10-12-2019 New Orleans, La Hard Rock Hotel collapse drone shots fom multiple angles

[@ShellymanStudios]

RIP to that one construction worker, life taken too soon.

[@cyan1616]

Shellyman Studios 2 more people are missing.

[@angeemima]

@@cyan1616 3* are missing.

[@ShellymanStudios]

@@cyan1616 :(

[@TheBkdot]

@HONEST ONE A life is A life. As far as we know that person was working and wasn't trying to hurt someone or force their will on someone else.

[@leonardhughes7679]

may god be with those people in their hour of need.

[@chillznax]

Internet expert here. Temporary screw jack posts are to blame. If you look at the back corner of the building you'll see temporary posts bracing the top two floors along the back of the building (59 sec mark top left corner of video) above while they cure. The front of the building probably mirrored this design. My guess is they overloaded a post by loading up the top floor with building material (2:49 top floor holding lots of building material supported by temporary posts). That top floor was being supplied with building materials most likely for Mondays crew. I suspect a crane lowered a load onto a section of the building held up by temporary jacks rated for holding far less. Probably the real reason is different, I just noticed those jacks. I know they use them until concrete has cured.

[@frostcb2]

chillznax That section of the building has a design flaw with a radius curve in it, which was cantilevered past the columns, reshore removed, overloaded with block, stair pans, scissor lifts, steel, and the lower support beam gave way due to overloading.

[@chillznax]

Frost Knives Definitely design flaws without a doubt. To think they thought the weight of a pool was ok when the structure couldn't hold its own weight. Scares the crap out of me thinking how many buildings could be out there with substandard engineering.

[@adebiglazywolf5005]

Guy with a drone shows us more than the Media...

[@felixfischer312]

There is a live feed from news station either channel 4 or 6 in New Orleans incase you want to know. I was told by someone who knows to much wait on the roof.

[@adebiglazywolf5005]

@@felixfischer312 appreciate it

[@melgibsonfan9082]

Whoever put those cranes up deserves a raise.

[@TakingTheJump]

Seeing that toppled extended scissor lift is chilling. :(

[@standonit2003]

That scissor lift being extended means that somebody was working it. That might be the location of the one missing worker. I'm thinking there are some others missing that are undocumented. Just a possibility. We all know they're are still two bodies in there. The one they can see should have been removed long ago. They are worried about minimal movement or shifting of material to gethim out, but theH U G E explosions that brought the cranes down Didn't cause any further collapse!! If that didn't make more fall, then why are they all that worried? When you see where that body is and that it is in debris that is protruded from the building proper, it does appear that it could be removed with little danger to anybody doing the removal. It would have really been good if the drone had gone down that side to get a better look at the placement of the materials he's trapped in.

[@MrBluedog2011]

I don't see any post shoring between the floors, which should be evident as additional floors are poured. When I use to work for CECO back in the 80s, we would pour a floor a week, but that shoring had to remain for at least 30 days until concrete cured. These guys also working on Saturdays so you know they're pushing the envelope to finish the project ahead of schedule and under budge. Too bad now as this entire building will need to be demolished to the ground and start from scratch. GC will lose his tail in litigation lawsuits and Hard Rock might not want to double down on their investment to get this done. There's nothing wrong with the design, but rather just trying to go too far too fast and most likely cutting a lot of corners.

[@Cent4man]

I'd question the quality of materials as well. Basing my thoughts on my experience as a union ironworker of 20 years

[@5crassrocker]

Always rush rush rush so the super can get his bonus or free trip to the Bahamas. Office pukes pushing the installers

[@5crassrocker]

@@Cent4man well I'm a union Bricklayer and before that cement Mason. If you were in the trades then you should know about NDT testing. Where technicians examine building materials before, during, and after construction under a microscope in a lab setting to see if they are up to standard. NDT stands for Non Demolition Testing. Very standard out here in L.A./ California. But maybe not so in places without earthquake codes? I doubt it was low quality material, but rather miss application of material. Design issue.

