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  2. Are the Cracks in Your Walls a Sign of a Serious Problem? - AOL

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    Structural cracks often show up as horizontal cracks, have stair-step patterns, or have wide, uneven openings. Diagonal cracks that run at a 45-degree angle can also indicate structural problems ...

  3. Citicorp Center engineering crisis - Wikipedia

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    Construction crews started installing the welded panels at night in August 1978. Officials made no public mention of any possible structural issues, and the city's three major newspapers had gone on strike. [32] [31] Officials barely acknowledged the issue, instead describing the work as a routine procedure.

  4. 26 blocks scandal - Wikipedia

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    The Government announced on 21 November 1985 that structural problems were found in a total of 577 blocks built between 1982 and 1984 and shall be repaired. [ 3 ] 26 housing blocks and a school building were scheduled to be demolished as soon as possible due to the risk of collapse.

  5. Structural integrity and failure - Wikipedia

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    Collapsed barn at Hörsne, Gotland, Sweden Building collapse due to snow weight. Structural integrity and failure is an aspect of engineering that deals with the ability of a structure to support a designed structural load (weight, force, etc.) without breaking and includes the study of past structural failures in order to prevent failures in future designs.

  6. Structural drawing - Wikipedia

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    A structural drawing, a type of engineering drawing, is a plan or set of plans and details for how a building or other structure will be built. Structural drawings are generally prepared by registered professional engineers, and based on information provided by architectural drawings. The structural drawings are primarily concerned with the ...

  7. List of building and structure collapses - Wikipedia

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    Crab House – Floor collapsed into the water: Wildwood Crest, New Jersey, US: Building: 9 injured 2007: Neurath Power Station Scaffold collapse: Grevenbroich-Neurath, Germany: Power station under construction: 3 dead, 6 injured 2007: WNEP-TV Tower: Penobscot Knob, Mountaintop, Pennsylvania, US: Guyed mast: 2007: I-35W Mississippi River bridge ...

  8. Leaky homes crisis - Wikipedia

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    The leaky homes crisis is an ongoing construction and legal crisis in New Zealand concerning timber-framed homes built from 1988 to 2004 that were not fully weather-tight. . The problems often include the decay of timber framing which, in extreme cases, have made buildings structurally unsou

  9. Structural engineering - Wikipedia

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    Structural engineering theory is based upon applied physical laws and empirical knowledge of the structural performance of different materials and geometries. Structural engineering design uses a number of relatively simple structural concepts to build complex structural systems. Structural engineers are responsible for making creative and ...