The state of Florida should consider requiring high-rise buildings near the coast to undergo safety inspections every 20 years, according to a coalition of engineers and architects that formed after a Miami-area condominium collapsed in June, killing 98 people.
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Owners of units in a Florida oceanfront condo building that collapsed with deadly consequences were just days away from a deadline to start making steep payments toward more than $9 million in major repairs that had been recommended nearly three years earlier.
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Read More »Three workers were killed Monday when a stairwell collapsed inside a high-rise building under construction in Houston, according to fire department officials.
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A fire broke out Monday amid the wreckage of the Hard Rock Hotel construction project that partially collapsed last year in New Orleans and was put out by mid-afternoon. No injuries were reported.
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A coroner's office has identified the worker found dead after he had been missing more than a day in an Ohio building that partially collapsed.
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One person remains missing and four were injured in Cincinnati after part of a building under construction collapsed Monday.
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Read More »Owners of a New Orleans hotel that partly collapsed during construction said Tuesday they are planning to implode the remaining floors.
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Rescue crews on Sunday searched for a worker missing in the partial collapse of a New Orleans hotel that was under construction, their work proceeding cautiously amid fears about the stability of the structure, authorities said.
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Read More »Six construction workers were hurt when a second-story concrete floor collapsed on a building project in Mukwonago on Wednesday morning.
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When a building collapses killing hundreds – or thousands – of people, there are many reasons for pause. The loss of so much life is undoubtedly a catastrophe. Beyond that, a big building collapse raises many important engineering questions.
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