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NIST details 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse cause

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The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has released its technical findings on the cause of the 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse. The investigation concluded that the failure began in early June 2021 with two connections between garage columns and the pool deck. Over the following weeks, these initial failures led to a redistribution of loads, causing a catastrophic collapse on June 24, 2021, which resulted in 98 fatalities. NIST identified two primary factors contributing to the narrow margins against failure: deviations from the original structural design and limitations in the codes and standards of the time, compounded by construction errors. AI

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  1. NIST News TIER_1 English(EN) · Sarah Henderson ·

    NIST Releases Technical Findings on What Caused the 2021 Partial Collapse of Champlain Towers South

    In an investigation that began just days after the tragedy, the team examined two dozen possible scenarios for where and why the collapse started.

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