[@Cent4man]

James R Magrane looks like there’s no decking under the slabs and what are all those stanchion post supporting the decks and no iron supporting the cantilevers. WTF I’ve never seen anything like this before on any job I've been on. Granted I'm retired now and no doubt theres new and better standards every year or so. Feel free however to call the BA in Nashville and ask him about me. We partner up on several jobs and did our apprenticeship together. His name is Rodney Goode. You can google the locals number.

[@Cent4man]

@@5crassrocker go google up some of the still photos of the building. Look at the areas underneath the decking.

[@heathtinsley8375]

Over 20 years in construction and I never thought I'd see the concrete floors look like that, absolute tragedy. God Bless all the workers.

[@bluegrassgirl44]

I'd hate to be the engineer responsible for this design, it's definitely his "OH SH!T!" moment!

[@nturavrgchick6055]

Might be the materials rather than the design. I'd assume it isn't a new design. Looks pretty typical.

[@bluegrassgirl44]

@@nturavrgchick6055 It's the engineer's job to select the materials used in the construction, so it's still his/her responsibility.

[@emanuelandrewsiii4160]

It'll be the crane's owners. It was a crane that collapsed onto the building and that led to the collapse in that side.

[@Islamisthecultofsin]

+Red_Myst If they didn't use the materials that he required then it's not his fault. Also, they could have ordered and paid for the correct materials but were given lesser quality materials.

[@Honkahonky]

@@emanuelandrewsiii4160 for what I see, the 2 Crane's are intact. We can see scaffolding equipment but anything from the Crane. Also a building of that side should handle the weight of most Cranes, Last hurricane hit Nova Scotia and take down a crane and the building didn't collapsed.

[@bryaneller8503]

These drone shots give more detail on why this mess happened than any other information anyone could provide.

[@otletekmobile7210]

Check out the hole (2:15) in the roof of the building across the street. The elevator lift hit the roof and broke apart in the street (check the live action video that was posted). My goodness!

[@Guds777]

around 2:16 mark it seems like there is only 1 layer of rebar in the floors, there is supposed to be 2 layers of rebars mats in all floors and walls, you can see how it just folds down like pancake from a table top.

[@GoldenBlade99]

Yea the floors do look pretty thin to me as well.

[@franciscojgandini]

de todos los modos se observa, el acero de la armadura o parrilla, desnudo!! .... el hormigón debería "no despegarse de él". Conclusión: hormigón pobre y con poco cemento.

[@christinestange4813]

The best drone coverage of the collapse I've seen 👍

[@michaelrotherham5159]

Rip to whom ever died And I pray the wounded make a speedy recovery

[@johnostaszweski2189]

Don’t see much rebar in the floor?good drone pilot.

[@Cent4man]

I see rebar but, it looks undersized. Maybe only #6 or #7. It is hard to tell. Considering the weight above each floor, should have been #10 I'd think.

[@roddiener]

@@Cent4man It's a structural steel frame with Robertson decking with rebar and possibly mesh laying on the Robertson decking with roughly 6.5 to 8 inches of concrete comprising the deck platform, centers on bar looks to be 12, maybe 16 o.c., typical bar size is #4 or#5 with 6's or 7's at critacal points. Crane that is listing is still attached to rigging seemed to be placing a pieceof horizontal steel, other cranes boom is pointed away from collapse with hook in a parked position, a failure of this type may point to overloading a deck with material, inadequate structural support, improper installation of key structural members, interior building product, lack of inspection, etc...too early to determine cause, video footage was revealing. 25 year reinforcing ironworker in southern cal, worked on many many buildings like this and not one failure.

[@johnostaszweski2189]

roddiener Thank you.

[@scremingwhisper1720]

It's hanging off the side

[@johnostaszweski2189]

Adolfo Castro I see that now,wtf?

[@staypositive1040]

Have y’all noticed everything that’s being developed in Cities are complete so rapidly. Are they using cheap materials ?

[@areuaware6842]

And little safety margin in the engineering.

