The National Institute of Standards and Technology expects to publish a draft report on its investigation in May 2025.

The as-built condition of rebar in slab-column connections did not match the design drawings, NIST investigators say.

Probe of the 2021 Surfside, Fla., condo collapse by federal investigators highlighted apparent problems with the pool deck among the hypotheses they are exploring.

National Institute of Standards and Technology investigators will take hundreds of samples from physical evidence collected at the collapse site in Surfside, Fla.

National Institute of Standards and Technology investigators aim to have a final report, including recommendations for changes to building codes and standards, by the end of 2024. 

The new statewide inspection requirement applies to all condominium buildings three stories or taller.

Bill introduced in response to Champlain Towers condo collapse snarls despite general agreement on inspection requirements.

Last year marked two milestones for forensic structural engineer Donald O. Dusenberry. He retired from Simpson Gumpertz & Heger Inc. after 45 years and he celebrated the completion of the draft of the nation’s first building standard on disproportionate collapse mitigation. 

Four months after the tragic collapse of a wing of the 12-story Champlain Towers South residential condominium in Surfside, Fla., the Miami-Dade police gave private forensic investigators access to the site, but for measurements only.