If the Hyatt walkway had been built as it was designed, I'm sure it would have worked fine. But was it realistic to build it as designed? The design called for something like 12 meters (12m is my estimate from it needing to span the 2nd to 4th floor) of continuously threaded rod. Is cutting 12 meters of continuous thread on one rod a realistic design? This is a real question, I don't know the answer but this seems suspect to me. Wikipedia says the reason the construction company changed the design is because they would have to screw the bolts past several meters of thread per rod and they thought such long sections of threading would be subject to damage during construction.
Obviously their "solution" was lethal. But the original presumably safe design seems impractical at best.
Obviously their "solution" was lethal. But the original presumably safe design seems impractical at best.