joining us now on the phone as accurate as using a many, he's the director of the florida international university school of construction. we can't see him right now, but he is actually sending next to this collapse building in miami doctor is using the meaning, i'm going to start with what is perhaps the most obvious question. how could something like this happen? this is the one of those, you know, accident that happens. we do not know exactly what the cause or cause of this is a day number 3. so more information is becoming available. but it's gonna take probably months, maybe yes, to put the pieces together. and so i, so i didn't find the main cause or cause at this point, you know, you have lots of information becoming available by all probably what the investigators onset them, that they're thinking, all those into our accounts. but you said it right now it's, it's pretty much what to say that exactly what the cause of cause. and we heard in the report just now that engineers raised concerns about major structural damages on the building years ago. does that mean in your opinion, that the collapse

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while joining us now on the phone as audra as is in many, he's the director of the florida international university school of construction. we can't see him right now, but he is actually standing next to this collapse. building in miami doctor is using the meaning, i'm going to start with what is perhaps the most obvious question. how could something like this happen? this is the one of those, you know, accident that happens. we do not know exactly what the cause or cause of this is a day number 3. so morning formation is becoming available. but it's gonna take probably a month, maybe. yes. to put the pieces together. so identify the main cause or cause at this point, you know, the information becoming available by all probably what the investigators onset then picking all those into our accounts. but you said it right now it's, it's pretty much what to say that the, exactly what the cause of cause. we heard in the report just now that engineers raised concerns about major structural damages on the building years ago. does that mean in your opinion, that the collapse could have been prevented? that's one

he's the director of the florida international university school of construction. we can't see him right now, but he is actually sending next to this collapse. building in miami doctor is using the meaning. i'm going to start with what is perhaps the most obvious question. how could something like this happen? this is the one of those, you know, accident that happens. the do not know exactly what the cause or causes of. this is a day number 3. so morning formation is becoming available. but it's gonna take probably months, maybe yes, to put the pieces together. and so i, so i didn't find the main cause or cause at this point, you know, we have lots of information becoming available by all probably what the investigators on setting up their thinking, all those into our accounts. but if it is right now it's, it's pretty much what to say that exactly what the cause of cause. we heard in the report just now that engineers raised concerns about major structural damages on the building years ago. does that mean in your opinion, that the collapse could have been prevented

. >>> we have the director of florida international university's school of construction, infrastructureowledge and experience with things like this how could this have happened >> it's a very rare accident this kind of collapse doesn't take place unfortunately, the way engineering and science has advanced, it's true events, tragic events teaches us lessons, we learn from it, and modify the code, we modify the procedure we use to design, construct our buildings. >> you know, you walk around these streets and you'll hear a theory on every corner everyone who lives here, there was a construction nest door what's yours >> it's natural. the first question that came to my mind is what caused this? what is the reason could it have been prevented what should i have done anything different? should i do anything different in the future? >> the difference comes in as structural engineers, the way i get an answer to that question, i need to collect all the pieces of the information that's possible to collect -- >>ur you just can't know yet. >> it's very premature maybe somebody talk about the settl

"outfront" now, the director of florida international university's law school of construction, infrastructuretainability. he's a specialist in high rises. in other words, professor, this is what you know. have you ever seen anything like this just happen before? >> you know, erin, this is a very rare kind of event that tykes place. these kind of collapses don't take place just every day. and so i have seen some collapses, the collapse of the building in oklahoma city comes to mind. but in this case, i think there is a number of factors that could have contributed to this collapse. and it's going to take some time. i know there's a natural tendency that people want to find out the exact cause of the collapse right away. but the way the structural engineer approaches these types of problems is we collect all the data, and we have the tools and the knowledge that we can simulate these scenarios in the computer and pinpoint exactly what caused the collapse. >> so i understand completely what you're saying, but of course, you're looking at high rise buildings all around this, and the mayor just to

he's the director of the florida international university school of construction. we can see him right now, but he is actually sending next to this collapse. building in miami doctor is using the meaning i'm going to start with what is perhaps the most obvious.