Airport hangar girders topple

By Bill Scanlon, Rocky Mountain News (Contact)

Published March 4, 2008 at 12:32 p.m.
Updated March 4, 2008 at 2:36 p.m.

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Five girders forming the frame of a hangar under construction at Centennial Airport collapsed just after noon today, twisting metal and tearing 2-foot bolts out of the concrete.

No injuries were reported and the area was safely evacuated.

"It was a small hangar/office building under construction, on a slab with seven large steel girders making up the framework of the building," said Andy Lyon, spokesman for South Metro Fire Rescue.

"They were in the process of putting up the sixth one when something happened. Those five girders have sagged and collapsed."

A couple dozen people were at the airport working on the building, but they heard a noise prior to the collapse and had time to get out of the way, Lyon said.

"The beams are kind of twisted," Lyon said. "It looks like they have a lot of work to do."

The building was being built for Tac-Air Aviation by general contractor CMC.

Centennial Airport, at 7375 South Peoria St., south of Denver, opened in 1967 and is an important spot for private business travel.

• March 4, 2008

  12:51 p.m.

  Suggest removal

  aeb1barfo writes:

  Tresses???

  tress
  n : a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair [syn: braid,
  plait, twist]

  TRUSS:

  truss
  n 1: (medical) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to
  hold a hernia in place by pressure
  2: a framework of beams forming a rigid structure (as a roof
  truss)
  3: (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone
  (usually of slight extent) [syn: corbel]
  v 1: tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking
  2: secure with or as if with ropes; "tie down the prisoners"
  [syn: tie down, tie up, bind]
  3: support structurally, of roofs or bridges

  Which word fits better??

  Tress or Truss???

  It's called PROOFREADING and EDITING, guys.

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