A structural collapse of a building is usually due to multiple causes occurring simultaneously or in sequence. Subsidence, the lowering of a building, either from the ground movement, building movement, or both, can start a failure, or in the worst case, like an earthquake, be the primary cause.
The Champlain Towers South building that collapsed June 24 was indeed subsiding. The rate of subsidence, 1.9 mm per year, was mentioned in a 2020 study Local Land Subsidence in Miami Beach (FL) and Norf…
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