MOORE -- Instead of offering protection from the tornado on May 20, 2013, Plaza Towers became a deathtrap, Briarwood a pile of rubble.
Detailed in a soon-to-be-released report for the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Structural Engineering Institute, an analysis of the debris of the Briarwood Elementary School showed that several of the buildings steel roof beams were not attached to the walls, many of Briarwoods cinder-block walls were not properly reinforced with steel rebar and large portions of the walls were not backfilled with concrete.
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Detailed in a soon-to-be-released report for the American Society of Civil Engineers and the Structural Engineering Institute, an analysis of the debris of the Briarwood Elementary School showed that several of the buildings steel roof beams were not attached to the walls, many of Briarwoods cinder-block walls were not properly reinforced with steel rebar and large portions of the walls were not backfilled with concrete.
http://newsok.com/deathtrap-moore-t...ruction-flaws-code-violations/article/3935877
Related articles:
http://newsok.com/article/3929373
http://newsok.com/plaza-towers
http://newsok.com/ongoing/may-20-tornadoes
Cheapest plan and lowest bidder.