Clemson Floor Collapse

[jar546]

Party til you drop just took on a whole new meaning

https://abcnews.go.com/US/30-injured-floor-collapses-party-clemson-apartment/story?id=58644278

 

[fatboy]

Well that will bring a party down........pardon the pun.......

Glad no one was seriously injured.

 

[cda]

 

[cda]

Guess just a gathering area in the office??

 

[ADAguy]

Old house, too many people, jumping up and down creates a bounce effect.

 

[Msradell]

Old house, too many people, jumping up and down creates a bounce effect.

This wasn't an old house. It was the clubhouse of a relatively new apartment complex.

 

[conarb]

This wasn't an old house. It was the clubhouse of a relatively new apartment complex.

That floor that collapsed was made from steel trusses, sounds like an engineering problem.

 

[ICE]

That floor that collapsed was made from steel trusses, sounds like an engineering problem.

Oh you can count on there being an engineer with a problem. Probably more than one.

 

[conarb]

Oh you can count on there being an engineer with a problem. Probably more than one.

Like the plan checker?

 

[ADAguy]

Curious minds await the findings as to the cause.

 

[TheCommish]

Look like wood trusses to me

 

[Msradell]

I'm betting that the designed loading of the floor was greatly exceeded. Combine that with the fact that the people were jumping up and down probably just overloaded the system and something had to give.

 

[HForester]

I'm betting on absence of mid span lateral bracing between joists. How about it?

 

[ADAguy]

Inquiring minds long to know the ultimate cause.