There’s a particular kind of horror in disasters caused by something small. Not a bomb, not a huge natural disaster, not overwhelming negligence, but a hasty decision with no follow-up from the ...
NEW ORLEANS — Steel beams supporting the 16th floor of the ill-fated Hard Rock Hotel project in downtown New Orleans were so “grossly underdesigned” that the deadly collapse of the unfinished building ...
Champlain Towers South was poorly designed, even for the 1970s when the plans were originally drawn and codes were less rigorous, according to an analysis of building plans, applicable building codes ...