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Re:FIU had grand plans for 'signature' bridge. But the desig... by tankerslay on Friday June 15, 2018 @01:16AM (#17317660)
"Scandal" should be avoided because it "degrades the trust of the public in the profession." An age-old saw trotted out to justify the cover-up of diverse kinds of negligence and malfeasance in all manner of professions the world over.

It works precisely until there is a scandal too big to cover-up.

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Re:FIU had grand plans for 'signature' bridge. But the desig... by angersock on Friday June 15, 2018 @02:07AM (#17317821)
There are always degrees of uncertainty in any physical engineering project. It doesn't help anybody to have the general public being told to second-guess the work.

Why do you think otherwise?

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Re:FIU had grand plans for 'signature' bridge. But the desig... by jessaustin on Friday June 15, 2018 @05:32PM (#17323750)
All four experts in TFA independently identified the same problematic strut, "11", after a weekend of unpaid work. That doesn't sound like "uncertainty" to me.
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