Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How in the worl would play this horn????


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Posted by Rick Denney on May 27, 2003 at 09:46:28:

In Reply to: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: How in the worl would play this horn???? posted by Jim Andrada on May 23, 2003 at 18:07:45:

The mistake was that the architects didn't take it into account. It was a failure to properly define the requirements for the structure. Had those requirements been defined, either the architect would have instructed the engineer to make a stronger design or the owner would have known to preclude access to the partyers. The latter is, of course, nearly impossible.

All failures like this result from a chain of events, the prevention of any one of which might have prevented the failure. That's just a fancy way of saying there is plenty of blame to go around--the architects for designing something unbuildable for the sake of aesthetics, the engineers for not putting their foot down about the design, the constructors for working around constructability problems in the plans instead of addressing them, the work crews for not notifying the proper authorities about the problem (they had already closed off the walkways for workers pushing wheelbarrows because they swayed too much), the inspectors for not looking beyond narrow regulations, and the operators for allowing a use that had they been listening would have known violated common sense. A correction at any step might have prevented the disaster. But they all resulted from not properly identifying the requirements of the design at the outset.

Rick "who understands that resonant oscillation is now a big thing for engineers--and for tuba players" Denney


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