Structural Failures

Detailed and comprehensive structural engineering services to determine the causes of material and structural deterioration. distress, and failures in existing structures.
Failure of 1917 era concrete floor slab systems during a renovation of the Hamilton & Allison Middle Schools, Wichita, KS.
Failure of the historic Switzer Candy Building during a wind storm, St. Louis, MO.
Failure of a precast concrete parking garage, Atlanta, GA.
Catastrophic failure of a cantilevered concrete retaining wall, Cincinnati, OH.
Sudden failure of a portion of the brick facade on a multi-story concrete framed residential building, Wichita, KS.
Catastrophic torsional failure of a large bridge pier, St. Louis, MO.
Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend, IN
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Failure of cypress wood decking, Joe Dice Swinging Bridge, Warsaw, MO.
Failure of the world's tallest, Las Vega Hilton sign, in a thunderstorm.
Failure of a concrete and steel framed pedestrian canopy system at a railway station, suburban Chicago, IL.
Failure of a steel framed roof in a heavy rainstorm, suburban Chicago, IL.
Failure of a steel-framed roof over an addition to an existing high school, Minneapolis, MN.
Failure of an underground parking garage, Chicago, IL.
Failure of long span timber trusses, North Kansas City, MO.
Catastrophic failure of flying formwork on the top level of a multi story residential building under construction, during a concrete pour, Bal Harbor, FL.
Collapse of a swing stage platform from the side of the Hancock Tower, Chicago, IL.
Bridge fatigue and corrosion problems, Chicago, IL.
Fatigue failure of mulitple steel stringer connections to a long span deep, steel plate girder bridge bent, Kennedy Expressway, Chicago, IL