Hurricane Andrew transformed Florida s building codes The Champlain Towers collapse could do the same washingtonpost.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from washingtonpost.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
By Eric Bradner, CNN
A Florida condominium’s deadly collapse could force stunned engineers and architects, homeowners associations and local officials to address questions about whether they’ve done enough to maintain other decades-old buildings and who should foot the bill for more frequent inspections and improvements.
“I don’t think anyone in the structural engineering community saw this type of tragedy coming. I think all of us are reeling from it, and saying, ‘Wow, there is definitely something to be learned here, ” said Anne Cope, the chief engineer for the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety. “This is a moment like Katrina and like Andrew, where we are going to learn something and make changes.”
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Tall mass timber buildings, once a rarity in California, could become the new normal following a change to state building code bizjournals.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from bizjournals.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.