The firm designed the bridge and obviously did not test their design effectively enough. Clearly, there are ethical and moral issues here. It seems like as if the inspection of the bridge wasn’t done properly and if it was not all the factors were included. Shortcuts in engineering design can lead to engineering disasters. This collapse wouldn’t have occurred if the firm had adequately tested their design. The huge ethical issue here is that other bridges like this one could collapse due to design flaws of similar kind. This could’ve possibly been avoided if the officials inspecting the bridge had tested the bridge integrity because it looks like as they did not catch the design flaw either. Officials simply accepted the design that was presented to them by the Sverdrup & Parcel. Another issue here was that the gusset plates were not strong enough to hold the traffic the bridge was designed for by the firm. The designing firm is ultimately responsible and should be blamed for in this situation. If Sverdrup & Parcel had recalculated their results and double checked their design the tragedy might not have