The Collapse Of The Fargo Grain Elevator

The collapse of the Fargo Grain Elevator was an unfortunate event that could’ve been prevented. It has something in common with almost every other building in the world, it was built on soil. It is different everywhere you look and must be treated differently in every situation.
Many people think that as long as there land beneath a building that it’s fine and you can put whatever you want on top of it. As years have gone by and scientists and engineers have been able to study different types of soil and their tendencies we have figured out that that is just not the case. The ground can be greatly different in characteristics in one spot than it is just a few feet away. That is why there must be cores drilled across the site of where large