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Hyatt Walkway Collapse (Why it happened (discuss findings) (During…
Hyatt Walkway Collapse
What Happened
Location Kanses City Hyatt Regancy Hotel walkway collapse.
Date: July 17th, 1981
Time: 7.06 pm
Death toll : 114
Number Injured : 216
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The Hotel was only one year old,
Construction began May 1978.
Hotel opened July 1 1980
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On the North side was a 40 story hotel and revolving restaurant on top, on the south side was the function rooms. The atrium was located in between the two structures.
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The walkways were approximately 37 m long and weighed approximately 29,000 kg
Three walkways spanning north to south on the second, third and fourth floors.
Second floor walkway was located under the fourth floor walkway and the third floor walkway was independent.
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July 17th 1981,
between 7.00pm and 7.05 pm
At Approximately 7.05pm, the fourth floor walkway gave way, the second floor walkway that was held by the fourth floor walkway fell to the floor of the atrium and the fourth floor fell on top.
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At approximately 7.00pm the film crew took the escalators to the second floor to change battery and tape.
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workplaces & management
Haven Steel the fabricators of the metal and steel works. William Richie was an employee responsible for the construction work for Kansas Hyatt Regency Hotel.
Gillum-Colaco International (GCE INC.)
Dane Duncan worked for the company as Chief project engineer.
The owner was Jack Gilum who gave the final stamp of approval on the plans.
Both lost their engineering licence.
The Hyatt Hotels Corporation is an American multinational owner, operator, and franchiser of hotels, resorts, and vacation properties. The Hyatt employed staff to work on the night of the 17th of July. Staff working under the walkways perished in the collapse of the walkways.
During court proceeding Greg Louth from Gillum-Colaco expressed they did not get paid when the company was asked to check all steel to steel points so they only spot checked.
There are several workplaces involved in the accident,
The Hyatt
Haven Steel
Gillum-Colaco
Architect
Hallmark
The Emergency Services who responded to the accident was also deeply affected by the accident Their employee was required to offer counseling and assistance to all those involved in the rescue efforts due to the severity of the scene and the effect it had on people.
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Issues and findings related to people,
The Architect, Herb Duncan - took the appropriate action contacting Dane Duncan with his concerns relating to the safety of the new split rod system.
He did fail in regards to not requesting to see the actual calculations of the new system.
Daniel Duncan Chief Project Engineer from Gillum-Colaco International (GCE INC.). 1) Failed to perform new calculations when the changes where requested by the steel fabricators. 2) Failed in his legal obligation of responsibility for safety during the drawings and calculations of construction. Dane convicted of gross negligence, misconduct and unprofessional conduct in the practice of engineering, and had their professional licences revoked in many states.
Owners of the building - Hallmark took the appropriate action when an incident occurred during construction, requesting all steel to steel be reviewed by engineers. Hallmark did not react to the final inspection report which noted the deformation of the steel beams.
Jack Gillum, engineer designer and company president from Gillum-Colaco International (GCE INC.), . provided his stamp on the documentation and all drawings relating to the Hyatt Hotel and the construction of the walkways. Jack Gillum also failed in his responsibility to safety of the constructions and failure to carry appropriate calculation. Jack was convicted of gross negligence, misconduct and unprofessional conduct in the practice of engineering, and had their professional licences revoked in many states. Jack now speaks publicly in universities to engineers of the lesson that are to be learnt from the failures.