Epic Engineering Failures and the Lessons They Teach. Episode 8, Structural Response: The Hyatt Regency Walkways
2024
Computer Files, Websites
In 1978, a developer chose to build a hotel in Kansas City using a management technique called fast-tracking, in which construction begins before the design is complete. What can happen when each principal assumes that someone else has designed a critical structural connection? Explore the series of mistakes that led to the tragic collapse of two suspended walkways and the deaths of 114 people.
Author:
Imprint:
The Great Courses, 2022.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (35 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2022.
Performers:
Stephen Ressler
System details:
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
BRN:
482213
Electronic access:
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