LPS block instability
LPS block instability
- 1993
- New Civil Engineer (1046) 17 June 1993, 4(1) .
Low rise system built dwellings erected in the 1950s are at risk from a Ronan Point style progressive collapse. Analysis of a full scale test to destruction by the BRE has confirmed experts` belief that the absence of effective ties between shear walls and concrete plank floors and roofs poses a serious risk if an internal gas explosion occurs.
BUILDING FAILURES
LARGE PANEL SYSTEMS
RESEARCH
SYSTEM BUILDING
Low rise system built dwellings erected in the 1950s are at risk from a Ronan Point style progressive collapse. Analysis of a full scale test to destruction by the BRE has confirmed experts` belief that the absence of effective ties between shear walls and concrete plank floors and roofs poses a serious risk if an internal gas explosion occurs.
BUILDING FAILURES
LARGE PANEL SYSTEMS
RESEARCH
SYSTEM BUILDING