The National Institute of Standards and Technology’s (NIST’s) National Construction Safety Team (NCST) has released a 90-minute video update about its investigation into the June 2021 partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida. The update reviews the investigation’s history and progress, shares preliminary findings, and highlights potential impacts that this complex investigation could have on building codes and standards. The video discusses hypotheses about the cause of the 2021 incident, an updated timeline of the collapse, and implications for the future.
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