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This Webinar to a FriendIn Engineering Ethics: The Kansas City Hyatt Walkway Collapse, you'll learn ...
- What caused the deadliest structural failure in U.S. history
- Significant design changes that contributed to the walkway collapse
- Why two engineers involved in the walkway’s design had their PE licenses revoked
- Important ethical lessons applicable to your own professional practice
Overview
On July 17, 1981, the fourth floor skywalk at the Kansas City Hyatt collapsed during a dance contest being held in the hotel atrium. The accident, which killed 114 people and injured nearly 200 others, was the deadliest structural failure in the history of the United States. But what is perhaps even more concerning is that the tragedy could have been avoided. In fact, this failure was the result of a simple design error.
The engineer of record and the project engineer responsible for designing the skywalk were found guilty of gross negligence, misconduct, and unprofessional conduct in the practice of engineering. Both engineers lost their P.E. licenses in the state of Missouri.
This webinar will examine the chain of events leading up to the tragedy. We'll discover how the engineer's inattention to constructability issues contributed to a decision by the fabricator to change the original design. We'll learn about a major structural failure during construction of the hotel that should have raised a "red flag" in the design.
We'll see how the engineer's failure to review shop drawings contributed to the disaster. And we'll also learn how deficiencies in the Kansas City building code and inadequate staffing inhibited the Kansas City Codes Administration Division's ability to prevent this tragedy. Finally, we'll discuss lessons that can be learned from this incident to help ensure that a similar tragedy doesn't happen again.
Get ready for a lively and engaging discussion about this engineering disaster that you won’t soon forget.
Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained
This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:
- The Kansas City Hyatt atrium walkway base design and the project history
- Factors that contributed to a design change initiated by the fabricator
- How the fabricator's design change weakened the structure and led to the failure
- Historical perspective on design responsibility for structural connection details
- Primary factors and missed opportunities during design and construction that contributed to the walkway collapse
- The judgment of the Missouri Board of Architects, Professional Engineers, and Land Surveyors
- Ethical lessons relevant to professional engineers
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