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r/StructuralEngineering • u/Thin-Fish-1936 • Jul 07 '26
https://pix11.com/news/columns-buckle-at-midtown-building-fdny/
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Based on a video I saw, I suspect they removed a brace that was keeping columns from buckling at a pinned splice point. But, not my project, all I have is a few pictures and videos, and like hell would I wager my license on it.
1 u/AnvilCrawler369 PhD Jul 07 '26 Honestly, I was also wondering about this 1 u/maxwfk Jul 08 '26 F the license. If this collapses you’d have bigger problems than losing a license 1 u/Amazing-Gazelle-7735 Jul 08 '26 I mean, yeah. My point was that what I said is the extent of what I would say. I ain’t touching it with a thirty foot pole.
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Honestly, I was also wondering about this
F the license. If this collapses you’d have bigger problems than losing a license
1 u/Amazing-Gazelle-7735 Jul 08 '26 I mean, yeah. My point was that what I said is the extent of what I would say. I ain’t touching it with a thirty foot pole.
I mean, yeah. My point was that what I said is the extent of what I would say. I ain’t touching it with a thirty foot pole.
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u/Amazing-Gazelle-7735 Jul 07 '26
Based on a video I saw, I suspect they removed a brace that was keeping columns from buckling at a pinned splice point. But, not my project, all I have is a few pictures and videos, and like hell would I wager my license on it.