Wow hooper, your first post is really ignorant. An architect's job is to design a building able to withstand various different elements. Richard has designed several steel structure buildings in his 20+ years as a architect. He knows his area of expertise pretty damn well.

Definition of a conspiracy theorist appears to be: Anyone that disagrees with what the government or media says.

Originally posted by deadmessiah
Wow hooper, your first post is really ignorant. An architect's job is to design a building able to withstand various different elements. Richard has designed several steel structure buildings in his 20+ years as a architect.

Umm .... no he hasn’t. A licensed SE designed those buildings. Don’t believe me, look at the structural drawings labeled certified for construction and tell me whose stamp is on it.

Originally posted by Myendica
worst arguement hoop. 1st, did u even watch?

No he didn't watch the video. The video is 15 minutes and he posted only 4 minutes after the thread was created. People like "hooper" aren't here to debate the facts, or even debate at all. They're here to troll, demean, and attack. And this BS is still allowed here against all the rules of this forum and the T & C's.

"Richard Gage, AIA, is a San Francisco Bay Area architect and a member of the American Institute of Architects. He has been an architect for over 23 years and has worked on most types of building construction, including numerous fire-proofed, steel-framed buildings. Most recently, he worked on the construction documents for a $400M mixed-use urban project with 1.2 million square feet of retail, a parking structure, and 320,000 square feet of mid-rise office space—altogether with about 1,200 tons of steel framing."

I think he knows something about steel structures, wouldn't you say? I misspoke about him "designing" the buildings although, he would have to know the designs as he worked on them, but you're not concerned about that really. What about the other 1500+ architects and engineers? Are they're all crackpots too?

I suppose you prefer to believe the NIST report, you know, the ones that claimed there was no explosive residue in the rubble, but then later had to admit they never tested for it. lol

Nope, nope.....hey men, it was all obviously planned well in advance. on many levels
it just takes common sense....quit your saying "an architect"....WTC7 was pulled.

Originally posted by SirMike
Correction, architects design aesthetics, it’s the licensed structural engineers who figure out how to make it work.

That is not true. An architect has to design every part of a building, including everything from materials used to the safety features. They have to know building design inside and out (no pun). So yes they had better know if a building can collapse, and how.

A structural engineer works from the plans provided by the architect. A SE can also design structures of course, but they usually design features that are incorporated into designs by the architect. Or the architect can consult an SE to see if something they want will work if it's not already established.

I have yet to debate one of you OSers who has any clue about construction, engineering, or physics. You are all arguing from assumptions, and misinformation you grasp at because it seems to your layman mind to make sense. Well there was a time when a lot of people thought the world being flat made sense.

Originally posted by deadmessiah
"Richard Gage, AIA, is a San Francisco Bay Area architect and a member of the American Institute of Architects. He has been an architect for over 23 years and has worked on most types of building construction, including numerous fire-proofed, steel-framed buildings. Most recently, he worked on the construction documents for a $400M mixed-use urban project with 1.2 million square feet of retail, a parking structure, and 320,000 square feet of mid-rise office space—altogether with about 1,200 tons of steel framing."

The problem with Richard Gage and his buddies is that this 9/11 business is an ALL OR NOTHING problem. There is no middle ground. But if it is all or nothing nearly all of the engineers should be on one side.

How is it that they are not after TEN YEARS? How can Gage and his buddies be a minority if he is correct? But what does it say about all of the other architects and engineers if Gage is right? Gage looked at me like I had grown a second head when I asked him about the steel distribution in 2008.

His presentation is such that he wants people to BELIEVE because of his credential not UNDERSTAND because he did a decent job of explaining the simple physics. Because if he does the latter then he paints all professionals that do not agree as fools or liars.

How can a simple Newtonian Physics problem not be solved in TEN YEARS by the nation that put men on the Moon?

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