2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse (1971)

Construction accident in Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. January 2025 July 2021 2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse 2000 Commonwealth Avenue collapse.jpg Building after collapse January 25, 1971 Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts 42.33946 -71.15859 type:landmark_scale:5000_region:US-MA inline,title Building collapse due to lack of shoring and low concrete strength 4 construction workers killed, 30 injured On January 25, 1971, a luxury condominium building under construction at 2000 Commonwealth Avenue in Brighton, Boston, Massachusetts, collapsed, killing 4 construction workers and injuring 30 others.https://archive.boston.com/news/science/articles/2006/07/17/back_to_the_drawing_board/ Daley Beth Back to the drawing board: When structures fail, anything can be to blame, from bolts to bad management The Boston Globe July 17, 2006 October 18, 2018176–183 History The construction of the 2000 Commonwealth Avenue building began in autumn 1969. The building that collapsed was to have contained 133 condominium apartments. The collapse occurred the day before the building's scheduled "top out" day.177 Collapse The building collapsed while concrete was being poured on the top floor of the building.177 Two-thirds of the building was destroyed by a progressive collapse. Approximately 100 men were working in or around the building. A difficult and dangerous search by rescue workers, involving days of digging, led to the recovery from the building's basement of the bodies of the four workers who died in the collapse.176–183 The search was postponed for 36 hours while the Boston building commissioner and other experts confirmed the stability of the remaining structure, a delay that angered the coworkers and family members of the missing men.3 The four workers killed were: Ciriaco DiIorio, 45, laborer, from Roslindale, Boston, Massachusetts3 Michael Papasedero, 27, foreman, from Dedham, Massachusetts3 Daniel Tintindo, 41, welder, from Mansfield, Massachusetts3 James Cingolani, 26, Tintindo's helper, from Quincy, Massachusetts176–1833https://newspaperarchive.com/lowell-sun-feb-02-1971-p-35/ Continue body hunt in Boston rubble UPI The Lowell Sun February 2, 1971 35 October 23, 2018 Papasedero was last seen after the collapse had begun entering the basement garage, where Tintindo and Cingolani, members of his crew, had been working, to search for them.176–183 Cause Contributory causes of the collapse included lack of quality control and inspections, concrete weakened when left unprotected from cold weather, deficiencies in shoring and reinforcing bars and overly high construction loads on the roof slab. A commission of inquiry concluded that the primary causes of the collapse were lack of shoring and low concrete strength. On July 23, 1972, Controlled Demolition, Inc., imploded the unfinished building after the completion of the recovery effort.http://www.controlled-demolition.com/2000-commonwealth-avenue 2000 Commonwealth Avenue Controlled Demolition, Inc. October 22, 2018 October 22, 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20181022232625/http://www.controlled-demolition.com/2000-commonwealth-avenue dead References 30em King Suzanne Delatte Norbert J. 2002-04-22 Collapse of 2000 Commonwealth Avenue: Punching Shear Case Study Journal of Performance of Constructed Facilities en-us American Society of Civil Engineers 2004-01-16 18 1 54–61 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3828(2004)18:1(54) 0887-3828 https://engagedscholarship.csuohio.edu/encee_facpub/26 1943-5509 dmy-all subscription Pletcher Larry Krajicek David J. 2017-10-05 Sixteen-Story Rescue: Building Collapse in Brighton (1971) Massachusetts Disasters: True Stories of Tragedy and Survival Disasters Series en-us Second Guilford, Connecticut Globe Pequot 173–183 978-1493028764 957302456 OL29746246M dmy-all Bellon Bernard 1971-02-08 Collapse darkens dorm https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bcheights19710208.2.26&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- live The Heights en-us LI 14 Boston College 3 2473-6554 244126535 https://web.archive.org/web/20210712133025if_/https://newspapers.bc.edu/?a=d&d=bcheights19710208.2.26&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- 2021-07-12 2021-07-12 By week's end, only one of the four bodies had been recovered from the approximately four thousand tons of concrete and structural steel wreckage. The victims were: Ciriaco- Dilorio of Roslindale, Daniel Tintinado of Mansfield, Michael Papaserdero of Dedham, and James Cingolani of Quincy. dmy-all Further reading https://eng-resources.uncc.edu/failurecasestudies/building-failure-cases/2000-commonwealth-avenue-boston/ 2000 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston Failure Case Studies University of North Carolina at Charlotte 2013 October 22, 2018 Category:1971 in Boston Category:1971 industrial disasters Category:Brighton, Boston Category:Construction accidents in the United States Category:Disasters in Boston Category:January 1971 in the United States Category:Building and structure collapses in Massachusetts