Sentences with phrase «building collapse caused»

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They do not collapse because the buildings that happen to surround them are churches.There are no specific explanations given to what actually caused the «malfunction» but it reeks of negligence either on the construction site or to the company that engineered it.

Al Queda already bombed the World Trade Center in NY in 1993 but it did not cause the catastrophic collapse of the buildings they had planned.

Let's say that a building was getting ready to be demolished and it was your job to press the button to cause the collapse.

While other right - wing leaders either deserted the cause or joined the left to profit from its structural advantage (which cleverly used Franco's regime to portray the right as repressive and intrinsically antidemocratic) and Suárez «centre party» was collapsing, Fraga's solitary work from 1977 to 1989 to build a united center - right party recalls Tennyson's final line in Ulysses» monologue: «to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield».

Officials are still investigating what caused the collapse at the site of proposed a seven - story apartment building.

A worker at a building under construction in Midtown Manhattan was killed after a platform in an elevator shaft collapsed, causing him to fall 30 feet, officials said.

In Utica, a former industrial hub in upstate New York where the near collapse of manufacturing has made for a scarcity of jobs and a rarity of good news, the announcement in August 2015 that an Austrian chip maker had decided to put down roots in a fabrication plant built by the state was cause for jubilation.

While praying for speedy recovery for those still receiving medical attention in hospitals, he called for «urgent and thorough investigation to determine both the remote and immediate cause of the building collapse.»

According to the analysis, for instance, collapsing buildings would cause most of the deaths in a Delhi, India, earthquake; however, in San Salvador, landslides would cause far more casualties.

On 9/11 we clearly saw that fire can cause entire modern high - rise buildings to collapse.

And geologists now say that such induced earthquakes could potentially be large, up to magnitude 7, which is big enough to cause buildings to collapse and widespread damage.

The 9/11 truthers focus on minutiae like the melting point of steel in the World Trade Center buildings that caused their collapse because they think the government lies and conducts «false flag» operations to create a New World Order.

Peterman predicted that the final high - intensity test is likely to damage the building, but not enough to cause a catastrophic collapse.

The tent withstood the explosion's shock wave, which was roughly 1.5 times greater than what would cause most residential buildings to collapse.

Rising sea level could suddenly begin to breach sea walls, for example, and thawing permafrost could cause the sudden collapse of buildings, roads, or pipelines.

If a strong earthquake causes the ground to shake with a frequency that matches a building's pitch, the shaking will be amplified within the building, and the structure will likely collapse.

Unfortunately, it also has an active seismic zone beneath the PF - 4 building, producing persistent worries among the staff and members of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, a congressionally - chartered oversight group, that if it experienced a rare, large earthquake, the roof could collapse and toss chunks of plutonium so closely together a chain reaction would ensue, spewing radioactive, cancer - causing plutonium particles throughout nearby residential communities.

Liquefaction can undermine the foundations and supports of buildings, bridges, pipelines, and roads, causing them to sink into the ground, collapse or dissolve.

Ryan and Roverts believe that some or many of the other American scientists must have: (1) foresaken their search for the truth, (2) knowingly espoused false conclusions, or (3) remained silent about the scientific and engineering evidence supporting demolition as the true cause for the collapse of the 3 buildings on 9/11.

My attempt to restore this weekly feature on my blog was thwarted a few months into the year by a series of challenging, distressing, exhilarating, and generally overwhelming events — from editing a new speculative fiction anthology to the death of my mother - in - law, from a six - week home renovation to a partial roof collapse at my place of employment that caused 100 - hour work weeks, from caring for a sick bunny (he's better now, thankfully) to building a new website for one of the small - press publishers I work with.

Termite damage isn't covered by renters insurance generally, but if the damage to the structure from the termites is so severe that it causes the building or structure to collapse or partially collapse and damage to your property results, you could have coverage for your property.

We will cover damage to covered personal property caused by collapse of a building or any part of the building.

It's defined as «an abrupt falling down or caving in of a building or any part of a building [which then] can not be occupied...» A ceiling collapse could well fit that definition, depending on the cause.

When the tumor is located in the heart, it can cause symptoms, such as weakness, collapse, difficulty breathing, exercise intolerance and fluid build - up in the abdomen.

We will also pass by the Hookina Railway Siding where, in 1955, 250 millimetres of rain fell within six hours in the nearby ranges, causing a flood, which collapsed the Ghan Railway Bridge and resulted in a temporary line being built until such time as the line ceased to be used.

The conditions can quickly change though: in one bout, we were holding the building interior when the criminals breached from the rooftop, causing the ceiling to collapse in on us; the enemy rushing in through the smoke and debris.

Collapse of the remaining freestanding masonry walls won't be very dangerous, since it's roofs tied to poorly built walls that fall on people and cause death.

72 Nigel The jet fuel exploding did not do the damage, it was the loss of strength in the building structural steel, due to heat of the burning jet fuel which caused the collapse.

In one case, a poorly constructed new addition appears to be the cause of collapse; in other cases, unexpectedly strong ground shaking contributed to the problem; and in most cases, the building code was not sufficiently enforced.

The study says a widespread thaw could cause the ground to become unstable, putting roads and buildings at risk of collapse.

The snowfall, the heaviest in decades, killed at least 32 people, destroyed 300,000 hectares of crops, and caused more than 15,000 buildings to collapse, reported Xinhua, the Chinese news agency.

As an expert, it's possible that I tend to point to dangers and risks more than to opportunities and possibilities — similarly to an engineer who builds a bridge and has to make people aware of everything that could cause it to collapse.

From scaffolding accidents / failures, to roofing accidents involving building collapses, to falling objects or debris, any number of situations can cause extreme danger to the persons involved.

While some collapses may result from over-occupancy or rotting wood, the causes may lie deeper — that is, in faulty construction, failure to warn, or failure to comply with modern building codes.

If you have storage on - site, built - up snow could fall from the roof of your home onto the building and cause it to collapse from the sudden loading.

The policy insures against risk of direct physical loss caused by collapse of a building or part of a building (the balcony would qualify) caused by one or more of the following:

It's defined as «an abrupt falling down or caving in of a building or any part of a building [which then] can not be occupied...» A ceiling collapse could well fit that definition, depending on the cause.

If you enter without permission, you could cause the building to collapse, causing further damage to the building or yourself.

«Built for a post-trust world, Bitreserve's real - time transparency system eliminates the opportunities for fraud and destructive risk - taking that have caused the collapse of banks and other financial institutions throughout history,» the startup's website reads.

A Philadelphia building collapse was caused by an excavator operator, killing six people.

There have been many horror stories in NY about shoddy underpinning work causing a complete collapse of the building next door.