Audit announcement dots oversight of pedestrian bridge. By using these drawings, you expressly consent to such terms. Typical bridge design procedure, said amanda bao, associate. Acclaimed designer of fiu bridge says collapse unprecedented. This manual is intended to be a guide for engineers working on bridge design projects for the wvdoh. Mar 16, 2018 speculation continues to mount regarding the cause of florida international universitys deadly pedestrian bridge collapse. Florida international university pedestrian bridge collapse. At no point during any of the communications above did figg or any member of the fiu design build team ever communicate a lifesafety issue.
Fiu pedestrian bridge construction using innovative. The fiu pedestrian bridge main span sat since sunday morning, reaching. Fiu bridge collapse drawings explored florida bridge. Mar 10, 2018 fiu students, faculty and staff joined sweetwater residents and the bridge builders to watch the bridge move and create a safer pedestrian route to connect the campus community to its neighbors. Bme is an everevolving field that uses and applies engineering principles to the study of biology and medicine in order to improve health care. Contact dave kiekbusch for questions about this page. Florida international university bridge collapse giatec. Florida bridge was to masquerade as a cable stayed bridge. The bridge designers innovated incompetently a new ibeam design of bridge but where the ibeams uprightsupports called an open truss join the. As of today, 6 victims have been confirmed1 and there are several others injured. A press release from fiu lays out details of the bridges construction. Last thursday march 15, 2018 will be sadly remembered and mourned because of the shocking collapse of the under construction florida international university fiu pedestrian bridge, onto southwest eighth street in miami, florida. Miami pedestrian bridge collapses architect magazine.
Once this bridge is completed, it will improve the flow of traffic. Florida department of transportation denney pate signed a. Bridge engineers design plans and to recognize the significant underdesign of the steel reinforcement. The university said the modular construction method reduces potential risks to workers, commuters and pedestrians and minimizes traffic interruptions.
Unlike most bridges in florida, the design for this project was overseen by the university. How the fiu tragedy could change bridge construction. The plans show no steel cables inside, which are common with cable stayed and. On march 15, 2018, a 175footlong 53 m, recentlyconstructed section of the fiusweetwater. Design firms prequalified with indot or kytc shall perform only those tasks which they are prequalifed to complete. He has served as lead estimator, project manager and area manager on.
Elevation engineering drawing of proposed fiu sweetwater pedestrian bridge. Wikipedia florida international university pedestrian bridge collapse the florida department of transport has released the engineering design and construction plans for the fiu pedestrian bridge, which can be downloaded from this link. Florida international university pedestrian bridge. When the cable snaps, theres no saying where it will go, and its moving fast enough to cut you in half. These drawings are for information only and subject to the terms of use. Flawed loadbearing design likely contributed to fiu bridge collapse. Was an allfemale construction company responsible for the. He has served as lead estimator, project manager and area manager on sixteen precast abc bridges for granite.
Lucie county expressway and bridge authority to design and build a bridge traversing the. Mar 19, 2018 was an allfemale construction company responsible for the fiu sweetwater bridge collapse. Fiu professional qualifications supplement pdf fiu professional qualifications supplement word rfq for cei addendum 1 posted december 21, 2015. Fiu bridge collapse posted in the civilengineering community. Detailed drawings of the fiu bridge mcm and figg proposal, 2015. Build criteria package is included with the rfp package and consists of conceptual design drawings and.
To navigate through the ribbon, use standard browser navigation keys. The fiusweetwater universitycity bridge was supposed to be an engineering marvel. The fiu project was a class a local agency program lap project. Mar 15, 2018 a press release from fiu lays out details of the bridge s construction. The design team shall have indot prequalifications 5. Utah dots accelerated bridge program accelerated bridge. Modern landscape design landscape concept modern landscaping contemporary landscape front garden landscape city landscape urban landscape landscape architecture front yard decor. Contract information florida international university.
Fiu students, faculty and staff joined sweetwater residents and the bridge builders to watch the bridge move and create a safer pedestrian route to. The fiusweetwater universitycity bridge is the largest pedestrian bridge moved via selfpropelled modular transportation in u. Accelerated bridge construction implementation in the u. Did construction technique lead to fiu pedestrian bridge. Project development of the plans preparation manual volume 1 revised january 1, 2014. If the bridge could not survive a single pt cable failure, thats certainly a major design flaw, imo. But if a design flaw really is the reason for the collapse, it will be ironic that the design, which has been termed unorthodox in the herald report, was before its installation a point of pride for fius civil engineering program, which specializes in accelerated bridge construction of the type that was used on this bridge. Reports that an allfemale construction company built a bridge that collapsed at florida international. The design of this bridge leaves very little redundancy for failure. The preliminary drawings in the proposal shown in fig. Home florida international university department of.
