jar546
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This is not a building code video but it is still about design, construction, engineering inspection, and maintenance. I found this to be very interesting.
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NTSB Report Bridge Collapse
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Yankee Chronicler
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Bridge inspection programs, in general, are a joke.
A few years ago there was a bridge over a major river that had to be taken out of service. Why? NOT because of a bridge inspection, but because a boater traveling under it looked up and saw cracks.
I'd have to try to find the articles. I don't remember if a recent inspection ignored the VERY visible crack, or if it was reported but the person who needed to see the report didn't read it.
Found it: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/i-40-bridge-major-crack-tennessee-arkansas/
A few years ago there was a bridge over a major river that had to be taken out of service. Why? NOT because of a bridge inspection, but because a boater traveling under it looked up and saw cracks.
I'd have to try to find the articles. I don't remember if a recent inspection ignored the VERY visible crack, or if it was reported but the person who needed to see the report didn't read it.
Found it: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/i-40-bridge-major-crack-tennessee-arkansas/
MtnArch
Sawhorse
ONLY if the inspectors see their job as truly important to maintaining the safety of others. If they see their jobs as only a way to pay the rent/mortgage, there will be continued failures due to observable deterioration being ignored.
Yankee Chronicler
Registered User
There's a YouTube video by an attorney named Steve Lehto that discusses a case in which a driver's car was struck by a chunk of concrete that fell of an overhead bridge. The state of California declined to accept responsibility because they hadn't been notified of the problem. I'm sure California has a bridge inspection program, and I'd love to see the last three reports for that bridge, because if it's bad enough that chunks of concrete are falling onto cars, it's pretty bad. If the inspection reports DIDN'T put Caltrans on notice, the inspector(s) should be fired.