topbanner_forum
  *

avatar image

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

Login with username, password and session length
  • Friday March 29, 2024, 5:01 am
  • Proudly celebrating 15+ years online.
  • Donate now to become a lifetime supporting member of the site and get a non-expiring license key for all of our programs.
  • donate

Author Topic: The Citicorp Building Repairs: A Tale of Engineering and Ethics  (Read 7087 times)

mouser

  • First Author
  • Administrator
  • Joined in 2005
  • *****
  • Posts: 40,896
    • View Profile
    • Mouser's Software Zone on DonationCoder.com
    • Read more about this member.
    • Donate to Member
Nice long entertaining account of the secret mistakes and repairs in the construction of a skyskraper, and lessons in ethics for all of us who build things..

What's an engineers worst nightmare? To realize that the supports he designed for a skyscraper like Citicorp Center are flawed--and hurricane season is approaching...



from http://www.gadgetopia.com/
« Last Edit: May 05, 2007, 01:28 PM by mouser »

mrainey

  • Charter Member
  • Joined in 2005
  • ***
  • Posts: 439
    • View Profile
    • Website
    • Donate to Member
That's very interesting.  A lesson for all of us.
Software For Metalworking
http://closetolerancesoftware.com

cemole

  • Supporting Member
  • Joined in 2006
  • **
  • Posts: 49
  • Where do all the birds fly?
    • View Profile
    • Donate to Member
Good find mouser :Thmbsup: I really enjoyed it.

Darwin

  • Charter Member
  • Joined in 2005
  • ***
  • Posts: 6,984
    • View Profile
    • Donate to Member
Thanks Mouser! That was a great read - and spurred a happy hour of googling and wikipeida surfing...

MerleOne

  • Supporting Member
  • Joined in 2006
  • **
  • Posts: 957
  • 4D thinking
    • View Profile
    • Read more about this member.
    • Donate to Member
Funnily enough, this story has apparently been used for the scenario of a TV show episode, namely "Numb3rs".  It's on http://www.tv.com/nu.../385365/summary.html.

Thanks for mentioning the real stor(e)y  ;)
.merle1.
« Last Edit: May 07, 2007, 04:21 PM by MerleOne »