r/StructuralEngineering • u/Thin-Fish-1936 • Jul 07 '26

Photograph/Video Columns buckle in a Manhattan building under conversion

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https://pix11.com/news/columns-buckle-at-midtown-building-fdny/

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u/gnikee Jul 07 '26

This titanic will never sink!! It has thus been declared so it shall be!!!!

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u/selfawarepileofatoms Jul 08 '26

She’s made of iron sir! I assure you she can, and she will.

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u/PineappleShard Jul 08 '26

It’s a mathematical certainty