read this article this am.....quit interesting. the design engineers thinks the loads were correct and he feels the investigation will prove so.
since as the article stated, the majority of deaths [except for fire / police] were above the impact floors and it was felt the added wind load criteria would only make the structure a bit more robust, delaying the inevitable collapse.=
the scary thing is that there is a suggestion that codes will change to more compartmentalize open plan spaces. that would be too bad.
The suggestion that the code may benefit from these changes is ridiculous - it's already covered by limiting the quantities of hazardous materials in buildings. Should we design every building as an 'H' occupancy? What building can handle the sudden ignition of thousands of pounds of JET-A except a bunker??? Oh, I guess I answered my own question.
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read this article this am.....quit interesting. the design engineers thinks the loads were correct and he feels the investigation will prove so.
since as the article stated, the majority of deaths [except for fire / police] were above the impact floors and it was felt the added wind load criteria would only make the structure a bit more robust, delaying the inevitable collapse.=
the scary thing is that there is a suggestion that codes will change to more compartmentalize open plan spaces. that would be too bad.
The suggestion that the code may benefit from these changes is ridiculous - it's already covered by limiting the quantities of hazardous materials in buildings. Should we design every building as an 'H' occupancy? What building can handle the sudden ignition of thousands of pounds of JET-A except a bunker??? Oh, I guess I answered my own question.
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