Fantasy Internal Memo Dated Today: “Adjust Equivocal Wording Of ‘Believe’ And ‘Goal’ In ‘Throughout URS We Believe That Accidents Are Preventable, And Our Goal Is Zero Workplace Incidents’ To Something A Little More Unambiguous . . . Like Now”
Gives added meaning to the concept of damage control:
Posted: August 27th, 2007 | Filed under: Insert Muted Trumpet's Sad Wah-Wah HereA construction firm involved in the demolition of the former Deutsche Bank building is the same company that assured Minnesota officials a highway bridge was safe before it collapsed this summer.
The firm, URS, which stands for United Research Services, was hired to investigate the stability of the Interstate 35W bridge in Minneapolis in 2003. After finding numerous weaknesses, URS engineers told Minnesota transportation officials in January it would be able to find cracks and fix them before they became dangerous, according to news reports.
The eight-lane bridge collapsed seven months later, taking with it about 50 cars and killing at least 12 people.
