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Possible Failure Point Emerges in Miami Building Collapse Some engineers looking at the failure of a 13-story condo tower in Florida said the collapse appeared to have begun somewhere near the bottom of the building. Video Video annotated by The New York Times describes the stages of a deadly building collapse in Surfside, Fla., on Thursday. The video, which captures the southern side of the building, appears to be a recording of a screen playing the surveillance footage.CreditCredit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times June 27, 2021Updated 9:10 p.m. ET The investigation into what may be the dead...

Engineers could be missing out on vital knowledge as a result of the lack of an investigation body to carry out forensic analysis of road bridge collapses in the UK. The gap in the UK’s regulatory line-up was raised by independent bridge consultant Richard Fish during an evening lecture hosted by the Institution of Structural Engineers last week but the need for such a body has been supported by other leaders in the bridges sector. “Every bridge collapse needs a forensic investigation to understand the causes and then we need to get that knowledge shared,” said Fish, but he believes tha...