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Hooray for critical thinking. I decided to do a bit of an investigation on the controlled demolition by doing something simple: Find out what is the tallest building ever taken down by controlled demolition. http://www.controlled-demolition.com/default.asp?reqLocId=4 The WTC 1 & 2 were 3.1...

The FEMA Building Performance report gives good detail on the exterior + floor structures, but only plan views of the core colums (afaics) The NIST Fire safety report (afaics) only details the cross-sections of the different core columns. Can anyone point me to an elevation view/plan/diagram of...

There are municipal taxes, state taxes, and federal taxes. Why aren't there executive branch taxes, legislative branch taxes, and judicial branch taxes? There are municipal police, state police, and federal police. Why aren't there executive branch police, legislative branch police, and...