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Hard Rock Hotel collapses on Canal Street
Breaking news from Downtown New Orleans
Author: Sean Brennan / Eyewitess News
Published: 9:45 AM CDT October 12, 2019
Updated: 10:14 AM CDT October 12, 2019
NEW ORLEANS -- Several construction workers had to run to safety on Saturday morning as a large portion of the Hard Rock Hotel, which has been under construction for the last several months, came crashing down suddenly.
It was not immediately clear what caused the collapse or if anyone was injured.
Eyewitness video provided to WWL-TV shows the moment collapse began.
Upper floors began to fall on top of each other before the Basin Street side of the building fell to the ground below.
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MineralMan
(146,356 posts)dalton99a
(81,709 posts)hmanne
(92 posts)Somebody forgot to put Bolt A into Slot B.
Hope everyone is ok.
mindfulNJ
(2,367 posts)still under construction?
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Unbelievable.
Link:
EDIT: Used "share" link instead. There was something wrong with the old link. Thanks to Dennis Donovan for the tip.
Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)Mike 03
(16,616 posts)Dennis Donovan
(18,770 posts)...and inserts a time stamp. To override it, click on the "Share" arrow below the video and copy that link (make sure the "Start at" checkbox isn't checked).
Demovictory9
(32,507 posts)underpants
(183,070 posts)Hotler
(11,494 posts)working from permit or bid set construction drawings instead of "For Construction" drawings. Post tension slabs suck, structural steel doesn't fall like that.
Mike 03
(16,616 posts)It's bad enough when old buildings collapse, but it's hard for lay people like myself to understand why brand new or under-construction buildings do. "Post tension slabs"--does this mean the collapse was at the foundation level?
Hotler
(11,494 posts)run all the way thru the slab from edge to edge in a grid like pattern similar to reinforcing steel (rebar). The slab is supported from below with jacks and wood forms. The slab is poured and after 3-4days of the concrete curing, the tendons are pulled tight and the support removed.
http://somerseng.com/post-tension-slabs/
They may have removed supports to early before the concrete cured or, the concrete mix might have been bad.
You never want to see construction mishaps. I'm sure OSHA is onsite by now.
miyazaki
(2,264 posts)Makes it more firm and strong eh. My cheap analogy. That's interesting.
Chellee
(2,106 posts)nt
Hotler
(11,494 posts)the hydraulic units they use can put some serious hurt (tension) on the tendons, a lot more than the rebar could take. It may be a cost thing also, cable tendons every eight feet vs. rebar every three feet.
ornotna
(10,810 posts)I hope there weren't too many construction workers on site.
Aristus
(66,531 posts)Non-union labor?
Is Louisiana a 'right-to-produce-shoddy-work' state?
Cirque du So-What
(26,042 posts)Trade union workers serve an apprenticeship, including classroom and on-the-job training that far surpasses standards for jackleg contractors.
likesmountains 52
(4,100 posts)Iggo
(47,603 posts)Thanks for the update.
Demovictory9
(32,507 posts)Chellee
(2,106 posts)How horrible.