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Report Cites Design and Structural Faults as Cause of Paris Airport Collapse
International News • February 16, 2005
Both structural and design faults caused a large section of the newly constructed Terminal 2E at Paris' Charles de Gaulle airport to collapse last May, killing 4 people and injuring 3.
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| RE: RE: de Gaulle Airport Collpse - Fundamental Design Blund | Alan M Dransfield | Feb 26, 2005, 1:51 pm |
| RE: RE: de Gaulle Airport Collpse - Fundamental Design Blund | Dr. Michael Hogan. P. Eng. | Feb 18, 2005, 10:37 am |
| RE: de Gaulle Airport Collpse - Fundamental Design Blunder. | Dr. Doug Shamanon | Feb 18, 2005, 9:22 am |
| de Gaulle Airport Collpse - Fundamental Design Blunder. | Dr. Michael Hogan, P. Eng. | Feb 16, 2005, 2:05 pm |
| de Gaulle Aiport Collapse - Inquiry is misleading | Dr. Michael Hogan. P. Eng. | Feb 16, 2005, 5:00 am |
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Subject: RE: RE: de Gaulle Airport Collpse - Fundamental Design Blund
There is a pattern of incompetence in the design of major public structures.
The Inquiry into the collapse of de Gaulle Airport says the structure was too weak to sustain itself and progressively collapsed.
We had a similar problem here in Canada when the roof of the Olympic Stadium in Montreal was not able to support itself.
We all pay insurance and we all pay for and use public buildings.
Is it too much to expect them to be able to stand up under their own weight?
When Architects stop playing God I will no longer have an axe to grind.
Too many times, the Structural Engineer (i.e. me) has been told by the Architect - "Make it work or I will find another Engineer". Architect's audacity compromises the safety of structures and there seems to be no check on them.
In the case of de Gaulle Airport Collapse, M. Andreu is BOTH the Architect and Engineer of record.
Dr. Michael Hogan, P. Eng.
email: hogangrn@passport.ca