Florida school says it was aware of bridge cracks before fatal collapse

This will not look good upon FIU's resume.... nor indeed anyone coming from there supporting the "Accelerated Bridge Construction" Technique that led to the problem:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/03/15/fiu-pedestrian-bridge-design/429978002/

There's also been news about a Crack being reported within the bridge structure, though being dismissed as not significant... perhaps not in a normal bridge but if you look at the design of the one shown in the photo, it could indeed be significant. You'd need a material scientist to give a proper assessment of the impact of such a crack upon the bridge.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/16/us/florida-bridge-cracks.html

One wonders whether the Engineer was qualified to make such a judgement given the bridge was effectively a concrete plank across a wide gap without any support.

You can watch the collapse here:

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/us/2018/03/16/video-of-florida-bridge-collapse-sot.cnn/video/playlists/florida-bridge-collapse/

Wonder who will be liable ?