2012 collapse of Rio de Janeiro buildings

June 2012 2012 collapse of Rio de Janeiro buildings 25 January 2012 8:33PM Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 22 54 30.42 S 43 10 36.89 W inline Vieira Fazenda office block collapse Illegal Renovations 6+ 17 The January 25, 2012 Vieira Fazenda office block collapse involved the progressive collapse of 3 commercial office buildings, split by R. Vieira Fazenda street in the municipality of Praça Floriano, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The three buildings involved were (from west to east): Building 1 (a 22-storyDue to conflicting media reports, the number of floors were confirmed visually by looking at the Google Maps Street View photograph of the site prior to collapse and counting the number of floors in Building 1. building located at Av. Alm. Barroso, 6 - Centro, Rio de Janeiro, 20031-000, Brazil), Building 2 (a 23-storyDue to conflicting media reports, the number of floors were confirmed visually by looking at the Google Maps Street View photograph of the site prior to collapse and counting the number of floors in Building 2. building located at Av. Alm. Barroso, 22 - Centro, Rio de Janeiro, 20031-000, Brazil) and Building 3 (a 6-storyDue to conflicting media reports, the number of floors were confirmed visually by looking at the Google Maps Street View photograph of the site prior to collapse and counting the number of floors in Building 3. building located at Av. Rio Branco, 180 - Centro, Rio de Janeiro, 20040-003, Brazil). At 8:33 PM,The CCTV recording of the collapse displays a time stamp of when the collapse took place. the 23-story Building 2, began collapsing in the eastward direction towards the 6-story Building 3, which was located on the opposite side of R. Vieira Fazenda street. Building 2 was structurally connected to the adjoining 22-story Building 1, which caused it to pull Building 1 laterally eastward during its collapse. This extreme lateral shift caused the failure of enough support columns to result in the collapse of Building 1. As Building 2 continued its collapse in the eastward direction, its debris crashed through the roof and western load bearing wall of the 6-story Building 3, causing it to collapse as well. A total of 17 people were killed in the disaster. The initial collapse of the 23-story Building 2, was due to structural failure. Regulators said that any construction done violated local building codes as there were no construction permits on file for the building.Lyons John Deadly Building Collapse Tests Rio https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204573704577184644206969890 4 October 2014 The Wall Street Journal 27 January 2012 Aftermath By January 31, 2012, Rio officials proposed the creation of new regulations, including periodic reports on building's structural conditions, and more rigorous enforcement of the current regulations.Tavener Ben Rio Responds to Building Collapses http://riotimesonline.com/brazil-news/front-page/rio-responds-to-building-collapses/# 4 October 2014 The Rio Times 31 January 2012 References External links Rio de Janeiro building collapse leaves four dead, 22 missing (National Post, 26/01/2012) Rio buildings collapse, killing at least 6 people (CBCNews, 26/01/2012) Six dead after Rio de Janeiro building collapse (BBC News, 27/01/2012) Death toll rises as hopes fade in Brazil buildings collapse (CNN, 28/01/2012) Category:Building and structure collapses in 2012 Category:2012 industrial disasters Category:2012 disasters in Brazil Category:Disasters in Brazil Category:2012 in Rio de Janeiro (city) Category:January 2012 in South America Category:Building and structure collapses in Brazil