M Kevin Parfitt
@buildingfailure
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Creating better buildings through failures education
State College, PA
Joined September 2011
You can never get enough failures education, even as a practitioner. CROSS is a great place to start.
CROSS-US Newsletter 3 - containing 5 reports on structural safety issues. The learning from all reports is applicable wherever you are in the world. #Safety #StructuralSafety #BuildingSafety.
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Thanks for your role, @payettepeople in making this happen for the engineering students at Penn State!.
It would be one of the largest academic facilities on the University Park campus.
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RT @ifeglobal: #DidYouKnow that learning lessons and improving practices counts towards your professional development?. @cross_safety is an….
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Damaged Athens party house ruled unsafe after collapse injured 25 via @onlineathens.
onlineathens.com
The house in Athens where about 25 people were hurt when a floor collapsed during a party early Friday has been deemed unsafe for occupancy
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RT @GE_magazine: Safety group warns against over-reliance on computer programs for retaining wall design . @cross_safety has called for gre….
geplus.co.uk
According to the Cross report, a design for a 1.8m high brick retaining wall with a parapet on top was found to be incorrect after the technical
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RT @cross_safety: Neil Gibbins discusses CROSS’s expansion into fire safety and the benefits that this will bring to the fire safety sector….
cross-safety.org
Neil Gibbins discusses CROSS’s expansion into fire safety and the benefits that this will bring to the fire safety sector.
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RT @imiweb: Our new architectural terra cotta details are a transformative resource for the restoration of historic terra cotta structures….
info.imiweb.org
IMI's new architectural terra cotta details are a transformative resource for the restoration of historic structures dating to the early 20th century.
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RT @SIGInsurance1: Using space heaters? A Travelers safety expert shares tips to avoid common causes of a fire. htt….
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What makes snowfall wet vs. dry? via @wzzm13.
wzzm13.com
How can snowfall be wet or dry? What difference does it make? Meteorologist Michael Behrens has the answers!
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Video: Implosion of Rosslyn Holiday Inn Hotel Tower
arlnow.com
(Updated at 4:30 p.m.) The 18-story former Holiday Inn hotel in Rosslyn came down this morning during a controlled demolition that closed local roads and I-66. The implosion, which was scheduled for...
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Killen Generating Station: 2 workers still missing after Adams County building collapse via @enquirer.
cincinnati.com
Initially, three workers were unaccounted for, but early Wednesday afternoon one of the three was rescued.
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The Park given historic landmark designation, but raze order stands via @journaltimes.
journaltimes.com
The group of advocates attempting to save an old theater got what they wanted: The Park has been given historic landmark status. And now the city is free to raze
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Drone footage shows the shocking collapse of the Arecibo Observatory via @Verge.
theverge.com
Two different cameras captured the fall
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Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses
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Battle Creek officials plan inspection of 120-year-old downtown tower Wednesday via @bcenquirer.
battlecreekenquirer.com
A judge agreed to allow the inspection of the Binder Building at 34 E. Michigan Ave. by engineers, city inspectors and building owner Bryant DeBolt,
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‘Hell on Earth:’ 40 years ago, a historic fire at the MGM Grand via @reviewjournal.
reviewjournal.com
More than 200 firefighters responded to the catastrophic MGM Grand fire in 1980, the worst blaze in Las Vegas history. It killed 87 people and injured hundreds more, changing so much about the vall...
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