Funeral arrangements set for fallen JFRD engineer

Heath J. O’Shea, 44, worked at the Jacksonville Fire & Rescue Department for 20 years. His funeral will be Monday, April 22. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Firefighters Death Benefit…

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JFRD honors fallen 20-year veteran engineer in Jacksonville

Engineer Heath J. O’Shea, 44, died after suffering from a medical emergency while on duty at Fire Station 54 Friday night. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Fire and Rescue Department…

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JFRD Engineer Heath O’Shea passes away at 44, agency says

Engineer Heath J. O’Shea was 44. O’Shea  was assigned to Tanker-54 located on the Southside. JFRD said O’Shea suffered a medical emergency while on duty at Fire Station 54 Friday…

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Civil engineer assures Jacksonville has safe bridges after Baltimore collapse

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After many people woke up to news about the Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore collapsing after a cargo ship crashed into it, people wanted to know…

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Forensic engineer to determine if RISE Doro ‘podium,’ garage can be reused

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – After last month’s devastating fire, RISE plans to bring in forensic engineers to determine if the concrete parking garage and “podium” at the Doro apartments Downtown can…

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Structural engineer ‘concerned’ over RISE Doro emergency demolition, believes investigative work could be compromised

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – As the city of Jacksonville reviews a permit to tear down the RISE Doro apartment building, a structural engineer said the emergency demolition could mean a lot…

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How do you figure out how a hospital parking suddenly collapsed? We spoke to a forensic engineer to find out

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Rebecca Bowman is an engineering expert with the National Society of Professional Engineers. She used to live in Jacksonville and is now in Pennsylvania and one of her…

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Structural engineer to investigate partial collapse of Riverside hospital parking garage

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A structural engineer is expected to be on-site Wednesday to investigate a partial collapse of a parking garage at Ascension St. Vincent’s Riverside hospital. Sections of the…

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