Posted on 12/12/2010 10:51:19 AM PST by Signalman
youtube video showing roof collapsing under weight of snow. (Was Algore in town?)
I'm sure there is. Our old Hoosier Dome in Indy certainly did, and the buildings are very similar.
We tore ours down several years ago even though we owed MORE money on it than it cost to build (yes city govt does re-fis too) and built a new one for 700 mil.
Was the thing built to code?
Has the code changed because some numbskulls believed all that global warming BS?
Color me curious :)
>>>Hey, Viking fans out there. Is there normally a strong air flow OUT of the building when walking through the doors?
Yes. Search youtube - there are videos supposedly of fans being ‘blown’ out... I’ve been there a couple times - and there is a stiff wind when exiting.
I was under the impression that architects came up with beautiful visions and engineers had to figure out how to make them stand up and not leak.
Of course the main factor was the budget and how many corners had to be cut.
Easy. Democratic politicians shoveling money to union contractors.
At the company he worked at there were plans for tollbooths for a thru-way and the teams could not make the oil pumps work to heat them.
The architects specs were for pumps about 20 times what was needed. Dad figured every little opportunity to increase that 10% bottom line that goes to the design firm.
He also believed that architecture as a career was for the kids in UMC families who could not bear to have little Johnny become a guy with a truck.
Its a good thing a game wasn’t going on when this happened.
I can almost guarantee that some engineer out there will be looking for a new job on Monday...!
When I was at UF, the ODome had a similar roof, there was always a stiff wind coming out of the doors there as well.
Here is another true story: I did a store front with window display and the Architect had very few details on the print so I built it to his specs and did my common sense carpentry on the part with no details. He came by an made me tear it out because, in his words, “ that isn’t what I had in mind”. All I could say was, Well Harry, could you please put into your detail pages exactly what you had in mind.” Needless to say I didn’t make any profit on that job.
You wouldn’t want to playing under that when it happened.
Thats what I said when they built it. MPLS gets more snow than just about any city in the lower 48....HELLO!!!
No. Monday night’s game will be played elsewhere.
I know the Monday Night game is not there, but how long will it take to get it repaired?
It’s a blow up.
designed in the late 70s and built early 80s
long since retired, likely
A lot of architects unfortunately did not do well in the structures classes (mechanics of materials, strength of materials), or conveniently forgot them once they graduated. Frank Lloyd Wright was an example of an architect who was absolutely clueless regarding structural loading. Architecture should be taught as a branch of civil engineering, and should be required to pass the Fundimentals of Engineering exam (used to be part 1 of the PE exam) as part of their licensing requirements. Even as a BS Electrical Engineering, I had to take Strength of Materials as a graduating requirement, and that subject matter is covered on the exam.
With the kind of winter they’re having out there, I’d say it will be repaired sometime next summer.
We have one of these caterpillar type indoor arenas here near Williamsport. Of course, it’s just a small one, intended for kids’ indoor soccer games.
It collapsed the very first winter! This is Pennsylvania!!
They didn’t get it repaired until summer.
Totally get it.
The interior air pressure "pushes" you out of the door when it opens. It's quite alarming.
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