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Creating better buildings through failures education

State College, PA
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M Kevin Parfitt
4 years
You can never get enough failures education, even as a practitioner. CROSS is a great place to start.
@cross_safety
CROSS
4 years
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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M Kevin Parfitt
4 years
Thanks for your role, @payettepeople in making this happen for the engineering students at Penn State!.
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Centre Daily Times
4 years
It would be one of the largest academic facilities on the University Park campus.
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M Kevin Parfitt
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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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M Kevin Parfitt
4 years
RT @GE_magazine: Safety group warns against over-reliance on computer programs for retaining wall design . @cross_safety has called for gre….
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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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M Kevin Parfitt
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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….
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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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M Kevin Parfitt
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RT @imiweb: Our new architectural terra cotta details are a transformative resource for the restoration of historic terra cotta structures….
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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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M Kevin Parfitt
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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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M Kevin Parfitt
5 years
Greater Binghamton Sport Complex's roof collapses
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M Kevin Parfitt
5 years
Killen Generating Station: 2 workers still missing after Adams County building collapse via @enquirer.
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cincinnati.com
Initially, three workers were unaccounted for, but early Wednesday afternoon one of the three was rescued.
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M Kevin Parfitt
5 years
Drone footage shows the shocking collapse of the Arecibo Observatory via @Verge.
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Two different cameras captured the fall
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M Kevin Parfitt
5 years
Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses
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M Kevin Parfitt
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Record-setting demolition of Abu Dhabi's Mina Plaza Towers via @Yahoo.
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