Florida condo collapse – searching for answers about what went wrong in Surfside can improve building regulation
- Written by: Norb Delatte, M.R. Lohmann Professor of Engineering and the Head of the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Oklahoma State University
The collapse of Champlain Towers is one of the worst building failures in recent memory.AP Photo/Wilfredo LeeThe collapse of a huge condominium building near Miami, Florida was shocking news to wake up to on the morning of June 24, 2021. It is one of the worst building collapses in recent U.S. history.
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