https://unofficialnetworks.com/2025/02/03/details-emerge-attitash-chairlift-detachment/
https://liftblog.com/2025/02/02/chair-falls-from-lift-at-attitash/
More of a maintenance and inspection failure, but interesting photo of the failed part. I'd be interested to hear some of the materials /...
I started this post to ask the admins to reintroduce the old Eng-Tips "E" logo that appears in your browser's bookmarks list and tab. Then I was playing around with the style chooser and if you change it to "Eng Tips" style, the little icon appears as it used to, instead of the default/generic...
This is a crosspost from r/StructuralEngineering on Reddit.
Link to reddit post
Link to follow up post from reddit OP
Link to photos (also posted below)
Looks like reddit OP made a subreddit for this which includes more photos.
Photo credit goes to Reddit user u/One-Truth-5867
According...
https://abc7ny.com/parking-garage-collapse-financial-district-lower-manhattan-ann-street/13150286/
https://nypost.com/2023/04/18/parking-garage-collapses-in-nycs-financial-district-video/
Ring camera video from inside. Not much to see though.
Looks like it was a rather old masonry and reinf...
https://canada.constructconnect.com/dcn/news/projects/2023/02/welland-luxury-condo-project-partially-collapses
Youtube video with ring camera video of collapse
For those who deal with wood design and connections often, this ICC-ESR is a great reference for all sorts of fastener design values - primarily nails and staples. It's nothing new, but there's tons of info condensed into a single document.
ICC-ESR-1539
This is up the street from my house so I figured I'd post it.
Two blackhawks were on a training exercise on the back side of a ski resort (Snowbird). Not sure exactly what their mission was.
They were in formation coming in for a landing. They appeared to be stationary and descending, maybe...
Hi all,
I'm working on an upfit project where we're demoing about 2/3 of an existing storage mezzanine in a retail store. Mezz is horseshoe/U shaped and wraps around the perimeter (3 sides) of the store (see pic below - columns exaggerated). Rough dimensions are 20ft in width around the...
I have a 3-sided prefab roof screen to accompany new RTUs (see attached pdf sketch) which will replace existing RTUs
Haven't been able to find any threads about this particular situation - some similar questions about shielding, but I think this warrants a new thread..
How does the wind act...
