The Hyatt Regency Disaster Kansas City Missouri

Eric Klinenberg, assistant professor of sociology at New York University (formally of Northwestern University), wrote "Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago" in order to further investigate the devastating Chicago heat wave of 1995. From July 13h to July 20th, the heat led to over 700 deaths and thousands being hospitalized due to heat related illness. Following the catastrophe, there have been numerous medical, meteorological, and epidemiological studies done examining the reasons for the historic mortality rate, but none seemed to focus on the on underlying issues such as social etiology. In "Heat Wave", Klinenberg, a Chicago native, takes his fascination with the social possibilities surrounding the event to greater depths.

Tourism is one of the most international industries. Globalisation is the gradual forging of links between groups and societies until they finally reach around the globe in several directions (Smith, D,2006). Globalization is one of the serious challenges facing managers today. It is critical to develop services that are able to satisfy a highly diverse customer base (Ueltschy et al., 2007) Now to keep up with the rising levels of globalization in the hotel industry, there’s a need to understand not only the positive, but also the negative impacts of globalisation. I’ll also talk about the growth and rise of one of the most respected brands in the hospitality industry - the Hilton Hotels. Throughout the evolution of this famous organization, the Hilton has

* Engineers found the storage to be so faulty that it was going to collapse

On November 21st, 1980 one of the five restaurants on the casino level floor inside the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada caught fire. Hours later 85 people had perished and over 700 people were injured. The fire report states the fire began in a side wall soffit of a deli style restaurant and the fire department concluded that there were multiple factors involved in the cause of the fire but the origin of the fire was a faulty electrical ground fault ("MGM", 2016).

In day to day operations, uncertainties do occur. Henceforth it would be important to have a contingent and well detailed disaster preparedness plan and procedures. Healthcare systems, on a day to day basis, are faced with emergencies in form of disasters. As a result, majority of medical centers have well-structured exit plans in the event of a disaster occurring("Hospital Disaster Preparedness: Your Guide to Getting Started - Emergency Preparedness", 2011). However, this essay will aim at interviewing one of the top disaster preparedness staffat the Houston Methodist Hospital. In the interview, I will seek to identify the top three disasters that the Houston Methodist Hospital is prepared for. Similarly, in the interview, I would seek to identify the top lessons learnt from disaster preparedness at the hospitals.As it concludes it would summarize the findings with regards to the interview stated below. Below is an excerpt from the interview to answer the two aforementioned questions.

‘’The Fire that swept through the heart of Chicago began on Sunday night, October 8, 1871. First, The Great Fire would burn for the rest of sunday, all of monday, and into the early hours of Tuesday with little real opposition.’’ They knew the city was already to burn because ⅔ of 59,500 buildings were made out of wood. Barnes contained hay and coal. Tar and wooden shingle. Factories contained flammable materials. The dry conditions, and the grass was really dry. Second, Perhaps they think a cow at Mrs.O'Leary's a cow kicked a lantern and they were the cause of the fire and the destruction of Chicago. People trapped in burning buildings often panicked and jumped to their deaths. It’s

n October 1871, Chicago Illinois was built on wood. There was dry weather, and wooden buildings which made the city vulnerable to fires. The new city had drawn many people there, to start new work. Then one day a tragic fire struck the city. It’s still a mystery how the fire started, but some people have their own theories. A common legend told is that a cow kicked over a lantern in the O’Leary’s barn. Which started a blaze, and burned out of control because of the dry weather.

The Great Chicago Fire was a gigantic disaster. Legend has it that a cow in a barn kicked over a lantern and that is how the fire started. The fire started in Chicago Illinois, on the night of October 8th, 1871 and ended on October 10th, 1871. The fire destroyed thousands of buildings and sadly killed over 300 people. A lot of damage was done in that fire. Other theories that have been told are that humans or even meteors might have been responsible for the start of the Chicago Fire. The month after the fire, Joseph Medill (1823-1899) was elected mayor.

While obtaining background information about the client, the staff person learned from the Asheville hotel manager that the Asheville hotel was closed for one week in October because of flooding. Amanda has assessed inherent risk as high and control risk as low for the existence, completeness, and accuracy of sleeping room revenues based on challenging but improving regional and national economic conditions and favorable control procedures associated with sleeping room revenues. Further, after

An investigation into the design flaw of two floating balconies above the atrium of the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri, is discussed in this report. The following investigation includes a closer look at disputes in design between the engineering consultants and the fabrication company, as well as an examination of load capacity. In the design, three walkways were intertwined between the second, third, and fourth floors above the hotel’s atrium (Leyendecker, E., Marshall, R., Pfrang, E., & Woodward, K., 1982). The second floor’s walkway was suspended from the fourth, which was suspended from the roof. The third floor’s walkway was hanging from the roof of the atrium, independent to the other two. When a collapse occurred on July 17, 1981, the fourth floor, which was suspended from the roof, collapsed and landed on top of the second floor. As a result, both floors crashed into the atrium at ground-level (Leyendecker, E., Marshall, R., Pfrang, E., & Woodward, K., 1982). The main causes of the collapse are questionable engineering ethics, negligence, and disputing agencies. These two factors resulted in a poor foundation with lack of consideration of large stress on the structure (Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse, 2006).

The Hyatt Regency walkway disaster occurred in Kansas City during the evening of July 17, 1981 in the atrium building of the hotel. The actual disaster comprised of two of the three walkways in the hotel collapsing onto the main floor. The walkways were designed with the fourth floor walkway directly overhead of and suspending the second floor walkway with the third floor walkway offset several meters next to the second and fourth floor walkways (see Figure 1.1). All three of the walkways were suspended from the roof and from either end of them. During a dance competition the fourth floor walkway collapsed onto the second floor walkway, causing both walkways to collapse onto the lobby floor below. According to Ratay (2010) the load on the walkways was only approximately 53% of the code mandated load capacity of the walkway. The disaster resulted in 114 total deaths and 219 injuries, and the structural

During the construction, two half-spans being assembled 50 meters above ground level had a misalignment of 4.5 inches or 114mm in camber. It was suggested by John Holland & Constructions to use a kentledge to weigh down the higher section of bridge. It so happened that they had ten, eight tonne concrete blocks on site. These were placed halfway along the higher span to

The collapsing of the Rana Plaza building in the Dhaka suburb of Savar, is a tragic incident that occurred on April 24, 2013 (Prashad 2013). The Rana Plaza building was the establishment that had workers who were the commodity of the production of garments that are sold to the Western market. A couple days post-collapse, it was reported that the death toll was well into the triple-digits. This paper will draw on the details of pre- and post- Rana Plaza's collapsing while connecting it to Marx and Engels' ideologies in response to the four questions and/or issues.

As president of the National Association of Safety Regulators, Solomon Alvi, had booked a hotel stay for his convention. This was the hotels first convention in 30 years. What seem to be a pleasurable stay ended up to be a catastrophe!

Superstructure bears the load that is being passed over the bridge and it transmits the forces caused by the same to substructure. Load received from the decking is transferred on to the substructure by Bearings. They also distribute the load evenly over the substructure material as it may not have sufficient strength to bear the superstructure load directly. Piers and Abutments are the vertical substructures which transfer the load to the earth in the foundation. Wing walls and returns are constructed as the extension of