Gina Judd's Blog – November 2011 Archive (2)

Column: One Hundred Minutes of Terror that Changed the Global Insurance Industry Forever

posted on 10/07/2006







By Robert P. Hartwig



The terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001 produced insured losses larger than any natural or man-made event in history.



Total life and non-life insurance losses are expected to reach at least $40 billion. The losses sustained by the insurance industry were unprecedented in virtually every respect, producing…

Role of the Structural Engineer in Demolition

Rob Clarke, BEng, CEng, MICE, MIStructE

Keywords: structural engineer, demolition, hazards, temporary works, sequence, collapse, mechanism, pre-weakening, explosive, long-reach, pulverise

1. 1.     Synopsis

Rob Clarke has thirty years’ experience as a civil & structural engineer. After a career with Buro Happold designing new structures, five years ago he joined one of…