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* [[Steel-frame building fires]]
 
* [[Steel-frame building fires]]
 
==List==
 
==List==
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* '''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]
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* '''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...
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* '''2008-09-28''' [http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=bd8_1222626997 Building Topples Onto Another] (video)
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* '''2001-09-11''' (see [[9-11/anomalies/collapse]])
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** [[WTC1]]
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** [[WTC2]]
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** [[WTC7]]
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** any others?
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==Reference==
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* [http://911research.wtc7.net/wtc/analysis/compare/collapses.html 911Research]: building collapses
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** [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.
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** '''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
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** '''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

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

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  • 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.