[@BBrandonBMusic]

Exactly. Hard rock has been going through an aggressive expansion, adding several new hotels. Too many projects at once and you start looking for cheaper/faster ways to build them all.

[@johncorona922]

Push push push. Quantity over quality.

[@gullreefclub]

Just exactly what is cheap?

[@staypositive1040]

gullreefclub an example u got to get a paint job on your car. Let’s say they’re charging you 2k and the owner says well we got something cheaper for $800 it look the same but it’ll still peeling n a year

[@zell863]

Top notch video of accident. USA get so much better in recording and worse in engineering.

[@matthewpolkey9931]

Never had this problem with the VA replacement hospital prob because we only used products made in the USA

[@xxxhoodooxxx]

The crain lost control of its load of steel beams which crashed into the building. Just stick to American's are all fat or some bullshit like that when you're going out of your way to talk shit.

[@Maneras03]

Zeljko Situm it’s more of an after video didn’t actually show anything happening

[@tommypetraglia4688]

@@Maneras03 Yo Bro... it shows everything accident investigators need to know where to start The crane was in process of a lift, (the steel piece of structure is stiil attached) the lift failed, the load dropped and peeled off the side of building like a carrot peeler. Take note how far down the right side of the steel structure is below the the top floor slab. It looks to have dropped down 2 floors, which cause enough structural damage by separating thr connections where the floor meets the wall. The wall holds up the floor, while the floor ties the walls together Got it punkin?

[@tommypetraglia4688]

Crane failure

[@braapchop5925]

Wow......speechless. May God be with the family’s through this tragedy.

[@braapchop5925]

FACTS over FICTION There aren’t gods, there is one God, and every knee will bow before Him, even those who scorn Him. The blood of Christ is the only hope of salvation. After living my life in denial and anger, I found Him. I’m pulled over on my motorcycle just to write to you. I’m not offended at you laughing at me, I write to you because I care about your soul. God wishes that no man perish in His sin and spend eternity in hell. The free gift of salvation is the only thing on this earth that can change a mans heart. Belief or night, the second you leave this earth, you will stand before a righteous judge. Blessings brother.

[@DeactivatedCharcoal]

Extraordinary theories require extraordinary proof...

[@braapchop5925]

Carbon 14 God has given you free will......to openly reject Him if you so choose. He didn’t force His will upon us like some dictator, like a good father he gave us free will to give Him the finger and walk away. There’s no benefit I get for writing this, I’m not tryin to prove to you I’m right....ultimately your unbelief has no bearing on my relationship with Jesus. I’ve lost some of the closest people to me, had a handgun in my mouth, fought desperately to overcome opiate addiction. What God has done to drastically change my life from a rage filled junky into someone that just reaches out for the sake of others is the proof required by me. You have zero ability to change your own heart, only God can if you will accept the free gift of salvation that He so mercifully has offered. If you so choose to harden your heart towards God, it is your right.....but I beg you to reconsider the true gravity of your decision, and that’s why I write. Human life is incredible, one single cell of DNA carries nearly 16,000 pages of information coded in its very own language. The truth is, we all have faith......for those who choose to believe NOTHING created everything, your faith is in an anomaly that defys every scientific rule ever created. Eternal hell is not a joke, and nor is the existence of our Almighty Creator. I pray for your life.....but ultimately, the choice is yours and yours alone.

[@DeactivatedCharcoal]

@@braapchop5925 Edited? (god must have hardened your heart)

[@roxborotomm]

@02:48 on the top floor, center of the screen, you can see how the floors below had no perimeter support, yet companies stacked piles of shoring supports on the floor.

[@armandob.castenelli3525]

Thank God this didn't happened after completed and people inside. Prayers for those who perished.🙏

[@mrmartinwatson1]

I don't think that would have been possible...

[@Cent4man]

If it had been completed the crane would not have been there to collapse and cause this.

[@angeemima]

@@Cent4man the cranes are both in tact (yellow). neither collapsed. did you watch the video? they are both clearly standing.

[@Cent4man]

@@angeemima yeah, it was actually the temporary construction elevator.

