Posted on 06/02/2023 7:44:03 PM PDT by Libloather
A Yale University building under construction in New Haven, Connecticut partially collapsed on Friday and left eight people injured with two of them in critical condition.
The collapse happened at an apartment block on Lafayette Street at around 12.30pm when crews were pouring concrete.
Part of the second floor fell into the first floor and into the basement at the building site where 36 people were working.
It left eight construction workers injured with six of them pulled out of the building by first responders and the other two were able to escape on their own.
New Haven Fire Department responded to the building collapse immediately and found some with broken bones while three others were buried under the rubble.
Hospital officials said none of the injuries are life-threatening.
Fire fighters managed to rescue all those hurt and everyone else on the site, which is being converted into a seven-story residential building, were accounted for.
And first responders had to be quick to rescue the victims because the concrete was drying.
'Our units responded immediately within minutes and found several persons in varying degrees of injury, from broken bones to three that were partially buried under the rubble,' Fire Chief John Alston Jr. said.
Workers at the site told first responders the concrete was being poured faster than they could spread it, and it pooled too much in one area and caused the collapse.
New Haven Mayor Justin Elicker said: 'They were doing a concrete pour on this building and as they were pouring concrete a portion of the second floor collapsed onto the first floor and then into the basement.'
He confirmed the property is owned by Yale University and is being developed into a seven-story residential building by RMS Companies, based in Stamford, Connecticut.
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Exactly!
“Was the pump operator in communication with the concrete crew?”
“Hey, you need to slow down we can’t spread it that fast!”
“You guys weren’t ready when I got here at 8 and I got another pour at 1 and I’m already late!!”
Yep. I saved some links to those proud boasts about the women engineers; but what do you know—they were scrubbed off the net just after the collapse.
Feminism and "critical theory" have wrecked this country.
HELL no!
“HELL no!”
Yale actually knows nothing these daze.
I’m glad they rejected me in the distant past.
“Blood in the streets in the town of New Haven”
One proper Bostonian to another ... “ Is your son going to college ?”
Answer ... “No, he’s going to Brown.”
... Class of ‘70
Maffs is racist. I guarantee the smahhht people at Hahhhhvahd made sure every company involved was a diverse owned company. Just like that bridge that collapsed in Florida.
a core made by an electrical contractor revealed a 9.5 inch slab.
This was the on the 2nd pan of a 3 story government building.
.. Explained a lot of trouble that the hvac guys where having with space.
And yes it got some folks scrambling.
BUT ... after some “calculations" and .. finger pointing ..behind closed doors .. it's was determined that the structure as built would be fine.( to much $$ to fix and the wrong people would take the hit)
That was 25 years ago and it's still standing ... so ..
The contractor had begun placing concrete in the center of the span ... no temp support from below. ... as the span deflected they just kept adding more to bring it to top elevation (laser). And it's wasn't just a few floor joists deflecting ....
I could tell you stories that would make your hair curl all day long.
That's not enough ...?
If buildings got built the way “architects” and engineers designed them we would have all sorts of 4 demsion art work.
I kind of miss the look on some of their faces when they see what their work would look like in the real world. And they suddenly realize ... they are idiots.
The contractor will rely on the engineer's plans. There will be plenty of blame to go around.
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