Bridge manual standard drawings wisconsin department of. Pedestrian bridge fiu facilities management florida. Drawings on the fiu website show how the bridge span, which was prefabricated by the side of the trail over a period of months, was to be moved into place. The department of biomedical engineering bme is part of the college of engineering and computing at fiu and is a prime resource for biomedical engineering education, training, research, and technology development. Dec 31, 2018 but if a design flaw really is the reason for the collapse, it will be ironic that the design, which has been termed unorthodox in the herald report, was before its installation a point of pride for fiu s civil engineering program, which specializes in accelerated bridge construction of the type that was used on this bridge. A rendering of the completed florida international university pedestrian bridge over southwest eighth street.
Fiu bridge designers 1 made significant design errors in the. The engineering behind the horrible florida bridge. The fiu sweetwater universitycity bridge is the largest pedestrian bridge moved via selfpropelled modular transportation in u. Florida international university fiubridge cbri home. The florida international university pedestrian bridge was funded in part through the department of transportations dot transportation investment generating. Fiu said the bridge was built to withstand a category 5 hurricane.
It provides policies, procedures and methods for developing and documenting the design process. Fiuuniversitycity prosperity project pedestrian bridge. Mar 22, 2018 on march 15, 2018, a pedestrian bridge under construction in miami, fl, collapsed onto the highway below, resulting in six fatalities. Florida international university pedestrian bridge collapse wikipedia. But touching pt cables with civilians near by is a big nono. Construction engineering and inspection cei request for.
Pedestrian bridge collapse over sw 8th street in miami pdf. Was an allfemale construction company responsible for the fiusweetwater bridge collapse. On march 15, 2018, a pedestrian bridge under construction in miami, fl, collapsed onto the highway below, resulting in six fatalities. Standard specs for highway and bridge construction, with codes, and with fiu standards published on the fiu. Design of doomed fiu pedestrian bridge was vulnerable to. Mcm designbuild teams own document pdf proposing to fiu that they get the contract to build the bridge. The 174foot, 950ton section of the bridge was built adjacent to southwest eight street using accelerated bridge. Usually, its more than one thing that causes a collapse, says culmo. Mar 30, 2018 the preliminary drawings in the proposal shown in fig. Speculation continues to mount regarding the cause of florida international universitys deadly pedestrian bridge collapse.
Investigation of march 15, 2018 pedestrian bridge collapse osha. Also, during construction, the affect the work has on passing motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians must constantly be kept in mind highway, 2009. Miami pedestrian bridge collapse njdot technology transfer. Per ac, the preliminary design drawings did not show the two posttensioning rods in this member. A march 10 release that was posted on the university website touted the structure as a oneofakind pedestrian bridge due to its innovative production and installation methods. Eric has worked with the utah dot in the development and refinement of their accelerated bridge construction process since 2005 and has become a proponent of this construction method. As of friday morning, police say at least six people are dead after the florida bridge collapsed. Engineering of the fiu pedestrian bridge, which collapsed. Mar 15, 2018 fiu s pedestrian bridge was being built in larger sections, which experts said remained vulnerable to collapse until the entire structure was complete. Again, figg and the fiu design build team never alerted fdot of any lifesafety issue regarding the fiu pedestrian bridge prior to collapse. Miami pedestrian bridge, part xiv engineering failures. I think the drawings allowed tensioning at 6000 psi.
The bridge would connect the fiu campus with the city of sweetwater where many fiu students reside. Mar 15, 2018 a march 10 release that was posted on the university website touted the structure as a oneofakind pedestrian bridge due to its innovative production and installation methods. Fius pedestrian bridge was being built in larger sections, which experts said remained vulnerable to collapse until the entire structure was complete. Its basically a very large i beam section with a fairly long span bit the webs in my opinion look fairly slender, especially with this open web design using concrete as a material. Reports that an allfemale construction company built a. Lrfd guide specification for the design of pedestrian bridges. This bridge design manual was prepared by siteblauvelt engineers, inc. Investigation of march 15, 2018 pedestrian bridge collapse. The fiu sweetwater universitycity bridge was supposed to be an engineering marvel. After a day has passed with no knowledge of the origins of the bridges collapse, this article addresses a principal cause of the fiu bridge collapse, and why a 19th century german structural engineering principle known as mullerbreslau matters most as depicted in.