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Category Archives: MY OPINION
LESSONS FROM A BUILDING COLLAPSE: WHAT NEEDS TO CHANGE?
In the early morning of June 24, 2021, many of us in Southeast Florida and in the rest of the country waked-up to the news of a tragic partial building collapse in Surfside. A young boy was rescued alive from … Continue reading
Posted in Built Environment, Causality, Characterization of Impacts, Climate Change, Disasters, Emergency Management, Featured, Global Warming, Hazard Assessment, Hazards, MY OPINION, Resilience, Sea Level Rise, Vulnerability Assessment
Tagged Building collapse, Building Recertification, Champlain Tower South, Florida, Florida Office of State Attorney, Grand Jury, Miami-Dade County, National Construction Safety Team, National Institute of Standards and Technology, NIST, Surfide
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BUILDING COLLAPSE IN SURFSIDE, FLORIDA : WHY?
It was before sunrise Thursday 24 June 2021 that my pinging mobile phone, acknowledging text messages coming in, woke me up. Upon checking the headings of these messages alerting me to the partial sudden collapse of the 12-story Champlain Tower … Continue reading
Posted in Causality, Climate Change, Featured, Global Warming, Hazards, MY OPINION, NEWS - NOTICIAS, Sea Level Rise, Storm Surge, Vulnerability Assessment
Tagged Building collapse, Building design, Chloride Corrosion, Climate Change, Coastal region, Florida, global warming, Miami-Dade County, Salt water intrussion, Sea level rise, Structural failure, Surfside
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