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Rapid Building Technique Gets Scrutiny After Bridge Collapse

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Rapid Building Technique Gets Scrutiny After Bridge Collapse

Rapid Building Technique Gets Scrutiny After Bridge Collapse Accelerated bridge construction, or ABC, involves assembling large sections of a span offsite, then moving the massive pieces into place all at once. AP As the 950-ton concrete bridge section was swung into place over a highway last weekend, Florida International University officials were beaming with pride. The pedestrian bridge on the edge of the Miami-area campus was a signature achievement of the school's Accelerated Bridge Construction University Transportation Center, a research group set up with federal funding a few years ago to show how spans could be built faster and cheaper...

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