Re: CS>Re:building structure OT apologies Mike...

2001-09-17 Thread Judith Thamm
Dear Marshall, Please CC your answer directly to me - I just can't bear to join another list! My e-mail overwhelms me at times. Please nicely Judith. > I am answering this in the silver off-topic list. > > Marshall > > Judith Thamm wrote: > > > Dear Group, > > Just a question that is puzzlin

Re: CS>Re:building structure OT apologies Mike...

2001-09-17 Thread Marshall Dudley
I am answering this in the silver off-topic list. Marshall Judith Thamm wrote: > Dear Group, > Just a question that is puzzling my husband - someone who has visited the > WTC would know... were the steel girders etc exposed and NOT covered by > concrete? From the ruins it appears so. > > The re

Re: CS>Re:building structure OT apologies Mike...

2001-09-17 Thread Ode Coyote
I don't know what the specific construction of the towers was, but typically, small gauge steel studs covered by 1/2 inch sheet rock are used to partition steel structures in the USA. Sheet rock is a fair fire barrier and is used as such in residential wood buildings to prevent fire from going b

CS>Re:building structure OT apologies Mike...

2001-09-16 Thread Judith Thamm
Dear Group, Just a question that is puzzling my husband - someone who has visited the WTC would know... were the steel girders etc exposed and NOT covered by concrete? From the ruins it appears so. The reason for asking is that building regulations in Australia stipulate that structural steel mus