A company that helped design a Miami pedestrian bridge that killed at least six when it collapsed Thursday was involved in the construction of at least four bridges in Maine. FIGG Bridge Engineers, an internationally known firm based in Tallahassee, Florida, helped design the new Sarah Mildred Long Bridge between Kittery and Portsmouth, New Hampshire; […]
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'Stress test' preceded Florida pedestrian bridge collapse that killed 6
MIAMI (AP) — Authorities said Friday that cables supporting a pedestrian bridge under construction in Florida were being tightened following a “stress test” when the 950-ton concrete span collapsed over traffic, killing at least six people, injuring 10 others and flattening an untold number of cars. Officials expected to find more bodies in the rubble. […]
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Washington tunnel collapse renews safety concerns about nuclear waste
This image provided by the U.S. Department of Energy shows a 20-foot by 20-foot hole in the roof of a storage tunnel at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation near Richland, Wash., Tuesday, May 9, 2017. An emergency was declared Tuesday after the partial collapse of the tunnel that contains rail cars full of radioactive waste. (U.S. […]
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School officials watching roofs
PARIS — School officials are monitoring the snow load on the district’s buildings as another foot of snow was expected Monday. “We are monitoring them,” said Nelson Baillargeon, facilities director. Monday’s storm was the third large one in seven days. Baillargeon said that Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School in Paris, with its low, flat roof […]
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6 dead after roof collapse at Latvian store
RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Large sections of roof collapsed Thursday at a grocery store in Latvia’s capital, killing six and injuring at least 30, rescue officials said. Firefighters and soldiers were searching for survivors amid the debris. The collapse took down the Maxima supermarket’s high walls and windows in a ripple effect that filled the […]