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M Kevin Parfitt

@buildingfailure

Creating better buildings through failures education

 State College, PA
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Joined September 2011
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You can never get enough failures education, even as a practitioner. CROSS is a great place to start.
CROSS (@cross_safety) profile pictureCROSS@cross_safety12 May 2021
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 cross-safety.org/us/news-and…

CROSS-US Newsletter 3

A Newsletter from CROSS-US containing reports on structural safety issues.

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Mexico City Subway Collapse Was a Tragedy Foretold

Political corruption, poor funding, design flaws and patchwork repairs dominate the subway's legacy.

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Thanks for your role, @payettepeople in making this happen for the engineering students at Penn State!
Centre Daily Times (@centredaily) profile pictureCentre Daily Times@centredaily6 May 2021
It would be one of the largest academic facilities on the University Park campus. trib.al/QkwXxba
Penn State takes next step toward construction of $228M engineering building. Here’s what comes next

Penn State takes next step toward construction of $228M engineering building. Here’s what comes next

A committee on Penn State’s board of trustees voted unanimously to recommend the full board OK the $228 million construction of a new engineering building, called West 1, which is expected to happen...

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#DidYouKnow that learning lessons and improving practices counts towards your professional development? @cross_safety is an independent source of relevant and quality safety information to help you grow your knowledge and skills: bit.ly/3wh3ulU #SaferStructures
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Damaged Athens party house ruled unsafe after collapse injured 25 onlineathens.com/story/news/… via @onlineathens

Damaged Athens party house ruled unsafe after collapse injured 25

The house in Athens where about 25 people were hurt when a floor collapsed during a party early Friday has been deemed unsafe for occupancy

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Safety group warns against over-reliance on computer programs for retaining wall design @cross_safety has called for greater care to be taken after serious errors were made in the input to a computer program used for designing a 1.8m retaining wall. geplus.co.uk/news/safety-gro…

Safety group warns against over-reliance on computer programs for retaining wall design | Ground...

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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CROSS@cross_safety1 Apr 2021
Neil Gibbins discusses CROSS’s expansion into fire safety and the benefits that this will bring to the fire safety sector. #SaferStructures #FireSafety #StructuralSafety #BuildingSafety cross-safety.org/uk/news-and…

CROSS for fire 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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Our new architectural terra cotta details are a transformative resource for the restoration of historic terra cotta structures dating to the early 20th century. Take a look! info.imiweb.org/blog/imi-rel… @wjeassociates

IMI Releases Update of Century-Old Terra Cotta Details to Guide Restoration Efforts

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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Pamela Garbini@heartlesspwg11 Feb 2021
Another giant gone. nytimes.com/2021/02/11/nyreg…
Leslie Robertson, Who Engineered the World Trade Center, Dies at 92 (Published 2021)

Leslie Robertson, Who Engineered the World Trade Center, Dies at 92 (Published 2021)

He remained proud of the towers, which stood long enough for thousands to escape on 9/11, but carried with him “a troubled heart.”

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SIGInsurance@SIGInsurance129 Jan 2021
Using space heaters? A Travelers safety expert shares tips to avoid common causes of a fire. tkpl.us/gsk9o
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What makes snowfall wet vs. dry? wzzm13.com/article/weather/w… via @wzzm13

What makes snowfall wet vs. dry?

How can snowfall be wet or dry? What difference does it make? Meteorologist Michael Behrens has the answers!

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Greater Binghamton Sport Complex's roof collapses wbng.com/2020/12/17/greater-…
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Video: Implosion of Rosslyn Holiday Inn Hotel Tower arlnow.com/2020/12/13/video-…

Video: Implosion of Rosslyn Holiday Inn Hotel Tower | ARLnow.com

(Updated at 4:30 p.m.) The 18-story former Holiday Inn hotel in Rosslyn came down this morning during a controlled demolition that closed local roads and I-66. The implosion, which was scheduled for...

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Killen Generating Station: 2 workers still missing after Adams County building collapse cincinnati.com/story/news/20… via @enquirer

Killen Generating Station: 2 workers still missing after Adams County building collapse

Initially, three workers were unaccounted for, but early Wednesday afternoon one of the three was rescued.

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The Park given historic landmark designation, but raze order stands journaltimes.com/news/local/… via @journaltimes

The Park given historic landmark designation, but raze order stands

The group of advocates attempting to save an old theater got what they wanted: The Park has been given historic landmark status. And now the city is free to raze

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Drone footage shows the shocking collapse of the Arecibo Observatory theverge.com/22150330/arecib… via @Verge

Drone footage shows the shocking collapse of the Arecibo Observatory

Two different cameras captured the fall

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Huge Puerto Rico radio telescope, already damaged, collapses washingtonpost.com/world/the…
Battle Creek officials plan inspection of 120-year-old downtown tower Wednesday battlecreekenquirer.com/stor… via @bcenquirer

Battle Creek officials plan inspection of 120-year-old downtown tower Wednesday

A judge agreed to allow the inspection of the Binder Building at 34 E. Michigan Ave. by engineers, city inspectors and building owner Bryant DeBolt,

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Record-setting demolition of Abu Dhabi's Mina Plaza Towers yahoo.com/gma/record-setting… via @Yahoo
‘Hell on Earth:’ 40 years ago, a historic fire at the MGM Grand lvrj.com/post/2181965 via @reviewjournal

‘Hell on Earth:’ 40 years ago, a historic fire at the MGM Grand

More than 200 firefighters responded to the catastrophic MGM Grand fire in 1980, the worst blaze in Las Vegas history. It killed 87 people and injured hundreds more, changing so much about the vall...

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