Surfside condo collapse and the science of concrete (video) (IMAGE)

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Surfside condo collapse and the science of concrete (video)

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Concrete buildings don’t just collapse out of the blue. Even earthquakes aren’t supposed to bring them down. So why did the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside, Florida — a modern structure built in 1981 — fail? https://youtu.be/4Nr3w1BQE18

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