Tag: NIST

SURFSIDE — The collapse of Champlain Towers South did not happen suddenly in the early morning hours of June 24, 2021.According to a final report released Monday by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), structural failures that ultimately led to the deadly disaster began developing weeks before the 12-story condominium tower collapsed, killing 98 people in one of the deadliest building failures in modern American history.Federal investigators concluded that two critical connections between garage columns and the pool deck began failing in early June 2021. As those...