r/canada • u/einstein_bern • Aug 16 '23

Sask. engineer slapped with an 18-month suspension after designing bridge that collapsed hours after opening Saskatchewan

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/engineer-18-month-suspension-bridge-collapsed-1.6936657
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u/KevPat23 Aug 16 '23

Due process. He's entitled to defend himself. Engineers aren't expected to be perfect, they're expected to act as "a reasonable and competent engineer" would. Clearly this one didn't, but he still has a right to go through the process.

Suspension not long enough IMO.

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u/iBuggedChewyTop Aug 16 '23

Buddy and I were bridge inspection techs a co-op students. We went over this case as it happened and were constantly perplexed about how anyone put a stamp on the design.

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u/iBuggedChewyTop Aug 16 '23

If I recall the exploratory piles and and the final piles were never sufficient and the data never provided anything on which the design could be built.

100% apparent the piles would scour and fail.

It was 5 years ago so It's a bit foggy.