Why not just build a simple girder steel walkway? Judging from that picture showing the bridge's ends, it doesn't appear like it was connecting anything important to merit such a massive construction.
Woman Engineer Says We Need More Women In STEM, Her Bridge Collapses And Kills People
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Eddie Winslow said:
None of us put the "full" blame on her. All we're probably saying (I can't speak for all) is that this company was giving too much thought to minorities/women "issues", even without this bridge collapse.
I don't recall anyone saying that Leonor Flores poured the concrete after mixing it with Plaster of Paris to save costs.
In reality, however, you take one look at MCM's Facebook page and see the mindless minorities/women in STEM pandering they have resorted to and you start to realize that this company was putting resources, not just verbal support, into SJW nonsense.
They're thorough with political correctness, but evidently not with real-life construction. If one person made a mistake it still does not change the fact that multiple people should have been on point to double- and triple-check.
So Leonor Flores is head of the "Educational Division". Why the fuck, other than to promote health and safety (or actual engineering proficiency), would this company need an educational division?
This is going the same way as the "Female Vegan Tries To Climb Mt Everest, Dies" thread: https://www.rooshvforum.com/thread-55952.html
Soma said:
The same engineers designed a bridge in Virginia that collapsed during construction
NORFOLK, Va. (WTKR) – The pedestrian bridge that collapsed at Florida International University in Miami Thursday was designed by the same engineers that worked on a Virginia bridge that collapsed during construction, according to WTKR.
Figg Bridge Engineers submitted plans for a new, privately-funded South Norfolk Jordan Bridge that were approved on January 27, 2009.
Construction on the South Norfolk Jordan Bridge was put on hold after a truss used to build the bridge shifted, which sent a 10-foot, 90-ton piece of concreted crashing down to the railroad tracks below in June 2012. Four workers were injured in the incident.
The new bridge finally opened to traffic in late October 2012.
The original Jordan Bridge was located at Poindexter Street in South Norfolk and crossed the Southern branch of the Elizabeth River. It opened on August 24, 1928 as a toll bridge and cost $1.25 million.
“Our deepest sympathies are with those affected by this accident,” FIGG Bridge Engineers, the company hired to design the bridge, wrote in a statement to CBS News. “We will fully cooperate with every appropriate authority in reviewing what happened and why. In our 40-year history, nothing like this has ever happened before. Our entire team mourns the loss of life and injuries associated with this devastating tragedy, and our prayers go out to all involved.”
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Giminez said that at least one person died and six were hospitalized after the collapse.
CNN reported that the bridge’s span was just installed Saturday, but construction on the bridge was not yet finished.
NORFOLK, Va. (WTKR) – The pedestrian bridge that collapsed at Florida International University in Miami Thursday was designed by the same engineers that worked on a Virginia bridge that collapsed during construction, according to WTKR.
Figg Bridge Engineers submitted plans for a new, privately-funded South Norfolk Jordan Bridge that were approved on January 27, 2009.
Construction on the South Norfolk Jordan Bridge was put on hold after a truss used to build the bridge shifted, which sent a 10-foot, 90-ton piece of concreted crashing down to the railroad tracks below in June 2012. Four workers were injured in the incident.
The new bridge finally opened to traffic in late October 2012.
The original Jordan Bridge was located at Poindexter Street in South Norfolk and crossed the Southern branch of the Elizabeth River. It opened on August 24, 1928 as a toll bridge and cost $1.25 million.
“Our deepest sympathies are with those affected by this accident,” FIGG Bridge Engineers, the company hired to design the bridge, wrote in a statement to CBS News. “We will fully cooperate with every appropriate authority in reviewing what happened and why. In our 40-year history, nothing like this has ever happened before. Our entire team mourns the loss of life and injuries associated with this devastating tragedy, and our prayers go out to all involved.”
Miami-Dade Mayor Carlos Giminez said that at least one person died and six were hospitalized after the collapse.
CNN reported that the bridge’s span was just installed Saturday, but construction on the bridge was not yet finished.
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Okay, if you're asking me to believe that this woman wasn't solely responsible for this fuckup then you're at least going to have to provide me with a shitload of other minorities to blame.
You can't expect me to just not blame this tragedy on people that look different to me. It's simply not a reasonable proposition.
You can't expect me to just not blame this tragedy on people that look different to me. It's simply not a reasonable proposition.
Leonard D Neubache said:
To be fair, it is the greed and hubris of white men that is at the root of this type of thing. You gotta be pretty corrupt to think it's alright to hand this kind of power to women, presumably thinking the consequences won't affect you.
The Stronger Sex
Kingfisher
Nice art. "Dead people under bridge. An artist's impression". The stupid broad should have know her limitations and become a beautician. Those people would still be alive.
Obama can't stop killing people.
If this was Rome, the bridge designers would have to endure a test run of standing under the bridge as Roman legions marched across the bridge.
If this was Rome, the bridge designers would have to endure a test run of standing under the bridge as Roman legions marched across the bridge.
John Michael Kane
Crow
oilbreh said:
If it was experimental, why didn't they shore the ever living daylights out of this thing, or do a small-scale reproduction safely away from a live worksite? It is beyond belief how these things ever get greenlighted.
John Michael Kane said:
It was experimental alright, but not the first time applied. Dozens of similar construction designs were used with the same method before.
Maybe the misogynist math truly was at fault.
"How do numbers make you feel?????"
Even if the women put in PR were not at fault this time around - sooner or later this anti-science, anti-meritocracy, diversity affirmative action will let more than small bridges crumble. If you think that all this agenda pushing will be without consequences, then you are mistaken.
Enigma said:
Good post. Glad I'm not the only one.
The problem isn't women engineers. The problem is the religious idea that *we need* more women in STEM or whatever bull shit. As if women want to be in STEM naturally, but they're prevented somehow.
As Peterson says, "The biggest difference between men and women is a difference in interest. Men are generally interested in things. Women are generally interested in people. It's not a difference of intelligence. There might be some small differences, where women have a slight edge in verbal intelligence, and women have a slight edge in spatial intelligence. And there are some differences in personality that are not just trivial. But the biggest differences is in interest."
To which I add, we shouldn't push people into areas they aren't terribly interested.