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Warehouse Roof Collapse

Southeastern United States, United States

Project Contacts: Sean Homem, William Konicki, Aaron Lewis

A 17,000 sq ft portion of the 225,000 sq ft, low-sloped warehouse roof collapsed during a short, but intense, rainstorm. The structural system for the roof consisted of metal deck supported on open-web steel joists and joist girders...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Manufacturing & Industrial

Keywords:Collapse, Roofing, Low-Sloped

Global Analysis of World Trade Center Towers

New York, NY

Project Contacts: Mehdi Zarghamee

The collapse of the World Trade Center (WTC) towers on 11 September 2001 was an unprecedented event in U.S. history. NIST retained SGH and ARA to develop computer simulations of the structural response of WTC 1 and 2 to aircraft impact and...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Office

Keywords:Analytical Studies, Award Winning, Blast Analysis & Resistance, Collapse, Expert Testimony, Failure Investigation, Finite Element Analysis, Fire, Fire Engineering

Aurora Events Center

Grand Forks, ND

The Aurora Events Center houses a recreational arena for football and other athletic events. The curved, steel-framed roof is constructed of long-span steel joists spanning between box trusses. Minutes after erection, the joists on the south half...

Services:Structural Investigation

Markets:Sports & Entertainment

Keywords:Arena/Stadium, Collapse, Expert Testimony, Field Testing, Laboratory Testing and Analysis, Long-Span Structure, Structural Adequacy Assessment

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