Simon Lewis Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 An , but it can't handle the snow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbuckley Posted December 12, 2010 Share Posted December 12, 2010 Good falling snow effect :) We had one of those roof collapse things too; no video I'm afraid.. [newspaper report]. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 In the words of Capt. Slow, "Oh C**k!" Boston gets snow, lots of it; didn't the archi-defect consider that it might weigh some? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livelifetotheverymax Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 From what I learned whilst at uni the Americans are rather behind us on their design codes choosing to ignore all the research and development we've done over the years. One of the major examples we had lectures on was designing for disproportionate collapse and how they didn't really think about it too much until after the twin towers. It's been quite heavily researched over here and is included in design codes and has been for years following from the Ronan Point disaster. According to our lecturer the Twin Towers wouldn't have collapsed if it had been designed to our codes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilflet Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 Boston gets snow, lots of it; didn't the archi-defect consider that it might weigh some? As does Minneapolis where this actually is. /pedant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_H._Hum...dome#Deflations- seems its happened a few times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew C Posted December 13, 2010 Share Posted December 13, 2010 As does Minneapolis where this actually is. /pedant.Interesting... I did Google to find the location, wondering if snow was a rarity, like say, Houston*. I'm sure the site I found referred to Boston. Possibly a different but similar event. *Had a white Christmas when I was there as a kid. 1st time in recorded history! PS. Boston Globe report. Doh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kerry davies Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 As Wilflet says, this is the fifth collapse and they seem to accept it as "normal service". It does say a lot about US business practice that they apparently disregarded elements of the structural survey and, as long as nobody gets killed, just patch it up and fill it full of punters. They have been lucky so far and income outweighs risk it seems. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryson Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Those inflatable roofs are prone to collapse: our stadium in Vancouver had one until last year and the guys who maintained it (who work for the local rigging company*) said it was a nightmare to keep going. *=Riggit. No, not that Riggit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete McCrea Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 There's a blast from the past.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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