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Did Champlain Towers fail to address issues raised in a 2018 Engineering report? As we wrote yesterday, buildings don’t just collapse, and when they do, it is usually the result of an engineering mistake, a construction defect, or an inspection mistake. In a 2018 report an engineer flagged a “major error” dating back to the […]
The Champlain towers condominium collapsed at 2 am on Thursday morning. How could a 12 story ocean front condo collapse in the middle of the night? The truth is, we don’t know yet. We will find out what went bad. We will find out who failed to notice a crack in a piling, who failed […]
The good news is the Miami and South Florida construction industry is booming. The bad news is all that construction activity often leads to more construction accidents. To that end, just a few weeks ago 6 workers were injured after being hit by falling rebar in Brickell. The construction industry is one of the most […]
Construction can be a very dangerous career, with the injury (and death) toll being very high due to accidents in the field. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration requires all injuries, above simple first aid, to be reported. The U.S Department of Labor and the Bureau of Labor Statistics […]