Background

GENERAL RESOURCES

Link to ebook of To Forgive Design: Understanding Failure by Henry Petroski (Drexel library link).  Has a great overview of how and why structures fail, as well as some details about the remarkable clarity of evidence in the Hyatt Regency collapse:
http://site.ebrary.com.ezproxy2.library.drexel.edu/lib/drexel/reader.action?docID=10568019

Link to "Beyond Failure - Forensic Case Studies for Civil Engineers", a book with a great deal of useful information on three of our case studies (Hyatt Regency, Sampoong Department Store, Skyline Plaza):
https://app.knovel.com/web/toc.v/cid:kpBFFCSCE9/viewerType:toc/root_slug:beyond-failure-forensic/url_slug:beyond-failure-forensic?b-q=beyond%20failure&sort_on=default&b-subscription=TRUE&b-group-by=true&b-search-type=tech-reference&b-sort-on=default 


LOTUS RIVERSIDE LINKS

Link to report with lots of quotes from experts, diagrams and photos:
http://www.vegvesen.no/_attachment/220503/binary/419425?fast_title=Shanghai+building+collapse.pdf 


SKYLINE PLAZA LINKS

Link to Skyline Plaza's page at MatDL, a wiki developed in coordination with several engineering scholars and professional organizations:
http://matdl.org/failurecases/Building_Collapse_Cases/Skyline_Plaza_at_Bailey's_Crossroad.html

Link to "Another Look at the Collapse of Skyline Plaza at Bailey's Crossroads, Virginia", a great, comprehensive paper written in 2013:
http://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1024&context=encee_facpub


SAMPOONG DEPARTMENT STORE LINKS

Excellent paper on the collapse, including helpful diagrams and photos:
http://search.proquest.com/docview/1034883024/fulltextPDF/E72935EC76904560PQ/1?accountid=10559

Link to Wikipsaces page on Sampoong Department Store, inclduing a mid-collapse photo, and several helpful diagrams and drawings:
http://failures.wikispaces.com/Sampoong+Department+Store

Link to extensive paper that helps to contextualize the failure within a society of corruption:
http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15732470601130378#abstract


RANA PLAZA LINKS

A look at the collapse two years later, with reflection on actions taken by the international community, and the progress of labor and safety reforms:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2015/04/23/two-years-ago-1129-people-died-in-a-bangladesh-factory-collapse-the-problems-still-havent-been-fixed/

A collection of articles on Rana Plaza from the Huffington Post.  This archive gives a nice idea of the information that became available in the weeks following the collapse:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/news/bangladesh-garment-factory-collapse/

Collection of news articles and press releases from the Institute for Global Labour and Human Rights, a Pennsylvania-based organization.  Great articles from the perspective of improving the lives and working conditions of workers in Bangladesh:
http://www.globallabourrights.org/campaigns/factory-collapse-in-bangladesh


HYATT REGENCY HOTEL LINKS

Links to five-part series on the Hyatt collapse, which aired on A&E.  Lots of expert interviews and simulations - about an hour of information in total:
Part one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=czmQS81k9eM
Part two: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7C3yalGGkVo
Part three: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBqlXaL2y4I
Part four: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9vFJMtRVds
Part five: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u9vFJMtRVds

Wikispaces article on the Hyatt Regency event - again a great resource, with links for further reading:
https://failures.wikispaces.com/Kansas+City+Hyatt+Regency+Walkways

A very comprehensive overview from a course taught at Texas A&M University (also lists a lot of resources for further reading):
http://ethics.tamu.edu/Portals/3/Case%20Studies/HyattRegency.pdf

Another great article about the collapse, from the Journal of Failure Analysis and Prevention.  This piece has a lot of good photographs and diagrams detailing the timeline of the atrium bridges' failure:
http://link.springer.com.ezproxy2.library.drexel.edu/article/10.1361%2F154770206X99271