The Spring Seminar will take place on Friday, 26th February at the Royal Armouries, Clarence Dock, Leeds. Contact the IDE by email or phone (01634 816255) for further details. We hope to see you there.
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Showing posts with label Demolition Engineer. Show all posts
February 17, 2016
C&D Consultancy's Mike Kehoe to speak at IDE Seminar
The IDE has shared the Spring Seminar Programme with us that you can see below (please click the image to see it full size). And we are keen to point out C&D's Mike Kehoe appears on the list. At 12:10 he'll be speaking about the Role of the Demolition Engineer in the Radford Road Fire, Nottingham.
The Spring Seminar will take place on Friday, 26th February at the Royal Armouries, Clarence Dock, Leeds. Contact the IDE by email or phone (01634 816255) for further details. We hope to see you there.
The Spring Seminar will take place on Friday, 26th February at the Royal Armouries, Clarence Dock, Leeds. Contact the IDE by email or phone (01634 816255) for further details. We hope to see you there.
November 26, 2013
Building Collapses – When will developers learn the lessons?
How many people have to die in building collapses until developers learn the lessons that buildings are designed to take particular loads and NO MORE.
Last week saw a major building collapse incident in Riga, Latvia resulting in the death of 54 people at the latest count, and that will, no doubt, grow as the rubble is removed by the emergency services
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25068291
The cause of the collapse is “expected to be” the construction of a roof garden onto the completed building that the developers thought would be a good idea. Maybe a garden would be nice but how did they expect the building to stand the additional load of several hundred tonnes of soil and gravel? This foolhardy approach has resulted in the deaths of at least 54 people who were just doing their shopping in an environment that should have been safe for them.
If this collapse was a “one off” maybe it would be viewed as an unfortunate accident but when you consider that in Bangladesh a factory producing clothing for Primark collapsed killing over 1000 people because floors were overloaded
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2317012/Primark-factory-collapse-Death-toll-Bangladesh-set-jump-1-400.html
In India a building, again overloaded, collapsed killing over 40 people
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24314133
And finally the Sampoong Supermarket, discussed in every NDTG Demolition Manager course, that collapsed killing 501 people because the building owners decided to add additional floors, remove internal load bearing columns and then add over 60 tonnes of plant to the new roof. Is it any wonder it collapsed?
As a demolition engineer I like to think that I know how buildings may react when subjected to unusual loadings but I am never sure exactly what that reaction will be, so how can developers decide to increase floor and roof loadings significantly without a thorough structural check, a set of robust calculations and a sign off from a structural engineer?
The worldwide construction industry needs to take stock, rethink how we deal with building modifications and do all that we can to prevent many more buildings being reduced to rubble in seconds by poor design, overloading of the floors and a blatant disregard of the members of the public who may just be going about their daily business and should be able to do so in safety.
Last week saw a major building collapse incident in Riga, Latvia resulting in the death of 54 people at the latest count, and that will, no doubt, grow as the rubble is removed by the emergency services
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25068291
The cause of the collapse is “expected to be” the construction of a roof garden onto the completed building that the developers thought would be a good idea. Maybe a garden would be nice but how did they expect the building to stand the additional load of several hundred tonnes of soil and gravel? This foolhardy approach has resulted in the deaths of at least 54 people who were just doing their shopping in an environment that should have been safe for them.
If this collapse was a “one off” maybe it would be viewed as an unfortunate accident but when you consider that in Bangladesh a factory producing clothing for Primark collapsed killing over 1000 people because floors were overloaded
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2317012/Primark-factory-collapse-Death-toll-Bangladesh-set-jump-1-400.html
In India a building, again overloaded, collapsed killing over 40 people
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-india-24314133
And finally the Sampoong Supermarket, discussed in every NDTG Demolition Manager course, that collapsed killing 501 people because the building owners decided to add additional floors, remove internal load bearing columns and then add over 60 tonnes of plant to the new roof. Is it any wonder it collapsed?
As a demolition engineer I like to think that I know how buildings may react when subjected to unusual loadings but I am never sure exactly what that reaction will be, so how can developers decide to increase floor and roof loadings significantly without a thorough structural check, a set of robust calculations and a sign off from a structural engineer?
The worldwide construction industry needs to take stock, rethink how we deal with building modifications and do all that we can to prevent many more buildings being reduced to rubble in seconds by poor design, overloading of the floors and a blatant disregard of the members of the public who may just be going about their daily business and should be able to do so in safety.
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January 9, 2013
Latest edition of IDE Demolition Engineer magazine is now available to read online
The latest edition of Demolition Engineer is now hot off the press and ready to read online.
Valerie Stroud, the IDE National Secretary, and Sandar Sparks have done a superb job with good content throughout. Articles include the President's column from Steve Jack, details on events from 2012 and future events in 2013, as well as an article from Past President Richard Vann on 20 years of RVA.
Why not pop over to the IDE via this link and have a read:
http://www.ide.org.uk/de/de-winter2012-13.pdf
Valerie Stroud, the IDE National Secretary, and Sandar Sparks have done a superb job with good content throughout. Articles include the President's column from Steve Jack, details on events from 2012 and future events in 2013, as well as an article from Past President Richard Vann on 20 years of RVA.
Why not pop over to the IDE via this link and have a read:
http://www.ide.org.uk/de/de-winter2012-13.pdf
May 11, 2011
IDE President's blog discusses CPD and calls for contributors
Our very own John Woodward, who also holds the position of IDE President, has had his most recent Presidential Blog entry go live. The focus this time is on contributors to Demolition Engineer and some reminders about CPD.
Publication of Demolition Engineer relies on and benefits from contributions from the demolition community. It needs more such contributions which can take the form of articles, photographs, comments, or letters.
As for CPD, John hands out a few reminders about how to achieve the necessary CPD hours which are broken down into 5 key areas. For Non-IDE members there's another set of things you can do that are also detailed.
Head on over to the Presidential Blog entry using the link below to get all the information.
Source: Demolition Engineer
Publication of Demolition Engineer relies on and benefits from contributions from the demolition community. It needs more such contributions which can take the form of articles, photographs, comments, or letters.
As for CPD, John hands out a few reminders about how to achieve the necessary CPD hours which are broken down into 5 key areas. For Non-IDE members there's another set of things you can do that are also detailed.
Head on over to the Presidential Blog entry using the link below to get all the information.
Source: Demolition Engineer
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