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Dollar General Store Roof Collapse in Florida

Credit: 5 PDH Hours
Course Fee: $75.00
44 pages

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Course Summary:

On October 19, 2021, at approximately 1:30 p.m., wood roof trusses collapsed and fell onto the ground floor at 1550 South Volusia Avenue, Orange City, Florida, where a Dollar General store was under construction (see Figure 1). Due to the collapse, two employees were injured after falling approximately 12 feet. A third employee cutting lumber on the ground floor inside the building, was fatally crushed by the falling trusses.

A structural engineer from the Office of Engineering Services (OES) in DOC reviewed the construction documents and supporting calculations and conducted an independent analysis to determine the cause of the collapse.

Learning Objective:

By the end of this course the student will learn what was the cause and origin and why roof collapsed during the construction.

Course Content

Course Author: Franco Davati, P.E.

Certificate of completion of the course

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This online PDH course can also be used as a continuing education course for the following.

Architects

PE Civil Engineers

PE Structural Engineers

CE Contractors

Home and Building Inspectors

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