NIST pinpoints early column failures weeks before Surfside collapse
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Federal investigators found that Champlain Towers South’s collapse was preceded by a three-week period of progressive failures: cracks grew as the pool-deck garage columns failed and weight was redistributed to weaker adjacent slabs, ultimately causing part of the 12‑story building to fall in June 2021, killing 98 people.
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