Birmingham Airport, Builders Probe Fatal Sign Collapse

摘要

Officials of Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport and of the construction team that managed a just-completed $201.6-million upgrade of the Alabama facility now are probing what caused a 300-1b to 400-1b flight display board to fall from a wall onto a visiting family on March 22. The accident killed a 10-year-old boy and injured his two brothers and mother. The renovated terminal was opened earlier this month, with a new phase of work set to begin shortly. A spokeswoman for Brasfield & Gorrie/ BLOC Global Services Group, the project's joint-venture construction manager, confirmed the "ongoing evaluation" but would not comment further on possible causes of the collapse or reveal the companies involved in the probe.