The article "The Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse" brought to attention a famous case of failed structural design and engineering, analyzed the history of the design and of the building's construction and considered what was to blame for the collapse accident that occurred. The Accident During a party in the lobby of a Hyatt Regency Hotel located in Kansas City, Missouri, on the night of July 17, 1981, two suspended walkways collapsed after the connections that held them up to the ceiling collapsed. The box beams separated from the ceiling rods because the beams that rested on the support rod nuts and washers were warped and could not support the additional weight of the partygoers. The fourth-floor walkway fell first and crashed into the second-floor walkway on its way down, taking it with it for its descent onto the crowded main atrium below. Perhaps fortunately, the third-floor walkway had been built away from the other two to compensate for them, thus remaining connected and preventing further debris from further injuring hotel guests. However, this accident is still considered one of the “most devastating” in America...