American ground, unbuilding the World Trade Center / William Langewiesche.

Main entry:

Langewiesche, William.

Title & Author:

American ground, unbuilding the World Trade Center / William Langewiesche.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publication:

Description:

205 pages ; 22 cm

Notes:
The inner world -- Rush to recover -- Dance of the dinosaurs.

Summary:

At the center of the book is the team of engineers, many of them instrumental in building the towers, who now must collaborate in the sad task of disassembling them. Their responses are as dramatic and unpredictable as the shifting pile of rubble and the surrounding "slurry wall" that constantly threatens to collapse, potentially flooding a large part of underground Manhattan. They are also emotional and territorial, as firemen, police, widows, and officials attempt to claim the tragedy-and the difficult work of extracting the rubble and the thousands of dead buried there-as their own.

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Publisher description

ISBN:

0865475822 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
9780865475823 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
0865476756 (paperback)
9780865476752 (paperback)

Subject:

World Trade Center (New York, N.Y. : 1970-2001)
September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.
Wrecking New York (State) New York.
Incident command systems New York (State) New York.
Skyscrapers New York (State) New York Design and construction.
Construction and demolition debris New York (State) New York.
Structural engineering New York (State) New York.
Underground construction.
Risk management.
Models, Structual.
Risk Management
September 11 Terrorist Attacks
Attentats du 11 septembre 2001, États-Unis.
Démolition New York (État) New York.
Systèmes de commandement des interventions (Gestion des situations d'urgence) New York (État) New York.
Déchets de construction et de démolition New York (État) New York.
Technique de la construction New York (État) New York.
Constructions souterraines.
Gestion du risque.
risk management.
Construction and demolition debris
Incident command systems
Skyscrapers Design and construction
Structural engineering
Wrecking
Elfter September
Zerstörung
Baukonstruktion
Hochhaus
11 September 2001.
World Trade Center.
Terrorisme.
New York
New York (State)
New York (State) New York

Holdings:

Location: Library main 227421
Call No.: HV6432 .L364 2002
Status: Available

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