Editorial
Making Demolition Safe
Drexel News Blog
20 Jun 2013
Abstract
In Philadelphia a building collapses, six people are killed and 14 injured creating outrage, a public outcry and pressure to determine the cause and to reform regulations to prevent future tragedies of this nature. Although, there is mounting evidence that gross negligence on the job site might have contributed to this tragedy, we have heard this story and seen this sequence of events before. There are lessons to be learned for sure, but no new ones. We, in the engineering community, know of the inherent dangers of demolition and why failures occur. [1st paragraph]
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Details
- Title
- Making Demolition Safe
- Creators
- Robert Forney Brehm - Drexel University, Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Publication Details
- Drexel News Blog
- Resource Type
- Editorial
- Academic Unit
- Civil, Architectural, and Environmental Engineering
- Other Identifier
- 991020650714304721