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Also, > Errors in design may occur, but systems should be in place to catch those errors when they do occur. In this case, a firm was hired to independently re
by bcaa7f3a8bbc 7y ago
Also,
> Errors in design may occur, but systems should be in place to catch those errors when they do occur. In this case, a firm was hired to independently review the bridge design for errors. However, [...] Although the design reviewer recognized that he should have examined the nodes and stages, he indicated that there was not enough budget or time to evaluate those factors. Contributing to this review failure was the reviewing firm’s lack of qualification to do this work.
- duxup 7y agoSo strange. Like even with software there's a point where I tell folks "Look if we're not going to do this X far, it's not of any value to do it half way and claim we did anything here." You'd think there would be some engineering standard where "No this isn't a legitimate review because we didn't do enough." and that might set off some alarms...
- SAI_Peregrinus 7y agoThere is. After the NTSB final report comes out next month I expect both investigations for taking away PE licenses and probably also criminal charges for gross negligence.
- varjag 7y agoThey would raise alarms if it was an unusual exception and not the norm in the industry.