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Highway Bridge Catastrophic Failure in Genoa, Italy

It is very saddening to report about the Highway Bridge Catastrophic Failure in Genoa, Italy just one week after the horrific accident in Bologna. The bridge, build in 1967 was a stayed pre-stressed reinforced concrete structure. Its futuristic design and lines drew comments from inception. This time again we will not enter in any legal/political debate, but look at the tragedy with our risk management eyes. We have decided to start the discussion using a few cognitive biases and misconceptions that…

L’Aquila earthquake verdict explained from Risk Crisis Management point of view

Data for this “L’Aquila earthquake verdict explained from Risk Crisis Management point of view” summary have been gathered through media and publicly available records. Details we consider “irrelevant” for this discussion on L’Aquila earthquake verdict explained from Risk Crisis Management point of view have been omitted because of space limitations. We will start this post by summarizing the tragic tale of L’Aquila, a city featuring many historic public buildings and centuries old residential structures located in Italy, a country where retrofitting of…