Difference between revisions of "Steel-frame building collapses"

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This page is for gathering data on collapses of steel-frame buildings.

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 ==Overview==
-[[category:data]]This page is for gathering data on collapses of steel-frame buildings, as well as information on steel-frame buildings subjected to extreme stress without collapsing.
+[[category:data]]This page is for gathering data on collapses of steel-frame buildings.
-==Notes==
+==Related Pages==
-Fireproofing is only intended to withstand fire for 2 hours.
+* [[Steel-frame building fires]]
 ==List==
-===Fires===
-''need more specifics''
-* '''Caracas, Venezuela''', 56 floors:  26 floors burned for 17 hours
-* '''Los Angeles, First Interstate Bank''': 5 stories burned for 3.5 hours
-* '''Philadelphia, 91 Meridian Plaza''', 38 floors: 8 floors burned for 18 hours
-* '''New York Plaza''', 50 stories: burned for 6 hours
-All of these buildings are still in use.