A Connecticut state bill, if passed, would require in-house Connecticut DOT (CTDOT) engineers to perform inspections on state bridge and highway construction projects, and a state employees’ union is dragging FIGG Bridge Engineers Inc. into its fight to turn the legislation into law, according to the Hartford Courant. This is just the latest challenge for FIGG after an NTSB ruling that the company’s design was the probable cause for the FIU pedestrian bridge collapse, an assertion FIGG vehemently denies. One analysis found that the CTDOT could have saved a total of $324.7 million across 2016, 2017 and 2018 by foregoing outside consultants and using state employees instead for CEI services.
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