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I realise it sometimes takes a while to actually write, check and submit the report, but if there was any genuine concern over the safety of the structure then the surveyor should have flagged that immediately after the inspection. As it is I'm not sure what they mean by "On Friday, the...

I should probably be clear at this point (just to explain why I feel so strongly about this) that I am a civil engineer, albeit in bridges rather than buildings. Ultimately the engineers job is to make sure that shit doesn't happen. There will be a reason why this building fell down, it might...

That's not really what "shit happens" means though is it? This building was built in America in the 80s, it should have been designed to a proper design code, by somebody who knew what they were doing. The design should have been checked, and it should have been built by a competent...

I don't think anybody on this thread so far has made any claims as to what exactly caused the collapse. Unless you include the guy mentioning random twitter rumours.

Past the first few months the strengthening effect levels off substantially, to be pretty much ignorable. There's all sorts of chemical reactions or problems with the reinforcement that can cause the concrete to crumble, soften or break off entirely, which is why it's important that the right...

If there's enough spalling and corrosion to have caused collapse, that's not shit happening, it's a colossal failure on the part of whichever organisation was responsible for the building. The deterioration should have been picked up much earlier, or failing that should have resulted in the...