AEI Discussion

A partial answer to my post can be found in the July 1, 2026, issue of Structure. "Structural Building Codes and Standards Developers Respond to Champlain Towers South Collapse" https://www.structuremag.org/article/structural-building-codes-and-standards-developers-respond-to-champlain-towers-south-collapse/ ...

I agree. My experience as a Civil Engineer and Court-Appointed Engineering Expert has shown how critical proper geotechnical investigation and foundation design are. I investigated a building that ultimately had to be demolished due to severe differential ...

Medium structure foundation is flexible with some settlement and the structure will stand straight and won't tilted. But if you strengthens the with RCC for individual footings and strip mat the building may tilted due to unequal settle ment if not found ...

Changes have been made based on the preliminary findings. I'm hoping expert members of this community can help summarize and also speak to what else might be done. ------------------------------ Mitch Winkler P.E.(inactive), M.ASCE Houston, TX --- ...

The written report is still being compiled according to the NIST video release. ------------------------------ Tony Shelton M.ASCE Murphy TX ------------------------------