Floor collapse in an apartment during party

[kyhowey]

Lexington, Ky. Fairly new apartments. Approx. 100 people dancing and jumping around during a party causes floor to collapse. Look at the end of the video and notice where the I-joists broke. HVAC ductwork running perpendicular right at the spot they broke.

http://www.lex18.com/news/party-leads-to-apartment-damage/

 

[mjesse]

Three's company, one-hundred's a crowd.

Overloaded perhaps? Not to mention the b.a.c. of the students ;p

 

[fatboy]

At least it wasn't a total catastrophic failure, looks like the top cord didn't fail. Would definetly scare the bejeezus out of you! :-o

 

[Glenn]

Wow... and it wasn't even a deck!

 

[conarb]

Wow.... I Joists failed and there wasn't even a fire.... and firemen didn't even flood them with water.

 

[Paul Sweet]

The duct looks too close to the bearing point. I've usually seen them near mid-span where the shear is lower.

 

[kyhowey]

Good call. It is too close.

 

[cda]

Dang, they did not activate the fire sprinkler

 

[cda]

So what is the dead load for golf balls??

http://dfw.cbslocal.com/2014/01/20/storage-building-collapses-in-irving/

 

[kyhowey]

So what is the dead load for golf balls??Probably about the same as 100 goofballs.