L'Ambiance Plaza

L'Ambiance Plaza

The L'Ambiance Plaza collapse was one of the worst disasters in modern Connecticut history. L'Ambiance Plaza was a 16-story residential project under construction in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Its partially erect frame completely collapsed on April 23, 1987, killing 28 construction workers.cite journal|title=Architectural Board Accepts L'Ambiance Plaza Agreement|journal=New York Times|date=1989-04-23|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=950DEEDB143AF930A15757C0A96F948260|accessdate=2008-09-03] Failure was possibly due to high concrete stresses on the floor slabs by the placement process resulting in cracking ending in a type of punch through failure.cite web|url=http://www.engineering.com/Library/ArticlesPage/tabid/85/PageID/182/ArticleID/168/articleType/ArticleView/Default.aspx|title=ENGINEERING.com > L'Ambiance Plazza|author=Frank J. Heger|accessdate=2008-09-03] cite web|url=http://www.eng.uab.edu/cee/faculty/ndelatte/case_studies_project/L'Ambiance%20Plaza/ambiance.htm|title=L'Ambiance Plaza Collapse|author=Rachel Martin|accessdate=2008-09-03] cite web|url=http://www.bfrl.nist.gov/861/861pubs/collapse/workshop/7.L'AmbiancePlazaCaseStudy060913.pdf|title=L'Ambiance Plaza - Case Study|author=Donald O. Dusenberry|accessdate=2008-09-03] cite book
title=Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail
last=Levy
first=Mattys
coauthors=Mario Salvadori, Kevin Woest
others=Illustrated by Kevin Woest
publisher=W. W. Norton & Company
year=1992
isbn=039331152X
pages=176] cite book
title=Engineering Considerations for Lift-slab Construction
last=Zallen
first=Rubin M.
coauthors=David B. Peraza
publisher=ASCE Publications (American Society of Civil Engineers - Technical Council on Forensic Engineering)
year=2004
isbn=0784407053] Some thought that this accident highlighted the deficiencies of the lift slab construction technique. This accident prompted a major nationwide federal investigation into this construction technique as well as a temporary moratorium of its use in Connecticut.

ee also

*structural failure
*catastrophic failure

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