I have a LinkedIn account but only log in about twice a year. In searching for info about another person, a link to the person's LinkedIn profile required me to log in. While I was there, I noticed the latest PM to me from someone who did not provide his last name, only the initial "A.". He was...
Did you all realize that Eng-Tips.com has been sold to WTMH Canada, Inc.? I recently had to log in due to clearing the browser cache and read a notice on the log-in page. See attached photo.
I also found, from a quick search...
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Update on the legal issues associated with the Hard Rock Hotel Collapse (2019). Orleans Parish District Attorney Jason Williams is going to bring two key witnesses before the Grand Jury on "Thursday". [Unclear if that is Thursday Sept 7 or Thursday Sept...
I am not familiar with the fire codes and laws in Norway. This is an older hotel with no obvious renovations ever (built in 1960s??), but this just doesn't seem right, according to any fire codes or The Great Book of Common Sense. This is the door across the hall from our second floor room. I...
I hope I have numbered this update properly. I could only find 3 previous threads for the Hard Rock Hotel Collapse, which occurred in October 2019 in New Orleans.
I was in the Canal St area recently, so I took a photo of the site as it looks today.
A recent article about the collapse...
If you saw this sign, would you expect to find stairs when you turned left? This was on the third floor of a medical office building.
https://files.engineering.com/getfile.aspx?folder=57fbca76-f84a-469d-be1c-a7d339a9c1c6&file=20221012_103718-Exit_sign-cr.jpg
My client purchased several industrialized building modules that were built in 2015 but were never used for their intended purpose of offshore living quarters due to the downturn in the industry in the Gulf of Mexico. This client, an agricultural company, would like to use the "pods" to house...
"A key supplier of materials for the Hard Rock Hotel construction project tried to warn the builders they needed more steel supports on the upper floors, but those supports were never added before the partially built 18-story high-rise collapsed, according to records obtained by WWL-TV."...
Have any of you learned any more about the failure at the East Baton Rouge Parish library branch? It was briefly discussed in an earlier (closed) thread at:
https://www.eng-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=438030
The engineers put hydraulic jacks under the overhang for a year. They were removed in...
The water system in my "City S" switched from chlorine disinfection to chloramine on September 1, 2017.
Our 2019 Annual Water Quality Report states 1.4 ppm RAA of chloramine, with a range of 0.7-2.1 ppm. What is the recommended remedy for the chloramines that are causing this skin irritation...
