TheBridgeEng · Learning from Failure
Malaysia · Design error · 3 deaths · suspension footbridge over the Kampar River, built two weeks earlier for a youth camp
A suspension footbridge was thrown up in a fortnight to serve a 1Malaysia youth camp, without formal engineering approval…
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