Design, Installation Flaws Blamed for Atrium Collapse
posted 7:07 am Thu November 01, 2007 - Baltimore, Md.
Dawn Ray, a spokeswoman for the Embassy Suites Hotel chain in Memphis, Tennessee, says the hotel will stay closed until the other glass roof section is removed and both are replaced. The replacement process began Monday. She says the engineering firm that gave a preliminary finding on the cause of the collapse found that the structural integrity of the building had not been affected.
Although Embassy Suites hotels are independently owned and operated, Ray says the company has urged owners of two other locations with similar skylights to inspect their properties "as a precautionary measure." She refused to identify the two hotels.A section of the glass roof that measured 29 feet by 60 feet collapsed on October 10th. Guests were evacuated, and a Baltimore County structural engineer declared the hotel unfit for occupancy.
No one was injured during the collapse.
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