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Collapse one potential mode of failure is so-called punching failure. in which the slab punches through the columns and potentially progress from there. the other thing that we know about the building is that in the pool area, the pool deck, the 2018 report identified some damage that were in need of repairs. we also know in addition to what -- >> professor, can i cut you off for a second? i just want to get your take on the sequencing because i think it's important and new. if the pool and garage collapsed first, what does that explain to you? what does that indicate to you about the sequenci...

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>> well, it is, but it doesn't explain anything, really, because the fact is what we see here is what engineers consider classic example of punching failure, in which the concrete just punched through the slab. you build the column through the bottom of the slab, then you pour the concrete slab and continue the next area. so the slab continues across the column. it shouldn't break the way you see here. this is a punching failure, and the rebar, the steel bars, are supposed to prevent that or at least presume resistance of that. but the oddity here is that a structural engineer could do a quick...