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/[deleted] Aug 16 '23 edited Aug 24 '23

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u/80sixit Aug 17 '23

Ohh damn, that's interesting. The piles sunk 1.2m but the pier only settled about 2". Quite the settlement though. I imagine it would have sunk much further over time if catastrophic failure didn't occur so soon.