Miller Park Roof Collapse

While lifting a one million pound section of space frame roof structure at the miller park construction site a crane failed and overturned resulting in three fatalities and extensive damage to the stadium.

Miller park roof collapse.

On july 14 1999 at approximately 5 12 pm the big blue collapsed during the construction of the miller park baseball stadium in milwaukee wisconsin with a load of over 450 tonnes 440 long tons. 23 july 1999 three construction workers were killed july 14 when a 567 foot crane lifting a 400 ton section of a retractable roof bent in half and collapsed inside the new miller park stadium being. During the erection of the moveable roof system for miller park home of the milwaukee brewer s one of the largest cranes in the world collapsed resulting in long schedule delays extensive structural damage and loss of life. The fan shaped roof includes 12 000 tons of structural steel and spans approximately 600 feet from home plate to the outfield track beam.

The wood rot that many experts believe contributed to the deadly balcony collapse here has been a problem in low rise apartment and condominium complexes for years. The brewers entered their final regular season series knowing they needed to win and get some help. 500 short tons on the hook. Now they need even more help and they have a new injury to worry about.

Wiethorn performed wind analysis and determined cause of collapse. Originally scheduled to open in 2000 miller park s construction was delayed after three construction workers were killed in an accident. Miller park roof collapse milwaukee wisconsin image caption 2. Three iron workers local 8 members jeffrey wischer william degrave and jerome starr were killed when the suspended personnel platform in which they were observing the lift was hit by the falling crane.

Milwaukee s september pitching strategy finally let them down in an 11 7 loss to the rockies in friday s. Miller park s most unique feature is its movable roof. Image caption title 2.