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Taxloss

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Thu Dec-21-06 06:56 PM
Response to Reply #36

42. Firstly, reinforcement alone does not make it a technical floor.

Secondly, its floorplates failed first, in the fire - progressive collapse then proceeded downwards, 80, 79 etc. with no technical floors to stop it. So you're right that no extra weight may have been present (apart from airplane debris, I suppose, and whatever might have fallen from above during the fire), but that would make no difference as the progressive collapse would be taking place underneath it.

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