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=== The Ronan Point Building collapse 1968 === | === The Ronan Point Building collapse 1968 === | ||
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[[File:Ronan-poit.png|thumb|300x300px|Figure 1 The collapse at Ronan Point ]] | |||
The 22 storey Ronan Point building in London was of ‘large panel’ construction i.e. the structure of the walls and floors consisted of large precast concrete wall and floor units with no beams or columns. In 1968, a gas explosion at the 18th storey near a corner of the building resulted in local walls being blown out. The fall of the now unsupported panels directly above the explosion then took away the corner panels below the explosion - Figure 1. Four people died. | The 22 storey Ronan Point building in London was of ‘large panel’ construction i.e. the structure of the walls and floors consisted of large precast concrete wall and floor units with no beams or columns. In 1968, a gas explosion at the 18th storey near a corner of the building resulted in local walls being blown out. The fall of the now unsupported panels directly above the explosion then took away the corner panels below the explosion - Figure 1. Four people died. | ||