An article yesterday about a federal report on the collapse of a tunnel ceiling in Boston's Big Dig project misstated the role of Bechtel/Parsons Brinkerhoff in choosing the epoxy that failed to hold the ceiling's anchor bolts in place.
His new report quotes several senior figures, here are some of the newest elements: The Commonwealth Games Council for Wales chair, Anne Ellis, said this morning's collapse of a false ceiling in the weightlifting venue – following yesterday's collapse of a footbridge outside the main stadium that injured 27 people – had added "a different dimension" to the discussion.
The inspector general's audit also led to the discovery of two other collapses, a ceiling collapse at the Bowling Green station of the No. 4 and 5 lines, and a platform collapse at the 18th Avenue station of the F line.
It caused extensive damage to about an eighth of the castle, including the collapse of a number of ceilings.
At the provincial council building, Sheik Hadi Salih, 60, had been attending a meeting on the second floor when he heard the sound of an explosion, followed by the collapse of the ceiling.
I don't know what confused me more, the likelihood of a ceiling collapse or that he was quoting a Chas & Dave lyric.
The $15 billion Big Dig project, which replaced an elevated highway with an underground system of roads, has been plagued with problems, the most serious of which was the collapse of ceiling tiles in a tunnel in July 2006, which killed a passenger in a car, Milena Del Valle.
Although it had already been looted when it was discovered by archaeologists, the prior collapse of the ceiling of the summit shrine of the pyramid protected a section of the tomb from the looters.
The town of Mineral, located 5 mile north-northeast from the earthquake's epicenter, reported the collapse of two buildings, as well as minor damage to several other structures, including the collapse of the ceiling in its Town Hall.
Part of a ceiling once collapsed while Gov. Herbert H. Lehman held a dinner for members of the State Court of Appeals.
