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Engineer suspended over ‘catastrophic’ error at collapsed NYC building
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| 12/16/2023
| Matthew Sedacca
Posted on 12/16/2023 7:53:07 PM PST by ChicagoConservative27
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To: OHPatriot
Good points. I think you have identified the problem.
There is a certain subset of colleges/universities that routinely issue engineering degrees to unqualified persons, in this case civil engineering, who most likely are unable to get PE certification. This should have been a requirement for the person involved, and if that was waived in this case (or in general) for political reasons, dangerous situations like this can be expected.
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posted on
12/16/2023 8:55:02 PM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(Soros on assisting the Nazis with the Holocaust: "That's when my character was made.")
To: ChicagoConservative27
The state-licensed engineer made a “catastrophic” mistake by labeling a load-bearing column as a decorative part of the structure
It's a 96 year old building.
How does his labeling cause him blame for the building to collapse?
How does someone not look at old blueprints or older reports to check and verify ?
Maybe something is missing in this article\report... The article does end with Needless to say, there is still a lot to investigate.
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posted on
12/16/2023 8:57:27 PM PST
by
stylin19a
(Back when men cursed & beat the ground with sticks, it was named witchcraft. Today it's named golf.)
To: Drago
Shouldn’t the contractor hire his own structural engineer? Is it normal practice for city inspectors to mark load-bearing and on-load-bearing members. All plans I’ve see for extensive remodeling have a structural engineer do the work and they stamp the drawings, not some city inspector.
It still doesn’t smell right.
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posted on
12/16/2023 8:57:43 PM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
To: stylin19a
Needless to say, there is still a lot to investigate.Or cover up, as the case may be.
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posted on
12/16/2023 9:03:23 PM PST
by
Fresh Wind
(Soros on assisting the Nazis with the Holocaust: "That's when my character was made.")
To: ProtectOurFreedom
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posted on
12/16/2023 9:38:14 PM PST
by
Drago
To: ChicagoConservative27
Great. Hire engineers using diversity instead of intelligence and skill.
To: Drago
Re: Post 25
...this press release seems to indicate it was a private (but state licensed) structural engineer working for the contractor
10 to 1 the contractor was forced by the city to hire a Racial or Genital Discrimination Firm in order to get the permits approved.
To: ChicagoConservative27
The mayor really can’t be critical.
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posted on
12/17/2023 12:26:19 AM PST
by
chuckb87
To: ChicagoConservative27
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posted on
12/17/2023 12:48:29 AM PST
by
cherry
To: ChicagoConservative27
Reviewing 300+ engineering reports...
That one engineer has recently filed over 300 engineering reports...
Okaaaay...
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posted on
12/17/2023 1:21:15 AM PST
by
mewzilla
(Never give up; never surrender!)
To: Gnome1949
>Great. Hire engineers using diversity instead of intelligence and skill.<
This “engineer” was a city inspector. Assuming he/she/they/zi even had an engineering degree, it is a given that city inspectors are engineers who couldn’t get a real job engineering.
And, yes, you follow what the inspector says or the entire job will be shut down.
EC
To: dfwgator; SaveFerris; PROCON; gundog
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posted on
12/17/2023 4:43:51 AM PST
by
Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido
I’m building levels.
Like Ancient Egypt.
Oh, I’ll be comfortable......
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posted on
12/17/2023 4:49:40 AM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
To: ChicagoConservative27
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posted on
12/17/2023 6:47:30 AM PST
by
wintertime
( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
To: ChicagoConservative27
A diversity hire? ( Just wondering.)
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posted on
12/17/2023 6:48:12 AM PST
by
wintertime
( Behind every government school teacher stand armed police.( Real bullets in those guns on the hip!))
To: AlaskaErik
If he was white his name and picture would be all over the news.
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posted on
12/17/2023 8:36:08 AM PST
by
sloanrb
To: Larry Lucido
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posted on
12/17/2023 9:13:49 AM PST
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: SaveFerris
I think the trouble may be related to some unauthorized cabinet building, and subsequuent removal.
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posted on
12/17/2023 9:33:38 AM PST
by
gundog
(It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: gundog
Likely the same architect that designed the Al Bundy home.
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posted on
12/17/2023 11:53:19 AM PST
by
Larry Lucido
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To: gundog
I thought it looked great!
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posted on
12/17/2023 2:20:46 PM PST
by
SaveFerris
(Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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