[@richardbrewin4165]

That scissor lift was up when building collapsed, unfortunately someone was on it when it fell

[@5crassrocker]

I noticed that too. Made me cringe looking at it. But looks survivable

[@niniliumify]

I'll take dirty drawers over death, any day.

[@skibee50]

There is a video from the streetcar that showed a man in that area in the rubble waving Hopefully that was him

[@frostcb2]

That section of the building has a design flaw with a radius curve in it, which was cantilevered past the columns, reshore removed, overloaded with block, stair pans, scissor lifts, steel, and the lower support beam gave way due to overloading.

[@dougdiplacido2406]

I wish the news people would hire people like you to make good videos of events like this. All they kept showing was the building collapsing over and over for days after. Thanks for the great view of the damage.

[@americashope1]

Could y’all imagine if we had drone videography during 9/11?

[@markkleindorf8088]

Smart.

[@roxborotomm]

I wonder if the shoring supporting the poured floors was removed too fast. I would also like to see what the concrete test cylinders come back at after completed testing. And what GC allows this much weight to be concentrated on a newly constructed floor, such as at @01:46 , looks like tons of block, 2 dumpsters, one filled half way with debris, multiple stacks of steel stairs. Most of that is ok as long as it is set over primary beams on the supporting floor. I wonder how much was set on the cantilevered floors.

[@frostcb2]

That section of the building has a design flaw with a radius curve in it, which was cantilevered past the columns, reshore removed, overloaded with block, stair pans, scissor lifts, steel, and the lower support beam gave way due to overloading.

[@Strychnos625]

Hm looks to me like they spanned from that column line where the cranes are to the exterior wall with no verticle member in between, . When shock loaded it collapsed. ? I dunno maybe those pandeck slabs need to be reshored?

[@ToTheTopCrane]

The amount of carnage from just one misstep would lead me to believe that there was more involved to the failure. If crashing a beam into one part of the structure, took 1/3 of the building down, the structure was flawed from the word go.

[@frostcb2]

I see pallets of block on top and the first courses layed. Reshore removed under collapse. I think they overloaded the deck. Q-deck has a maximum rating pounds per square foot. And by the looks of how they over loaded the rest of the job with stair pans, it is overloaded too. My job doesn’t allow scissor lifts too close together because too heavy.

[@mikemoscato2995]

Sadly this goes to show new lightweight construction does not equal sturdy construction

[@ronaldminch9420]

The Rebar crew for the most part outdid themselves . From this visual it looks like the first 7 stories didn't give - even withstanding the extra weight from the debris .The partial collapse reveals Rebar bending but no domino effect to the rest of the building . The Crane tower location's may have played a small part on that side ( conjecture only ) .

[@GH-oi2jf]

Ronald Minch - The lower part seems to be an old building.

[@roddiener]

The lower section is poured in place concrete with rebar and Post Tension cables leading up to a Podium deck that looks to be 24-30 inches thick then the structural steel building is attached to that. An old building would need extensive retrofitting in order to withstand the load put on it by the structural portion, cost prohibitive.

[@angmohnize-to-atasify]

This is an unfortunate engineering accident, but this got me thinking about the comparison to 9-11 buildings. Noticed in this case, there are clearly visible steel beams & structural components that did NOT get pulverized into fine dust particles like that in the 9-11 collapse. Either Newtonian Physics is wrong or something strange is going on with 9-11 yeah?

[@nicolelovesbiggie2269]

Synergy Swift stfu

[@angeemima]

oh great, here we go. everyone put on your tin foil hats.

[@LarsFerdinand]

Yeah, You should leave physics to who understands them. Btw, find better conspiracy theories to keep that "outsmart everyone" feeling, but some actually interesting about the alignment of the Pyramids, or planet 9, or the hidden black hole. Leave conspiracy theories hurtful to many (and completely wicked). Behind the attacks, could be others than talibans (probabilities are not), but there were PLANES entering those buildings and the PLANES caused the collapse. Or just hijack one and crash it into your house at max speed and full of gasoline for the sake of us studying and help us reach a definite conclusion about what would remain of your house (Even if it was rebar+concrete).

