To: neverdem
Add to the list, the Kansas City Hyatt Hotel. There were "skywalks" that collapsed during a "tea dance." 46 people were killed in 1981.
Mark
11 posted on
06/11/2006 10:19:26 PM PDT by
MarkL
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To: MarkL
That one wasn't the fault of the engineer. The contractor made a change to the design of the sky bridge, which made it a lot easier to build, but much less capable of bearing weight.
23 posted on
06/11/2006 11:01:34 PM PDT by
redgolum
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To: MarkL
That walkway at the Kansas City Hyatt was actually designed properly. The on-site construction manager modified the original design because one of the components used to support the walkway was very difficult to find and would have had to be custom-made.
36 posted on
06/12/2006 3:34:31 AM PDT by
Alberta's Child
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