Epic Engineering Failures and the Lessons They Teach. Episode 4, Rainwater Loading: Kemper Arena
(2024, original release: 2022)

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Provider: Kanopy

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PUBLISHED
The Great Courses, 2022
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2024
DESCRIPTION

1 online resource (streaming video file) (31 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound

ISBN/ISSN
15065550
LANGUAGE
English
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Title from title frames

In 1976, the American Institute of Architects presented an Honor Award to Helmut Jahn for his innovative design of the Kemper Arena in Kansas City. Three years later, a 43,000-square-foot section of the roof collapsed. Follow the forensic engineers as they painstakingly analyze the arena's innovative design and identify four major factors that contributed to the roof's collapse

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Stephen Ressler

Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2022

Mode of access: World Wide Web

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