Lessons from the Genoa bridge tragedy

To avoid another tragedy of this kind, all structures need to be designed to fulfil all of the relevant limit states over the entire service life of the structure, writes Prof. M. Saeed Mirza of McGill University.

A view of the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, Italy, pictured in 2012. A long section of the bridge collapsed in mid-August, killing 37 vehicle occupants. Photograph courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

Opinion

BY M. SAEED MIRZA

August 24, 2018

There are a number of lessons to be learnt from the Morandi Bridge tragedy and other disasters in Canada and elsewhere for individuals and organizations involved with Infrastructure Canada. We need to change how contracts are...

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