NIST Establishes
Expert Team to Investigate the Champlain Towers South Collapse
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of
Standards and Technology (NIST) announced today the expert team members
who will conduct a technical investigation into the June 24, 2021,
partial collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside,
Florida.
“In response to the tragic events at Champlain Towers South,
an accomplished team of experts has answered the call to help us
determine the likely cause or causes of the partial collapse,” said James
Olthoff, who is performing the nonexclusive functions and duties of the
under secretary of commerce for standards and technology and NIST
director. “I’m confident this team will work tirelessly to understand
what happened in Surfside, and to make recommendations that will improve
the safety of buildings across the United States to ensure a tragedy like
this does not happen again.”
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