[@dirtnap5885]

I'm an engineer, if I had to guess, this portion looks like old or original const. Need more info.

[@bwhip1037]

I thought the same thing. Quite a bit of corrosion for "new" work. Very sad. I'm sure there will be a lot of finger pointing and nobody will really know what went wrong....

[@GH-oi2jf]

Dirt Nap - It appears that the collapsed structure is new work being built on top of an old structure.

[@royorsterreicher4698]

GH1618 has

[@gardensofthegods]

They need some kind of lightweight ,silent drones that could go on each floor announcing that they're part of rescue and they would have high-powered microphones to listen for the sounds of anyone groaning . That would help make the job a lot easier for the search-and-rescue teams and their dogs .

[@WxChasing]

I could do it but the Federal Government still treats drones as weapons. They'll have far more guns than drones on the scene for search and rescue.

[@blastfiendsunite420]

Good idea. Or use the Boston Dynamics dog-like robot.

[@HolyBibleOpen]

Concrete failure it looks like. Was the crane attached to concrete and not steel?

[@thisismecantuseeitsacz5823]

If a steel beam did that what would a cat 4 hurricane do to it 😳

[@bigimskiweisenheimer8325]

The cranes are unscathed. Remarkable. Tragic accident. Did it happen during concrete pumping?

[@jimmyfortrue3741]

Looks like maybe a smaller crane fell.... There's another video of the actual collapse.

[@chrismetzler8883]

@@jimmyfortrue3741 I don't think the thing that looks like a crane in the collapse is a crane. I think it's the lattice framework for a construction elevator.

[@jimmyfortrue3741]

@@chrismetzler8883 could be.. I'm not familiar with this stuff. I did see a news video calling it a crane but you know the news these days.

[@5crassrocker]

@@chrismetzler8883 yea like a man lift.

[@migilmor_trains_and_tips]

Looking like flat slab concrete floor and structural steel H shaped columns. Question - how was the shear in the slabs to be transferred to the vertical columns? Was concrete at top floors green? No reshores visible to support green concrete slabs while they reach appropriate strength? Did waste bin impact structural element and initiate local failure that because a progressive collapse?

[@gladiator_games]

You got to love technology. These views will help alot

[@jamieturnage4574]

Bad concrete the mixture don't look right some one was trying to cut corners looks like or its bad rebar

[@Kyoosh]

This is typical steel construction. The flooring is a combination of concrete over metal decking. They still add in rebar in-between for crack control. The steel beams actually bent over. I do not believe that their was a failure in the concrete over metal decking. And the columns are actually steel beams. They have covers over them. From looking at the fly over starting at 0:45 to 0:51, you can see that there is no X bracing or V bracing between floors. X-Bracing or V-Bracing for this area may not be required, however over here in California it is required for earthquakes. I would imagine that they should have had some type of bracing for wind loads. From looking at the before and after construction video, there does not appear to be bracing. I think the crane knocked the side of the building and the building collapsed.

[@jamieturnage4574]

@@Kyoosh thank you I'm no expert but you sound like a expert in building I trust your judgement on this .what you said sounds very true .and its logical

[@rawgadgets]

Look at 1:50 where you still see cable attached to the red railing. Cable is attached to the crane. Now either a crane is lifting or lowering something on the roof. Looks like its pulling up on it ( right side of the red rail), making the rest of the railing pivot over pushing the rooftop edge over. Making a domino fall affect. Middle part of the rail, is just at the crease where the pivot point is at. Go back and find and watch the video. Its clear after that. Thoughts??

[@rrfields65]

That's what I saw also in the middle, it breaks suddenly then the pancaking begins!

[@tommypetraglia4688]

That's not railing, it's structural steel. It was planned to be 18 stories, the failure occured at floor 17. They were setting the steel to support the deck for floor 18. Did the crane drop the load or did the upper tie-in to the building fail and caused the tower to tip back pushing out the line of the exterior wall ...?

