A 2018 structural field survey report sheds light on the likely condition of the building at the time of the collapse, but says no repairs had been started as of June 2020.

Rescuers continue victim search at Champlain Towers site as investigators seek a cause for partial collapse of 12-story building in Surfside, Fla.

As efforts advance to finally demolish the partially collapsed Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans, two city building inspectors have been suspended for failing to properly inspect the site last summer.

The council created a special committee to look at the causes of the collapse over the protest of the city's mayor.

Forensic engineer brings a level head and reassuring competence to a dangerous New Orleans building collapse site

After delays that threatened to push the project into 2021, the City of New Orleans announced on Jan. 17 that the partially collapsed structure of the unfinished, 18-story Hard Rock Hotel will be brought down in a controlled demolition in late March, under a new plan to be submitted by demolition contractor D.H. Griffin Cos.

Developers disagreed with a city assessment that they were pushing back the demolition date.

When the under-construction Hard Rock Hotel in New Orleans partially collapsed on Oct. 12, the initial response was one of search and rescue, as well as a dramatic effort to secure the site that led to the controlled demolition of two tower cranes.