The National Institute of Standards and Technology has added a remote sensing and visualization project to its roster of queries into the June 24 partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South residential condominium in Surfside, Florida, which killed 98 people.
The implosion consultant observed notable differences between the structure as built and one set of 1979 building plans provided by Surfside, Florida, officials.
Rescuers continue victim search with no survivors found since early June 24 and new estimate of 159 people unaccounted for, as investigators seek a cause for the partial collapse of the 12-story beachfront building in Surfside, Fla., north of Miami Beach. White House declares emergency at the site with FEMA to coordinate federal aid.
The founder and chairman of global real estate firm Hines died August 23 at age 95. The visionary developer received a Lifetime Achievement Award from RECORD in 2013 for his patronage of architecture.
Construction could begin in mid-November on the estimated $100-million fix for San Francisco's 645-ft-tall Millennium Tower, which has settled more than 17 in. since its completion in 2009.
