Series I. Consulting Files
COLLECTION DESCRIPTION
Collection includes consulting files for projects including Armco Steel Corporation design of rigid frame buildings and roof systems; Power Reactor Development Corp. study of containment of fast breeder reactor; Buckminster Fuller design of Museum of Modern Art exhibit; Gibbs & Hill prestressed concrete nuclear containment vessel studies;Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corp. implosion of large steam generator; National Bureau of Standards structural integrity of U.S. Olympic structure, Lake Placid and the investigation of the Hyatt Regency Walkway collapse; C. Lindbergh & Associates review of the design of the structure of a very large engine test facility in Tullahoma, TN; Visual Edge Ltd development of ELRFD, an electronic version of the AISC LRFD specification; OSHA the L'Ambiance Plaza collapse; and work on the Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia. Also Cornell projects, including the Fall Creek Suspension Bridge; student notes; and lecture notes for Cornell engineering classes.
Also plans for the Hyatt Regency Hotel (Kansas City, Missouri); for L'Ambiance Plaza (Bridgeport, Connecticut), and for the Triphammer Falls Foot Bridge.
Dates
- 1946-2004.
Creator
- From the Collection: McGuire, William, 1920- (Person)
Language of Materials
Collection material in English
Extent
5.5 cubic feet. (5.5 cubic feet.)
Repository Details
Part of the Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections Repository
2B Carl A. Kroch Library
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-3530
607-255-9524 (Fax)
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