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To: arun gera who wrote (229283)	11/18/2009 8:16:43 AM
From: alanrs	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

"the pressure on the core column welds will actually decrease" Actually, if you presume the welds did not fail at all and think of the beam and imbed as one solid piece of steel, the force would be tension transfered directly to the concrete. A sideways force, not what the core would be designed to withstand, especially if sections of it had been compromised by the heat causing water to expand and blow pieces of it off. All speculation on my part, but speculation based on some experience. ARS