Gabriella Mateo | Staff Writer Six years ago, a pedestrian bridge built by FIU collapsed and killed six people, including university student Alexa Duran. At long last, the bridge is finally undergoing reconstruction. “Construction is set to begin October 8, 2024,” said FIU’s Associate Vice President of Media Relations Maydel Santana. However, according to FIU, […]
Jordan Coll / News Director The investigation on the FIU pedestrian bridge collapse in 2018 continues, as a report by the National Road Safety Commission revealed calculation errors made by one of the contractors. The NRSC report found FIGG Engineering, a consultant company hired by the university for the project, made calculation errors in the […]
Humberto Mendez Prince/Staff Writer Two years ago, FIU along with FIGG Engineering Group, attempted to build a pedestrian bridge that would’ve connected a large part of the Sweetwater community with the university’s MMC campus. At some point during construction, the bridge gave in, effectively injuring eight individuals and causing the deaths of six more. This […]
By: Gerard Albert III/Editor-In-Chief The senate of the Student Government Council at Modesto Maidique Campus voted overwhelmingly, Monday, to add more accountability to their funding process. Graduate senator Angel Algarin penned a bill to increase contingency funding oversight after University President Mark B. Rosenberg asked SGC-MMC President Sabrina Leeloo Rosell last month for $4,000 to […]
Damielys Duarte/PantherNOW Despite President Mark Rosenberg’s desire to construct a new Eighth Street bridge, FIU should not consider talks of rebuilding amid the still recent memories of the bridge collapse. For the FIU community, March 15, 2018 will be remembered as a tragic day. During construction, the FIU bridge crossing our bustling Eighth Street collapsed […]
The FIU bridge collapse on March 2018 is a tragedy the University population will never forget. But the way FIU has handled the aftermath of the incident is disrespectful and irresponsible, to say the least. On Tuesday, Oct. 22, FIU students and staff members received an email letter from President Mark B. Rosenberg about the […]
Gerard Albert III and Joshua Ceballos/PantherNOW Staff An engineering company contracted to independently review the FIU bridge was never qualified to do so, according to documents released by the National Transportation Safety Board. Louis Berger, one of two engineering firms tapped review the design of the bridge before it ultimately fell on Thursday, March 15 […]
Dalton Tevlin/Sports Director Figg Bridge Group, the construction company that was in charge of the FIU pedestrian bridge that collapsed and killed six people in March 2018 is overseeing a new bridge renovation in Portland, Oregon. The 71-year-old Arigoni bridge, which connects Middletown and Portland, will have its structural steel renovated and replaced by Figg […]
By: Joshua Ceballos/News Director Groups gathered on opposite sides of the Modesto Maidique Campus to remember the lives of those who died in the FIU bridge collapse one year ago, including an FIU student. Friday, March 15, 2019 marked the one year anniversary of the collapse of the FIU bridge over Southwest Eighth Street […]
Joshua Ceballos/News Director A time-lapse video of the FIU pedestrian bridge was released showing crew workers performing work on the structure just before it collapsed, killing six individuals including FIU student Alexa Duran. The above clip provided by Media Relations shows the pre-constructed bridge being moved into place over Southwest Eighth Street […]
