As snow accumulates off on and on this winter, farm building safety and maintenance are integral in preventing total roof collapse. David Bohnhoff, professional engineer and emeritus professor of Structural, Building Construction Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says the key causes of agricultural buildings collapsing during the winter aren’t necessarily due to the snow, but a failure in the structure’s engineering. The snow is just the tipping point of what can create a domino effect of things going wrong. 

As snow accumulates off on and on this winter, farm building safety and maintenance are integral in preventing total roof collapse. David Bohnhoff, professional engineer and emeritus professor of Structural, Building Construction Engineering at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, says the key causes of agricultural buildings collapsing during the winter aren’t necessarily due to the snow, but a failure in the structure’s engineering. The snow is just the tipping point of what can create a domino effect of things going wrong.

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