[@GH-oi2jf]

rawgadgets - Looks like the crane is holding a piece of structural steel that was being placed. That doesn’t mean that it had anyhing to do with the collapse.

[@tommypetraglia4688]

@@GH-oi2jf Although we can see the steel dropped with the deck and being still attached is evidence a lift was in process. And the tower leaning towards the street from the upper tie back and above points to a dynamic force from the crane in motion Occam's Razor : Suppose there exists two or more explanations for an occurrence. In this case the one that requires the smallest number of assumptions is usually correct. Another way of saying it is that the more assumptions you have to make, the more unlikely an explanation.

[@LarsFerdinand]

@rawgadgets You're totally wrong. Totally. Crane was putting that steel beam into place, and by no chance that weight should be responsible for this domino effect. The load hanging there isn't doing almost s***. That's a Liebherr 280 EC-H 12. The load it has is the load as it was being dropped when the building fell. The crane has a tension of around 3 tonnes right now on the rope. Helping it to not fall, but not decisively (probably 5%, if it had to fall, would've, but this attests to the quality of the Liebherr tower elements).

[@lnn7439]

Who were the contractors?

[@mojojojo6330]

At 1:55 I notice the red I-beam steel is hooked to the crane, was they setting steel when it collapsed, maybe it hooked on to something and pulled it down.

[@JeroddDentonBock]

The crane can only pull up.. its can't pull something down only the weight of the load is all the down force so that lil bitch iron they were hanging wouldn't do that..

[@GH-oi2jf]

MOJO JoJo - The fed steel fell into the crane as the concrete supporting it collapsed.

[@RogerMrk]

The floors look veeery thin....

[@Tcuel]

You can't judge a floor like this. You don't know the rebar type and amount, you don't know the concrete quality, you don't know the designed load...

[@michaelhargrove1025]

Probably PT

[@oracleangelsshiftall2609]

Who was working that crane???

[@rrfields65]

You see that yellow strapping attached to that Red railing!??? It is also the same crane that buckled and cause the collapse, I think there was a non-certified crane operator at the controls and boomed up on the lift wench while as you can see that it forced the front over before it broke away at rear !!! @ 2:52

[@terrydtdi]

Look at 38 seconds into the video. The upper two floors have a lot more columns compared to the lower floors. The amount of stagger seems like the loads wouldn’t be transferred to the lower floors through the columns. There was a buck hoist that came down as the building started collapsing, not a crane.

[@cory0702]

This should have never happened I can't wait to hear who cut corners. Hopefully they will be charged with murder. God bless everyone involved

[@felixfischer312]

Im here in New Orleans ppl who work on the site say the roof was overloaded straight from the trucks concrete not fully dry that is what they are saying i have heard.

[@mikeday62]

did something break?

[@Hecket]

Noteworthy that the building shattered right up to the 2 cranes located into the elevator shafts, which indicates a structural integrity problem. It's also likely that they stacked the steel supply on the part of the building that collapsed and overloaded the upper floor causing a cascading failure. It's also clear that up to 8 floors were built like a tank and up to code as it took the brunt of the collapsing 10+ floors. Did the contractor skimp out on concrete and used other materials like sand as a filler? A common practice in China. It's just making an educated geuss at this point. But this is unheard of in the West and some people are going to be going to jail over this.

[@TheCgrules]

2 dead and 1 missing still. Pretty sure the missing person is underneath the rubble.

[@TheEddie1963]

thats what happens when superman accidently farts to close to a building

[@ferminjimenez1673]

Somebody tried to cut corners for profit

[@inkblot131]

Damned liberal standards and regulations.., no doubt.

[@Cent4man]

@@inkblot131 bullshit, this has nothing to do with politics and everything to do with a rat outfit cutting corners and rushing to finish the job. It looks like there’s no decking under the slabs and what are all those stanchion post supporting the decks and no iron supporting the cantilevers. WTF I’ve never seen anything like this before. Sloppy and dangerous. No excuse.

