Louis Berger is a full-service engineering, architecture, planning, environmental, program and construction management and economic development firm based in Morristown, New Jersey. Founded in 1953 in
Louis Berger logo prior to their purchase by WSP
Ohmi-Ohdori Bridge, Japan
On March 15, 2018, a 175-foot-long section of the FIU-Sweetwater UniversityCity Pedestrian Bridge collapsed while under construction. The collapse resulted in six deaths, ten injuries, and eight vehic
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…practices. In 2019, the National Transportation Safety Board determined that Louis Berger's inadequate peer review of the design contributed to the Florida International University pedestrian bridge collapse. They were also criticized for failure to identify the significance of structural cracking and not preparing a remedial plan to address it. Louis Berger…
National Transportation Safety Board members inspecting the collapsed pedestrian bridge on March 16
Prior to collapse, March 15, 2018
Elevation Engineering Drawing of Proposed FIU Sweetwater Pedestrian Bridge
Members of the NTSB's go team for the investigation boarding an FAA plane to travel to Miami.