A newly built suspension bridge in West Java, Indonesia, partially collapsed during its own inauguration ceremony after roughly 50 people crowded onto a structure designed to hold no more than three at a time, sending villagers and local officials plunging toward the river below. The Pongpet Suspension Bridge in Margacinta, a 196-foot crossing that connects […] The post New Indonesian bridge collapses during ribbon-cutting as crowd ignores weight limits appeared first on American Almanac .
A newly built suspension bridge in West Java, Indonesia, partially collapsed during its own inauguration ceremony after roughly 50 people crowded onto a structure designed to hold no more than three at a time, sending villagers and local officials plunging toward the river below. The Pongpet Suspension Bridge in Margacinta, a 196-foot crossing that connects several villages in Pangandaran Regency, gave way on a Sunday afternoon moments after officials cut the ribbon. A suspension cable on the left-hand side detached from its main anchor point, and the bridge tilted sideways. Several people fell. Panic broke out on the span, which hangs above a river roughly 20 metres, about 65 feet, below. No one died, local authorities said. But several…Open
A New York Times analysis shows that the pace of office-to-residential conversions like the former Pfizer building, where two steel columns buckled in July, has quickened sharply.
Drawings obtained by The New York Times and reviewed by engineers show insufficient reinforcements on eight more steel columns than previously known at a Manhattan building.
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Two steel columns buckled inside a 37-story Midtown Manhattan tower on July 7, caving in five floors and forcing a mass evacuation, and the incident is drawing fresh scrutiny to a pair of far taller buildings with documented structural problems of their own. Construction workers were inside 235 East 42nd Street, the former Pfizer global […] The post Buckled columns in Midtown Manhattan high-rise raise hard questions about two other structurally troubled NYC skyscrapers appeared first on American Almanac .
Two steel columns buckled inside a 37-story Midtown Manhattan tower on July 7, caving in five floors and forcing a mass evacuation, and the incident is drawing fresh scrutiny to a pair of far taller buildings with documented structural problems of their own. Construction workers were inside 235 East 42nd Street, the former Pfizer global headquarters near Grand Central Terminal, when the columns on the 21st floor gave way. Floors 21 through 26 sagged and caved under the stress. The New York City Fire Department arrived and confirmed the buckled columns. The Department of Buildings ordered everyone out, and the Washington Examiner reported that nine nearby buildings were also evacuated, including a school with roughly 400 children,…Open
A powerful earthquake struck Japan's southern Kyushu island on Tuesday afternoon, collapsing the second floor of a shopping mall and trapping an unknown number of people inside, with police telling Japanese media there were "a lot of deaths" at the site. The magnitude 7.1 quake hit the Kumamoto region at 4:27 p.m. local time, according […] The post Magnitude 7.1 earthquake collapses shopping mall in southern Japan, leaves dozens trapped or missing appeared first on American Almanac .
A powerful earthquake struck Japan's southern Kyushu island on Tuesday afternoon, collapsing the second floor of a shopping mall and trapping an unknown number of people inside, with police telling Japanese media there were "a lot of deaths" at the site. The magnitude 7.1 quake hit the Kumamoto region at 4:27 p.m. local time, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, sending violent shaking across the southern end of the country's main island chain. The U.S. Geological Survey recorded the event at a lower magnitude of 6.8, a discrepancy that remains unresolved between the two agencies. By either measure, the quake registered at the highest possible level, 7, on Japan's Shindo intensity scale, a reading that signals catastrophic ground…Open
Drawings obtained by The New York Times show the columns called for additional steel plates, but engineers reviewing site photos said they appeared to be missing.