[@LibbyRal]

Looks like cracks started in the concrete on the top floor

[@BrianKorth-nu7gw]

Imagine having to climb down from that crane after seeing that!!

[@NomadicBrian]

Oof what a mess. Sad and unfortunate.

[@miguel929496]

O:28 I'm glad they are being safe and tied off that extension ladder osha approved 🤔

[@BBrandonBMusic]

Another hard rock just opened this month 45 minutes north of Sacramento. They threw it up quickly too! I wanted to visit but now I'm questioning their building standards.

[@judemelroses9920]

It's open already? Traveled up north for business a couple months back and it was under-construction. Woah!

[@BBrandonBMusic]

@@judemelroses9920 they throw these buildings up in record time! It had a soft opening, but the grand opening is on the 30th.

[@BBrandonBMusic]

@@architecture_A51 thank you Einstein, however I'm talking about materials and GC's cutting corners, which absolutely can come into question. That kind of standard. Just like the brand new multi billion dollar Bay Bridge to San Francisco started falling apart in its first six months and they had to go back and make it more structurally sound.

[@judemelroses9920]

@Sogs89 As a Business Specialist involved in Economic development and experienced/Educated in Commercial Real Estate. Totally comprehend. Only if you knew what I've witnessed. Money talks in LA. So many buildings with thin flooring especially parking lots. Check out Koreatown structure.

[@angeemima]

well i'll be damned. i didnt know they were building a hotel out by the amphitheater. looks like it opens on oct 30. hard pass!

[@pocketchange6010]

reminds me of the bridge in Miami...do they demolish and start from scratch?

[@briansullivan1927]

omfg...wow, just unbelievable.

[@tomfoolery4497]

More shots in through the windows please. Can almost see what went wrong.

[@mattgaming8717]

Id ask wheres the other beam that should be standing up before the nest one rests on it. Using a crane to hold a half anchored beam will add a lot of stress to one end. But thats a wild fb detective question.

[@craiggalow354]

To me it looks like column base failure at the top of the concrete parking deck below. A lot of load coming down onto the concrete columns where usually there is a large spread footing?

[@inkblot131]

Compare the few thin-looking supporting beams and large expanse slabs to the WTC.., and yet not even that 1/3rd of the building FULLY collapsed... Hmm...

[@ashesashesallfalldown8703]

This is really scary! I have a question.

[@dbphillips1978]

Nice videography.

[@brucet8551]

thanks for the excellent drone camera work.i can see now why the cranes needed to be blown down.the building seems to have little structural strength its like a deck of cards up on stilts.

[@gregoryfrie8024]

What other buildings have this company constructed

[@TheHairOfElendil]

*When cutting corners goes terribly wrong...*

[@hebneh]

Not something I would expect to see in the USA.

[@judemelroses9920]

Rapid construction and thin floor structure could be to blame.

[@MikeJones-rk1un]

I assume more people were not hurt due to it being a Saturday. What a mess. Where would you even start to clean up that dangerous mess.

[@angeemima]

one person confirmed dead, three are currently missing.

[@BrianKorth-nu7gw]

Probably something to do with temporary shoring removed too soon.

[@roddiener]

Re-shoring is not used on structural steel construction.

[@BrianKorth-nu7gw]

Those slabs would have definitely had temporary shoring unless they were precast.

[@rrfields65]

@@BrianKorth-nu7gw : they did ... before they removed them before putting in the load bearing outside walling on the 16,17,18 floors!!! The only support was the inside columns, then they are in hurry to topout by hanging more steel and putting pressure downward on the 18 deck !!!

[@raudiaz6245]

That concrete looks flimsy as f*** . Not to be rude intentionally but I'm curious if there were cost modifications along with proper pouring thickness and if the cities inspectors had to point stuff out not properly done more than once

[@stevenijsse]

Soft rock hotel

[@michaelhorner4011]

Has anyone seen my hammer?

[@aiasis3983]

Knowing the back story theres more to it than an ooops Good Bye Hard Rock N.O.

