Bridge Collapses Before Opening

Gelsemium

Gelsemium

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A 13€ million bridge collapsed in Sicily days before opening. For once, good before this happened before the opening, but on the other side, is this some sort of joke? :eek:

Bridge collapses before opening

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Wow, look at this! It looks like it's been photoshopped! I don't want to imagine what kind of disaster and tragedy this collapsed bridge would have caused if it had happened on the opening day or, for that matter, on any other day. I wonder what "architectural mastermind" was behind this, and where the 13 Billion Euros really ended up.
 
I'm sure there is a public outcry! Anyone finishing three months early must have cut corners and this is what happens. There may have been an early finishing bonus which pushed them to rush the job, instead it will cost them more. Short cuts don't work, especially as that is quite a major route in the area and would see heavy traffic during the season.
 
Wow, at least it occurred when there was no one on it. It would have been a real disaster if the bridge had collapsed later. I imagine that the contractors who built the thing are going to need to pay for the repairs? I mean it seems like a no brainer considering how poorly built the thing turned out to be.
 
amethyst said:
Wow, look at this! It looks like it's been photoshopped! I don't want to imagine what kind of disaster and tragedy this collapsed bridge would have caused if it had happened on the opening day or, for that matter, on any other day. I wonder what "architectural mastermind" was behind this, and where the 13 Billion Euros really ended up.
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Do you mean 13 million euros instead of 13 billion euros.
 
Yep, 13 million euros to do this? Seriously? Most likely they said that they were about to use some materials and ended up using cheaper ones. We can't also rule out the incompetence factor, maybe the company wasn't qualified for the job. Who knows... A terrible picture though.
 
Looks like I got it wrong. 13 Billion Euros sounds definitely a bit excessive. ;) I didn't even notice it. Thanks for pointing it out. To be honest, for me 13 Million and 13 Billion could be same. They are numbers that I can't really visualize in terms of money. I guess if I had a visual example of what kind of 13 Million and a 13 Billion bridge, it would probably clarify it for me. ;)
 
Gelsemium said:
Yep, 13 million euros to do this? Seriously? Most likely they said that they were about to use some materials and ended up using cheaper ones. We can't also rule out the incompetence factor, maybe the company wasn't qualified for the job. Who knows... A terrible picture though.
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I agree with you. Most companies choose cheaper, lower quality materials (such as cement and gravel) and order less than their plans say. So, from the very beginning, the project was "cut down". Then, something always happens while you work - some materials get damaged, someone takes a little home (I've actually heard from my grandpa, who used to work at buildings, that he'd seen people do this, it's so terrible), something gets spilled... and t's a long project! You must pay the workers. If people don't want to, they also cut back on that... and if the architectural plans weren't perfect, you not only have a potential for disaster, but almost latency.

And so, the bridge collapses before it's even open. It's good that no one was on it, although it's a shame that all the hard work went down to nothing... Anyway, that's just the theory. Doesn't mean exactly that happened here. It does make you wonder, doesn't it?
 
It's s shame that no one seriously controls it and the scheme is relatively obvious to understand, someone gets paid to say that everything is ok when in fact it's not. What a danger, people's lives could have been lost there.
 
Yes, definitely. It's very dangerous when you're trying to cut costs, especially because there is a greater chance of the collapse. Now the repair of the bridge will be far greater than the full price of the bridge if they hadn't cut costs... (if that was, that is, exactly what had happened - but I'm only making a guess here)

Lives lost, bad press... there could have been so many consequences. I guess we were lucky it had only collapsed without anyone on it. Now that would have been terrible...
 
How shocking! Is it the workmanship and cheap labour or engineering faults as this is a big shock for people who built the collaseum that is still standing today!!! Thank goodness it was before the opening as this could have been a tragic event
 
I know!! Now that you mention the Colosseum, it's all the more ironic - Colosseum was built hundreds of years ago, thousands even, without new technology to help people, and still stands, whereas one bridge that has been built with all the innovative techniques had collapsed within weeks of its completion...

Well, this only shows which one truly is the work of art, doesn't it?
 
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