were killed when 2 walkway bridges collapsed within the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City. Both the second and fourth story walkway crashed down when nearly 1600 people came to watch a dance competition held within the atrium. At the time of the collapse‚ it was the deadliest structural collapse in U.S. history‚ only surpassed by the south tower collapse twenty years later during 9/11. This final destruction of The Hyatt Regency Kansas City was the worst in a string of smaller scale setbacks
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Ethical Analysis of Hyatt Regency Hotel Walkway Collapse The collapse of the overhead walkways in the Hyatt Regency hotel occurred on the 17 June 1981 (Garmon 1982)‚ as a result 114 people were killed (Poel & Royakkers 2011) and many injured. An investigation was lead to determine the cause of the incident. Ultimately‚ it was concluded that the failure of the walkways were attributed to the fact that the construction did not meet the Kansas City Building code requirements coupled with miscommunication
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Assessment Submission Form Student Name Student Number Assessment Title Assignment 2 Module Code MIS2002L Module Title Project Management Tutor Dr. Paul Humphreys Date Submitted 28/05/2013 Office use only Date Received Office use only Grade/Mark A SIGNED COPY OF THIS FORM MUST ACCOMPANY ALL SUBMISSIONS FOR ASSESSMENT. STUDENTS SHOULD KEEP A COPY OF ALL WORK SUBMITTED. Procedures for Submission and Late Submission Ensure that you have checked
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Bangkok and Seoul are the best-know cities of Asia . Bangkok is the capital of Thailand ‚ whereas Seoul is the capital of South Korea‚ both are the main commercial centre of their country . This report will compare and contrast some aspects of the cities such as location ‚ climate ‚ economy and population . Firstly ‚ the most obvious difference of two cities is an area and location. Bangkok occupies 1562 sq km and is located in central of Thailand . It is built on the banks of Chao Phraya River
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BRUTALITY IN BANGKOK Political ideologies in this century are something that gives us a lot to talk; everybody has a different perspective of what should be done‚ how countries should be governed and how decisions should be made. But at what point this differences makes us debate instead of fight? Here in America there’s a division of ideas by two parties since the creation of constitution‚ but their differences have never led to violent acts. Brutality in Bangkok is a photograph taken in Thailand
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In the past 50 years‚ Bangkok has changed dramatically in many ways. The first improvement deals with technology. In the present‚ people around the world can connect faster because they have the Internet‚ and mobile phones. The following improvement facilitate people to run business. In addition‚ development in surgery is improved so it is safer for people to treat in hospitals. Different from the present‚ letters were the only way that people could communicate in the distant area. Sending letters
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QuickTime™ and a TIFF (Uncompressed) decompressor are needed to see this picture. Bangkok Automotive (A) Contributed by: Edward Rubesch‚ PhD Thammasat Business School‚ Thammasat University‚ Thailand. Created Feb 2008 © NEN Page 1 of 18 Introduction Ruby Edwards paused and sat back in her chair. She had been running a number of scenarios on her spreadsheet as she tried to predict future opportunities for her company in the face of a challenging economic and marketing environment
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allocated to groups with 6 to 7 students per group. Each group is required to submit a detailed written report on the Regency Plaza case study. 70% of the Assignment2 overall mark is allocated to the written report on the Regency Plaza case study. Case Synopsis: Designed to examine the process of project management during the development cycle of a luxury condominium building for the Regency Plaza group‚ this case explores the issue of how the design‚ development strategy‚ project organization‚ and project
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The Regency Crisis was a political battle that was pushed in the background due to the French Revolution‚ about the health of King George III‚ who was believed to have gone insane putting the British Government and Monarchy in a major tailspin. However‚ this so-called crisis lasted only three months‚ but within that time two political parties were duking it out‚ George III and his son‚ George IV fought for the throne‚ and Parliament was in an all-out war to keep the country from having a civil war
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MGM Grand Hotel (figure 1.) on November 21st 1980 and resulted in the deaths of 85 guests and hotel staff. Roughly 600 others were injured during the fire and also 35 fire fighters had to seek medical attention during and after the incident. The high-rise MGM Grand hotel building‚ first constructed in the early 1970s. The building consisted of twenty-one stories of guest accommodation situated above a large ground complex which included a casino‚ showrooms‚ and convention facilities. The hotel was
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