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5.8 ENGINEERING RESPONSE TO FAILURES

(a)

(b)
FIGURE 5.5 (a) The 1978 collapse of Connecticut’s Hartford Civic Center, shortly after a
well-attended basketball game, miraculously resulted in no deaths or injuries (b) Detailed mark-
ings on the debris helped preserve information about the collapse configuration, which assisted
in determining the cause of the collapse.