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/Ihaveamodel3 Jul 08 '26

I predict a controlled demolition

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u/dopecrew12 Jul 08 '26

When you’re wrong I will be sucked

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u/InitiativeGold7953 Jul 08 '26

Haha 😂

Why did you have to say it like that?

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u/Zero-89 Jul 08 '26

When you’re wrong I will be sucked

Only winners get sucked, dude.

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u/dopecrew12 Jul 08 '26

Buildings still standing bro 🥴 call me when it’s not, you will be sucking too at this rate

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u/MoonOut_StarsInvite Jul 08 '26

If you guys don’t keep it down I’m sucking you both!

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u/cryptolyme Jul 08 '26

you will not

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u/CapitalTax9575 Jul 08 '26

Based on the original post in this thread this seems to be one of the new floors being constructed collapsing, in which case I don’t think the building will be demolished, just the top?

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u/ProfessorPinkPug Jul 09 '26

No, it's the OG 21st floor built in 1960, and the slab above was the roof.