CM1995
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So this happened yesterday on the southside of B'ham. The story goes that a Uhaul truck struck a 60,000 lb pre-cast beam and knocked it off it's notch on the pre-cast column and landed on the truck, pinning 2 people inside. No one died.
The pre-cast beam
The Uhaul and aftermath -
I just don't see any possible way that Uhaul hit that beam, knocked it down and had no more damage to the van body than it did. A Cat 349 with the bucket off the machine will struggle with 33,000 lbs. Lifting is different from hitting something on the side but 60k lbs?
There is more to the story. I'd like to see the pre-casters shop drawings for the beam to column connection. Also why is there no warning signs for height restriction on the beam?
It will be interesting to see the inspection and engineering reports for this accident.
Three injured when truck collides with parking deck beam at Birmingham apartments
Birmingham Fire and Rescue responded to Cortland Vesta apartments in the Highland Park neighborhood.
abc3340.com
U-Haul driver trapped in collapse of massive concrete beam in Birmingham high-rise parking deck
The collapse was in the parking deck at Cortland Vesta apartments on Highland Avenue.
www.al.com
The pre-cast beam
The Uhaul and aftermath -
I just don't see any possible way that Uhaul hit that beam, knocked it down and had no more damage to the van body than it did. A Cat 349 with the bucket off the machine will struggle with 33,000 lbs. Lifting is different from hitting something on the side but 60k lbs?
There is more to the story. I'd like to see the pre-casters shop drawings for the beam to column connection. Also why is there no warning signs for height restriction on the beam?
It will be interesting to see the inspection and engineering reports for this accident.