Engineering failure likely behind Pfizer project scare

Experts said the Pfizer building collapse likely stemmed from an engineering failure, not from the building's conversion from ...
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How Engineers Will Determine Why NYC's Pfizer HQ Conversion Buckled

After the NYC Pfizer building conversion buckled, what happens next? Engineers, lawyers and insurers explain how complex ...

A ‘widow-maker’: Structural failure in NYC likely to trigger legal battles

Once the immediate safety concerns are addressed, the flurry of claims begin in a case like the East 42nd Street conversion ...

‘Failures happen during construction’: Office-to-residential conversions are all over NYC, but failures usually get fixed before they get worse

The building at the center of this week's Midtown scare is the former Pfizer world headquarters at 235 East 42nd Street: a 33 ...
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NIST: Structural failures began weeks before Surfside condo collapse that killed 98

A new finding in the deadly Surfside condo collapse that killed 98 people shows the building began to experience structural failures in early June 2021 before it collapsed later that month. According ...

Kaleshwaram scheme beset with structural failures, says Uttam

Hyderabad: Telangana irrigation minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy alleged that the structural failures in Kaleshwaram Lift Irrigation Scheme (KLIS) were a result of poor-quality construction, arbitrary ...
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Experts examine good, bad sides of solar installations in buildings

Structural risks from solar panel installations primarily involve weight distribution problems and roof integrity issues ...