by Structural News | Jul 9, 2012 | Construction, Controversy, Structural Security, Structures |
In the coming weeks, Structural News will be running special stories on the current, dilapidated state of America’s infrastructure. With the recent passing of a new federal Highway bill, America’s crumbling roads and critical structures seem,...
by Structural News | Jun 15, 2012 | Demolition, Structures |
The birthplace of Ringo Starr in Liverpool, England was set to be demolished as part of a Liverpool City Council revitalization project on Nine Madryn Street. The City Council rethought its decision, however, when “a tide of community support” saved the...
by Structural News | Jun 14, 2012 | Construction, Controversy, Structures |
Broad Group, the Chinese construction company that describes itself as a “sustainable building” company, is well known for its record breaking construction times in mid-rise to high-rise structures. I saw the first video of theirs (top video below) over a...
by Structural News | Jun 13, 2012 | Controversy, Structures |
The story of last month’s deck collapse in Atlanta inspired me to do a bit more digging into deck collapse occurrences. Deck collapse as a result of failure of the deck-to-house ledger connection Ten years ago the Environmental Protection Agency began a...
by Structural News | Jun 12, 2012 | Construction, Controversy |
Lawsuits in the modern age are a dime-a-dozen. However, lawsuits involving a former mobster, a fatal structural collapse, and a prestigious United States university are a bit more rare. Columbia University’s controversial building projects in Harlem, one of New York’s...