Contents
Preface v
Acknowledgments vii
1.Foundation Failures I
Tower of Pisa (1173 & Ongoing) 2
Transcona Grain Elevator (1913) 5
Fargo Grain Elevator (1956) 7
La Playa Guatemala Earthquake (1976) 8
Schoharie Creek Bridge (1987) 9
2. Embankment, Dam, and Slope Failures 14
St. Francis Dam (1928) 15
Malpasset Dam (l 959) 17
Vajont Dam (1963) 19
Lower San Fernando Dam (1971) 22
Teton Dam (1976) 24
Rissa Norway Landslide (1978) 29
Nerlerk Benn Failure (1983) 30
Carsington Embankment (1984) 32
3. Geoenvironmental Failures 33
Love Canal (1978) 34
Valley of the Drums (1978) 36
Stringfellow Acid Pits (1980) 38
Seymour Recycling Facility (1980) 40
Kettleman Hills Waste Landfill (1988) 42
North Battleford, Saskatchewan Water Treatment Failure (Cryptosporidium Outbreak) (2001) 45
4. Bridge Failures 49
Ashtabula Bridge (l 876) 50
Tay Bridge (1879) 52
The Quebec Bridge (1907 & 1916) 54
Falls View Bridge (1938) 56
Sando Arch (1939) 57
Tacoma Narrows Bridge (1940) 58
Peace River Bridge (1957) 61
The Second Narrows Bridge (1958) 62
King Street Bridge (1962) 63
Point Pleasant Bridge-Silver Bridge (1967) 64
Antelope Valley Freeway Interchange (1971 & 1994) 66
Mianus River Bridge (1983) 69
San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge (1989) 71
Cypress Viaduct (1989) 74
5. Building Failures 76
AMC Warehouse (1955) 77
Ronan Point Tower (1968) 79
2000 Commonwealth Avenue (1971) 82
The Skyline Plaza Apartment Building (Bailey's Crossroads) (1973) 85
Hartford Civic Center Coliseum (1978) 88
Imperial County Services Building (1979) 93
Kemper Memorial Arena Roof(1979) 95
Binghamton State Office Building (1981) 98
Hyatt Regency Hotel Pedestrian Walkways (1981) 100
Pino Suarez Building (1985) 104
L'Ambiance Plaza (1987) 106
Burnaby Supermarket Rooftop Parking Deck (1988 110
Northridge Meadows Apartments (1994) 112
California State University, Northridge, Oviatt Library (1994) 114
Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (1995) 116
Charles De Gaulle Airport Terminal 2E (2004) 118
Four Times Square Scaffold Collapse (Conde Nast Tower) (1998) 120
Index 123