ADVANCED STRUCTURE ANALYSIS

MFA 10203
Project Assignment
Roof collapse “It All Came Down”: A case study
CASE SYNOPSIS
At 11.30pm on the 15th of November 2008 the main roof of Lagaligo, the main stadium of
Palopo Sport Complex at Gaspa Palopo collapsed but fortunately there were no victims or
injuries since the stadium was not at its service at that time. However, that incident was a
disaster since it happened only one year after its completion date. So the state government
of Jakarta asked the Kemeterian Pekerjaan Umum (PKU) to form an investigation committee
to provide a comprehensive report on the causes of the collapse, also providing
recommendations on the reconstruction of the roof and explanation on how to prevent
future recurrences if such incidents.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
At the end of the case, students should be able to:
1. Determine the causes of the roof collapse of the stadium.
2. Provide recommendation on the reconstruction of the roof.
3. Recommend measures to prevent future recurrences of such incidence.
4. Discuss some of the good work ethics that should be applied in constructions.

PROJECT INSTRUCTION
1. Form a small group (5 people in each group) to carry out the project and prepare a
report.
2. Literature review on the problems of roof collapse (in Malaysia and elsewhere).
Gather information from the news and related report/journals. The literature review
should include:
A. Investigation methodology adopted by the investigation committee.
B. The causes of roof collapse in several real cases in term of design, material
and structural failure.
C. Recommendations for reconstruction of the roof
3. Write a report which includes introduction, problem statement, objective,
literature review, findings/analysis and conclusion. The report should also include
pictures that will emphasis more on the main content of your report.
4. Prepare a power point presentation.

Report is due 25th November 2019