ASSIGNMENT:

View the entire 3-part video (roughly 30 minutes total) on YouTube titled "How Manhattan Escaped Tragedy, Parts 1-3" about the 1978 Citicorp Building case.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwpLm76UExg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWE3XmkDy-o

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KpDMeXmJd6c

Using these videos and other internet materials available, answer the following:

1) Summarize the key technical engineering design and construction-related issues that the case involved. Be factually correct. (minimum length of one page)

2) Provide rationale to support both of the following positions: a) The original design of the Citicorp building design met the standard of care. b) The original design of the Citicorp building design did not meet the standard of care (minimum length of one page)