Naples Building Collapse
Naples Building Collapse
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from the BBC, "Rescuers in southern Italy are trying to find eight people missing after an apartment block collapsed in Naples.
Italian media say two families were living in the four-storey building that collapsed in Torre Annunziata district. Two children are among those missing."
Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40529527
Dik
Italian media say two families were living in the four-storey building that collapsed in Torre Annunziata district. Two children are among those missing."
Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-40529527
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RE: Naples Building Collapse
Seems more plausible that the renovations played a factor in the collapse ("No way is that a load bearing wall...") vs. the railroad vibrations as the article mentions. Anyone ever heard of vibrations from a railroad causing anything like this?
RE: Naples Building Collapse
Seems strange though that the building would fail on the uphill side of the structure...
Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA)