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==List== | ==List== | ||
| + | * '''2009-08-03''' [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/03/implosion-goes-wrong-buil_n_249940.html Implosion Goes Wrong, Building Rolls Over]: video of what was apparently a failed [[controlled demolition]]: instead of collapsing, the building literally rolled off its foundation, intact. Mirrors: [http://www.livevideo.com/video/47EC4578A3A04FD6AA3DBE243A8E6E9F/building-topples-upside-down.aspx LiveVideo] | ||
| + | * '''2009-07-02''' [http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/27/content_8330067.htm Building collapse kills one worker in Shanghai]: was this steel-frame? At that height I would think it would have to be, but the article doesn't specifically say (nor does any steel infrastructure appear visible in the photo). Protrusions in photo on pages 3-5 ''might'' be steel structural elements... | ||
| + | * '''2008-09-28''' [http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bd8_1222626997 Building Topples Onto Another] (video) | ||
| + | * '''2001-09-11''' (see [[9-11/anomalies/collapse]]) | ||
| + | ** [[WTC1]] | ||
| + | ** [[WTC2]] | ||
| + | ** [[WTC7]] | ||
| + | ** any others? | ||
| + | ==Reference== | ||
| + | * [http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/analysis/compare/collapses.html 911Research]: building collapses | ||
| + | ** [http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/analysis/compare/mccormick.html The McCormick Place Roof Collapse]: "The Most-Cited Example of a Fire-Induced Collapse of a Steel Structure", but it's a totally different kind of building (short, with a large footprint) and the outside walls survived intact. | ||
| + | ** '''1995-06-29''' [http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/analysis/compare/sampoong.html The Sampoong Department Store Collapse]: insufficient data, but building was known to have been poorly constructed and inadvisably modified | ||
| + | ** '''1987-04-23''' [http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/analysis/compare/lambiance.html L'Ambiance Plaza] "Cited as an Example of Total Progressive Collapse": 16 stories. Substantial recognizable pieces of the building are visible. | ||
Latest revision as of 18:29, 3 February 2010
Overview
This page is for gathering data on collapses of steel-frame buildings.
Related Pages
List
- 2009-08-03 Implosion Goes Wrong, Building Rolls Over: video of what was apparently a failed controlled demolition: instead of collapsing, the building literally rolled off its foundation, intact. Mirrors: LiveVideo
- 2009-07-02 Building collapse kills one worker in Shanghai: was this steel-frame? At that height I would think it would have to be, but the article doesn't specifically say (nor does any steel infrastructure appear visible in the photo). Protrusions in photo on pages 3-5 might be steel structural elements...
- 2008-09-28 Building Topples Onto Another (video)
- 2001-09-11 (see 9-11/anomalies/collapse)
Reference
- 911Research: building collapses
- The McCormick Place Roof Collapse: "The Most-Cited Example of a Fire-Induced Collapse of a Steel Structure", but it's a totally different kind of building (short, with a large footprint) and the outside walls survived intact.
- 1995-06-29 The Sampoong Department Store Collapse: insufficient data, but building was known to have been poorly constructed and inadvisably modified
- 1987-04-23 L'Ambiance Plaza "Cited as an Example of Total Progressive Collapse": 16 stories. Substantial recognizable pieces of the building are visible.