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The Hyatt Walkway Collapse
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The Hyatt Walkway Collapse
A report of the collapse of the Hyatt Regency walkway in Kansas City.
893 words (approx. 3.6 pages) |
3 sources |
MLA | 2004
Paper Summary:
This paper examines the parties involved in the collapse of the Kansas City Hyatt Regency walkway. The paper presents each responsible party and discusses the role each played and the degree of their guilt in this tragedy.From the Paper:
"Additionally, the engineering firm's original designed was unable to support the minimum support value required by the Kansas City Building Code. This was a minimum of 151 kN, while the original design was capable of supporting only 90 kN. It was clear that the engineering firm involved was either incompetent or plain stupid, since the difference between the required minimum and the actual minimum in the original design is huge."More papers on The Hyatt Walkway Collapse:
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APA Citation:
The Hyatt Walkway Collapse (2012, January 15). Retrieved February 10, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Essay-The-Hyatt-Walkway-Collapse/54886
MLA Citation:
"The Hyatt Walkway Collapse" 15 January 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Essay-The-Hyatt-Walkway-Collapse/54886>
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