
Episode 73: Kaprun Disaster
Well There‘s Your Problem
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The Weird Collapse of a Building
This is not engineering advice. This building was built on top of an underground parking garage, adjacent to the seafront. As a result, the whole building was essentially sort of a boat. I thought maybe if this were linked to climate change, since the sea level is going up, the forces, especially on the midsection of the building, would cause it to bend in that section. That would eventually, over the course of 40 or 50 years of cyclical loading, cause the failure of structural members in that area. We are actually. You don't know over to us. Send us power of attorney papers to the PO box.
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