who built pedestrian bridge at florida international university
Munilla Construction Management FIGG Bridge Engineers
title: Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse text: project was funded with a $19.4 million Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant from the United States Department of Transportation in 2013, along with state agencies. The bridge itself cost $9 million to construct. The main companies behind the construction project are Munilla Construction Management (MCM), a Miami-based construction management firm, and FIGG Bridge Engineers, a Tallahassee-based firm. Unlike most bridges in Florida, the design for this project was overseen by the university itself, not the Florida Department of Transportation. Florida International University is known for its expertise in accelerated bridge construction, and has attracted international scholars as PhD title: Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse text: Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse On March 15, 2018, a , recently-erected section of the FIU Sweetwater UniversityCity pedestrian bridge collapsed onto the Tamiami Trail (U.S. Route 41). Eight vehicles were crushed underneath, which resulted in six deaths and nine injuries. The initial construction on the pedestrian bridge was located in front of the campus of Florida International University (FIU) in University Park, a suburb west of Miami, Florida, United States, and was in the process of post-tension rod adjustment when it suddenly failed. The road beneath it had been opened to traffic. An examination carried out by the title: Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse text: was assembled adjacent to the highway using accelerated bridge construction (ABC), a technique promoted at the university. It was lifted into place on the morning of March 10, five days before the collapse, during a weekend closure of the highway. The new pedestrian bridge was designed to connect the campus to student housing in a dramatic sculptural way, and also to showcase the school's leadership in the ABC method of rapid bridge construction. The bridge was a post-tensioned concrete structure. Concrete structures are generally 10 times heavier than equivalent steel designs. The bridge was made using a new formulation for title: Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse text: the victims were killed immediately when the bridge fell; one died at the hospital. An employee of VSL, Navaro Brown, 37, worked for the company contracted to apply post-tensioning and died in the collapse. Two other employees of the company were hospitalized. The other deceased victims of the tragedy were identified as Alberto Arias, 53, Brandon Brownfield, 39, FIU student Alexa Duran, 18, Rolando Fraga, 60, and Oswaldo Gonzalez, 57. Southwest 8th Street between Southwest 107th and 117th Avenues was closed until March 24 while the debris was cleared. A team of 15 people from the National Transportation Safety Board title: Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse text: proposed penalties. OSHA cited Figg Bridge Engineers Inc., a civil and structural engineering company; Network Engineering Services Inc. (doing business as Bolton Perez & Assoc.), a construction engineering and inspection firm; Structural Technologies LLC (doing business as Structural Technologies/VSL), specializing in post-tensioning in bridges and buildings; Munilla Construction Management LLC, a bridge and building construction company; and The Structural Group of South Florida Inc., a contractor specializing in concrete formwork. Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse On March 15, 2018, a , recently-erected section of the FIU Sweetwater UniversityCity pedestrian bridge collapsed onto the Tamiami Trail (U.S. Route 41). Eight