In July 1978, a possible structural flaw was discovered in Citicorp Center, a skyscraper that had recently been completed in New York City. Workers surreptitiously made repairs over the next …

Even if the tuned mass damper were to fail, a 700-year storm would not pose a threat to the Citicorp Center. The engineering problem had been solved, and today the repaired building …

May 21, 1995 · In 1978, Citicorp Center’s top engineer, William J. LeMessurier, faced his worst nightmare, Joe Morgenstern writes: the realization that his skyscraper could be blown down.

Oct 7, 2020 · When the 59-story Citicorp Center was built in 1977 in Midtown Manhattan, the majestic glass tower with its sharply sloped roof was one of the tallest buildings in the world. It …

Jul 23, 2019 · Tensions peaked on September 1, 1978, as Hurricane Ella bore down on the city with the repairs still unfinished. Fortunately, the storm veered away, and the whole episode …

The acronym stands for "Special Engineering Review of Events Nobody Envisioned." Six weeks into Citicorp's repair, a major storm, Hurricane Ella, was off Cape Hatteras and heading for...

Sep 21, 2022 · The event is known to history as the Citicorp Engineering Crisis, an astonishing tale that details the unique circumstances which created a problem of epic proportions. We will …

Apr 11, 2017 · The fifty-nine-storey skyscraper they were strengthening was supposed to be a marvel of structural engineering but instead was poised to be one of the greatest engineering …

The architect for the fifty-nine-story Citicorp Center tower completed during 1977 in midtown Manhattan was the much-celebrated Hugh Stubbins. The renowned structural engineer …

The Citicorp Center engineering crisis was the discovery in the spring of 1978 of a significant structural flaw in a recently completed skyscraper in New York City, and the subsequent effort …