1031 Canal

rdf:langString 1031 Canal

rdf:langString 1031 Canal

rdf:langString Harry Baker Smith Architects II

rdf:langString Multiuse

rdf:langString Mohan Kailas

rdf:langString New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.

rdf:langString Heaslip Engineering, LLC

rdf:langString 1031 Canal was a partially collapsed 190-foot-tall (58 m) multi-use high-rise building in New Orleans, Louisiana, located at 1031 Canal Street in the Central Business District. If completed, the project would have been known as the Hard Rock Hotel New Orleans. After months of controversy, on September 22, 2011, the New Orleans City Council voted 5–2 to approve the necessary height variances with provisions. As proposed the building would have included 300 apartment units, a 500-space parking garage and 40,000 square feet (3,700 m2) of retail space on the first two floors. The project had undergone a lengthy and controversial development process. On October 12, 2019, the under-construction building partially collapsed, resulting in the deaths of three workers and injuring dozens of others. The building was subsequently demolished. Government officials are debating the project's future and the potential culpability of various people and organizations involved. On April 3, 2020, OSHA found that the structural engineer had "failed to adequately design, review or approve steel bolt connections affecting the structural integrity of the building". The engineer has denied wrongdoing and is appealing the findings. Felony charges against three former building inspectors were recommended by the New Orleans Office of Inspector General.