Slideshow: Failing Joists

Slideshow: Failing Joists

A partition wall, which sits directly above these damaged first-floor joists, was not designed to bear the added loads imposed by an underbuilt roof.

Slideshow: Failing Joists

Slideshow: Failing Joists

Slideshow: Failing Joists

To begin repairs, the crew erected emergency shoring on each side of where a steel beam will be placed to support the load-bearing wall.

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