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Ethical Issues from the Kansas City Hyatt Hotel Collapse (Engineering SoundBites)

Paul Guyer

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In July 1981 the most disastrous structural engineering failure in U.S. history took place in Kansas City. Two interior walkways in the lobby atrium collapsed at the recently constructed Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, with a resulting loss of 114 lives and injuries to 200 others. This is the story of that tragic event. Here is what we will talk about ….

•History of the project
•The structural failure
•The post-mortem

And here are issues we will address….

•Was the disaster preventable?
•Were the post-mortem conclusions appropriate?
•Were the actions of the profession appropriate?
•Would conclusions be different if the failure occurred today?
•How do we prevent similar events in the future?

Language: English

Pages: 44

Format: Kindle Edition

Release: December 03, 2012

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Ethical Issues from the Kansas City Hyatt Hotel Collapse (Engineering SoundBites)

Ethical Issues from the Kansas City Hyatt Hotel Collapse (Engineering SoundBites)

Ethical Issues from the Kansas City Hyatt Hotel Collapse (Engineering SoundBites)

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