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Lessons from the Story of the Box Girders
Lessons from Failures

Lessons from the Story of the Box Girders

Posted on 26 April 202126 April 2021 by Omotoriogun Victor

Approximately 50 years ago, the west gate bridge in Melbourne, Australia collapsed under construction killing over 30 people in what is now widely regarded as Australia’s worst construction accidents ever

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