BUILDING STRUCTURE FAILURES CAUSECD BY DEFECTS IN WORKMANSHIP

Journal Title: Scientific Journal of the Military University of Land Forces - Year 2015, Vol 176, Issue 2

Abstract

The article presents the characteristics of collapses of three building structures which occurred as a result of defects in workmanship, including the Hyatt Regency Hotel building in Kansas City, a building in Shanghai and the roof over a part of the grandstand at the stadium of FC Twente in Enschede. These events had a global impact. The paper describes also the construction of and the repair of damage to the elevated reinforced concrete tank for storing liquids.

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Sylwester KOBIELAK, Edward HUTNIK, Zenon ZAMIAR

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  • EP ID EP76867
  • DOI 10.5604/17318157.1179659
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Sylwester KOBIELAK, Edward HUTNIK, Zenon ZAMIAR (2015). BUILDING STRUCTURE FAILURES CAUSECD BY DEFECTS IN WORKMANSHIP. Scientific Journal of the Military University of Land Forces, 176(2), 103-114. https://www.europub.co.uk/articles/-A-76867