Stability of the tower

[j0be]

Also, in an apartment building, they are (generally) designed to be structurally sound even if there are structural problems on a given section. However, there can be other things that can happen if they had sealed off the lower floors like the other tower had. If that had occurred, there would have been much more damage that happened due to the explosions.

[Dino_Does_Zombies]

The way I see it in my head, the tower becomes safer with all the debri blocking the pathways into the tower. After re-listening to chapter 12, it appears as if the mallers brought in the fire truck for a number of reasons: 1) different attack strategy 2) pathways are blocked and so on..."Why make it better, when we can make it worse"

Then again I could be wrong. However, I do agree that the pipe bombs appear to have done superficial damage, rather than structural damage.

[Bulldog711]

First off....... A pipe bomb most likely did little to no structural damage. Why? A pipe bomb is designed to emitt a multitude of hard particles across an area rather than displace matter in a localized zone (blast a hole in the ground). The fire would have caused the most damage but as we recently found out Burt and Co have sealed up the exposed floors and placed traps in the vunerable areas. So I would imagine the tower is very stable and still a great place to hold up shop!

[nikvoodoo]

First off....... A pipe bomb most likely did little to no structural damage. Why? A pipe bomb is designed to emitt a multitude of hard particles across an area rather than displace matter in a localized zone (blast a hole in the ground). The fire would have caused the most damage but as we recently found out Burt and Co have sealed up the exposed floors and placed traps in the vunerable areas. So I would imagine the tower is very stable and still a great place to hold up shop!

Depending on the pipe bomb. Yes, most damage can be done by projectiles, but if the Mallers made their mix right, the concussive blast from a pipe bomb can be just as deadly (and potentially) harmful to the Tower's integrity. That being said, I still don't think enough damage was done to the Tower to say it's structurally unsound.

[Eviebae]

If the tower has been blown up by pipe bombs and set fire to shouldnt this thing be just crumbling?

Like the Battlestar Galactica, it won't fail until it's time for that plot point. :P

Actually, I thought about this, more about the fire though since I think fire might be able to damage the structural integrity of steel girders.

I've also been wondering about earthquakes, as in what if one happened.