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Owner of collapsed Iowa building that killed 3 people files lawsuit blaming engineering company | 2023-09-06 00:07:36

Andrew Wold, who owns the Davenport, Iowa, apartment building that partially collapsed in May, has sued an engineering company for allegedly failing to warn of the impending disaster.

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The owner at the center of multiple lawsuits over the collapsed apartment building in Davenport has filed suit against the engineering firm that inspected the building.

Andrew Wold, whose Davenport Hotel LLC owned the apartment building at 324 Main St., is accusing Select Structural Engineering, a company that inspected the building in the months before the collapse, of negligence and breach of contract.

324 Main St. owner Andrew Wold has filed a suit against Select Structural Engineering, the firm that inspected the building in the months leading up to the collapse.

Plaintiffs in one of the lawsuits filed in the May partial collapse of a Davenport building argue water leaks and the placement of an HVAC unit on the roof led to the building’s west wall falling.

Multiple blunt force injuries with mechanical asphyxia caused deaths in Davenport collapse, state says.

Multiple blunt force injuries with mechanical asphyxia caused deaths in Davenport collapse, state says.