Hard Rock Hotel under construction in New Orleans collapses... 119

[Vance Wiley]

Oh I do not think the corridor framing or lack thereof caused the collapse - I am fully in line with
JAE (Structural)15 Oct 19 17:06
OK - looking at the framing plan there is an oddity in it - not sure if it could be considered a cause, at all, of the collapse.
And we may learn that the corridor slabs hanging by their edge have rebar in the slab for the purpose of providing the tie between the sections.
Were there any lateral bracing frames in the collapsed areas which should have provided lateral stability to that section? If not, its stability depended entirely on lateral ties to the bracing elements.
As to the "fuse" consideration - if it had collapsed completely, the demo could maybe have been completed by now.
Thank you.

 

[dauwerda]

As to the "fuse" consideration - if it had collapsed completely, the demo could maybe have been completed by now.

If it had collapsed completely, I'm sure a lot more people would have lost their lives as well. Let's not pretend that would have been a good thing.

 

[JAE]

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