OldDawg
08-07-2007, 12:21 AM
This is getting to be a bit concerning for the Vegas area, or the resort industry.
Dawg :JustShakingHead:
Three floors of the Fontainebleau construction project collapsed around 10:30 Monday morning near the Las Vegas Strip.
Slideshow: Structure Collapse at Fontainebleau (http://lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=6893893)
Firefighters from three departments (http://lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=6894749) rushed to the scene to help with rescues. Fortunately, all of the construction workers escaped without injury.
Eyewitnesses say they heard a noise (http://lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=6894358) and saw plumes of dust coming from the structure (http://lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=6894051) but they didn't know what had happened.
This is the second incident at the construction site in less than a week.
Last Thursday, a worker was killed after he fell from a beam. (http://lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=6877545)
The Fontainebleau is a $2.8 billion, nearly 4,000 room hotel-casino slated to open in 2009.
Fontainebleau released the following statement:
During the course of construction this morning, a pre-cast twin tee, an isolated part of the Fontainebleau garage collapsed, causing a domino effect before stopping at a concrete slab several levels below. We are thankful to be able to report that no injuries were incurred. We have suspended all construction on and within the garage complex until a full investigation of the cause of the accident can be completed.
Dawg :JustShakingHead:
Three floors of the Fontainebleau construction project collapsed around 10:30 Monday morning near the Las Vegas Strip.
Slideshow: Structure Collapse at Fontainebleau (http://lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=6893893)
Firefighters from three departments (http://lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=6894749) rushed to the scene to help with rescues. Fortunately, all of the construction workers escaped without injury.
Eyewitnesses say they heard a noise (http://lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=6894358) and saw plumes of dust coming from the structure (http://lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=6894051) but they didn't know what had happened.
This is the second incident at the construction site in less than a week.
Last Thursday, a worker was killed after he fell from a beam. (http://lasvegasnow.com/Global/story.asp?S=6877545)
The Fontainebleau is a $2.8 billion, nearly 4,000 room hotel-casino slated to open in 2009.
Fontainebleau released the following statement:
During the course of construction this morning, a pre-cast twin tee, an isolated part of the Fontainebleau garage collapsed, causing a domino effect before stopping at a concrete slab several levels below. We are thankful to be able to report that no injuries were incurred. We have suspended all construction on and within the garage complex until a full investigation of the cause of the accident can be completed.