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Bachelor of Architecture - University of Oregon 1979
Master of Architecture - University of Washington 1986
Licensed in several states
Employed & self employed at several firms and have designed, produced construction documents, project admin. etc for a variety of large scale commercial projects including: hospitals, office buildings, medical facilities, warehouses, schools, apartments, retail spaces, auto dealerships and custom residential.
I have over 30 full time years employed in the architectural field.

I watched on TV live the TT falling and thought to myself during the collapse that - this building doesn't fall this way. I had enough experience even at that time with steel moment frames to realize that they don't pancake from the top down, especially if the assumed failure (the planes heat) point in a 1/3 of the way down. The only way for a building to fall like the TT is if it was a masonry type structure and the upper columns failed first from a heavy roof load. Well, it's not.
In my opinion IF the heat was sufficient enough to melt the steel at the planes location, the frame would have buckled and the top part of the building would have toppled over. Of course causing damage to the lower part of the structure but not a pancake collapse. Plus - both towers collapsing in the exact same symmetrical pattern - no way.! Also, what about building #7 collapsing the same way when nothing touched it!. Or where is the plane debris a the Pentagon.?
These building were brought down by design.
In looking at the impact over time I think the intent was to implement the HomeLand Department, the patriot act and instill a new culture of fear and control.