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A Fascination with Failure: Death On The Dancefloor (Classic)
Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford
The Failure of the Skywalk Connection
The connection that failed was never designed. The original detail of the connection, as shown on the contract structural drawings, was only conceptual in nature. Nobody ever did any calculations to figure out whether or not the particular connection that held the skywalk's up would work. It got built without anybody ever figuring out if it would be strong enough.
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