[@luisporras916]

When you buy steel from China

[@zizozain]

i don't like the look of ready mix concrete .. low quality or cheated for embezzlement

[@nturavrgchick6055]

Well, I won't be staying in any brand new hotels any time soon. 😳

[@roscoeelcocko1863]

Nope

[@MrBluedog2011]

It's not only hotels, but hospitals and office buildings too.

[@Astinsan]

The genie lift guys are gonna be pissed

[@roxborotomm]

@02:26 I hope someone called Sunbelt rental to call off that scissor lift

[@motonegros]

The concrete broke like drywall. I'd start my investigation there.

[@tonyj8947]

Surprised that the entire building hasn't collapsed. RIP to anyone that perished.

[@sonofhibbs4425]

It appears to me there could be another secondary collapse possible, but I’m just guessing. I hope they have all surrounding areas closed off. That thing looks like it could go again.

[@waynemerchant8302]

If you'll notice the top three floors you will see that the vertical columns are not in alignment with the columns on the lower floors there for the floor just popped there was no way that this building was going to stand up with that kind of stupidity and its construction you don't put the load of multiple floors in the middle of a span somebody totally screwed up

[@eddiesbizz]

Amazing thanks for the footage

[@Ryukai-san]

Why were they building the structure so that it encased the cranes? Wouldn't that result in Resonance cracks forming near the base and around the cranes columns whenever they vibrated in the Breeze?

[@allaboutdirection]

somebody has a lot of explaining to do! Non Union?

[@losadyos924]

Craig Lascala I believe so the one in Tampa was a non union job

[@leoch5699]

you know its interesting that the bottom part of the building still standing even with the upper building partially collapsed, it just show how poor quality the upper building are, cut corners bring nothing but problems.

[@maryannrobb6408]

Nik Walenda just walked the tightrope with his Mom last week between the new and old Hard Rock's in Tampa!

[@angeemima]

thats nice. this is in new orleans.

[@maryannrobb6408]

@@angeemima Yes, I know that.

[@msbae]

Looking at this footage, I am beginning to suspect that the contractors were using a LOT of cheap materials that were not up to the task.

[@allenvenable278]

Reminds me of the Alfred P. Murrah building after the bomb exploded in Oklahoma. May the workers recover soon, the missing be found and the loss RIP....

[@garycraig9361]

So sad and unfortunate, pure speculation without having "any" information, the slabs were too green and/or the reshore was missing or inataquate, or if it was a post tension slab the failure could be in stressing. Regardless my prayers are with all who are involved! Thinking back in the 80's I was on a project in Tampa FL. working for the same GC (can't recollect which) maybe Kaverner or Metric const? They had a catastrophic callapse during a slab pour at Harbourside, Tampa FL. project. Again my prayers.

[@annagreen1335]

Omg that’s horrid .i hope they find everybody ,prayers

[@LEONCITO913]

Could be Structural engineer problems, I don’t see cable tendons to support the weight of the floors

[@CoxePropertyMgmtAndLeasing]

When well placed bribes at City Hall go wrong.

[@D84D]

wow that scissor lift. I wonder if he made it.

[@Silvervwolfee]

Who is gonna want to crawl back up there to start fixing it? Looks none too stable at this point! 😡

[@sonofhibbs4425]

Yeah, really. The sad thing is, it sounds like 3 people are still missing in that? Who is going to have to be sent in to help or retrieve them? That mess looks like it could crumble again.

[@mikemoscato2995]

Can't be saved its gotta b demoed

[@angeemima]

uh this wont be fixed. it'll be demolished and rebuilt if hard rock wants to take the hit (or their insurance).

[@ge8705]

Look at those thinny things

[@thomasdoyle9788]

fell with the crane locations though

[@lennymorris22]

Worked on a many open deck building construction sites prayes to all the tradesmen out there.

[@paulwilson4369]

General contractor should be charged with murder, but I'm sure they'll get $100 million insurance payoff.

[@taqi70]

Matchstick puzzles failed