oswald Gonzalez ...
CBS News7y
FIU Bridge Collapse: Four Dead, 8 Cars Trapped Underneath
MIAMI (CBSMiami) --- Florida International University's (FIU) massive new pedestrian bridge collapsed, killing at least four people and crushing several vehicles under it. "We have located four ...
USA Today5y
Design errors draw blame in collapse of FIU pedestrian bridge that killed 6
Two days before the collapse, a FIGG engineer left ... The bridge was being built under “accelerated bridge construction” methods championed at FIU. The methods allow larger pieces to ...
Miami Herald7y
At least 4 dead in catastrophic FIU pedestrian bridge collapse; 9 rescued from rubble
UPDATE: As of Friday morning, six people are confirmed dead. A pedestrian bridge under construction collapsed Thursday, just days after crews had dropped an elevated 950-ton span in place on a ...
Miami Herald7y
Two weeks ago, FIU’s bridge abruptly collapsed. Here’s what we know so far
In the two weeks since the deadly collapse of a pedestrian bridge under construction at Florida International University, engineers the world over have obsessively dissected photos, scrutinized ...
WLRN2y
Cautious new design 5 years after fatal FIU bridge collapse
MIAMI (AP) — Five years after the catastrophic collapse of a pedestrian bridge with a novel design meant to punctuate Florida International University’s ascendancy as a public institution ...
CBS News7y
At least 6 dead in bridge collapse at Florida International University
SWEETWATER, Fla. --A newly installed pedestrian bridge connecting the campus of Florida International University (FIU) with the city of Sweetwater west of Miami collapsed Thursday, crushing ...
Tampa Bay Times7y
Acclaimed designer of FIU bridge says collapse 'unprecedented.' But is it?
Read More: Bridge designer left FDOT voice mail about cracks days before FIU bridge collapsed After a 175-foot stretch of the FIU University/City Prosperity Project bridge collapsed Thursday ...
NBC 6 South Florida1y
A look at what happened to the contractor in the fatal FIU bridge collapse
The same month of the FIU bridge collapse, a Transportation Security Administration employee filed a lawsuit accusing the company of "shoddy work" after MCM allegedly placed a makeshift bridge at ...