Champlain Towers South - WJE Collapse Investigation

Description

In the early morning of June 24, 2021, the eastern half of the 12-story Champlain Towers South Condominium collapsed, killing 98 residents of the 40-year-old building in Surfside, Florida. WJE was retained by attorneys representing the condominium association to determine the cause of the collapse and provide litigation support. Based on document review, field investigation, material testing, and analysis, we determined that the collapse was initiated by punching shear failures in the pool deck slab, which failed columns at the south face of the building, leading to the collapse.

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Contributors

Matthew Fadden, Ph.D., P.E.

Matthew Fadden joined WJE in 2018 and is an Associate Principal in their South Florida Office. He earned his BS in Civil Engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2007), and MS and PhD from the University of Michigan (2008,2013). Before joining WJE, Dr. Fadden was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil, Environmental, and Architectural Engineering at the University of Kansas. His primary areas of expertise include evaluating, analyzing, and designing steel and reinforced concrete structures. In addition, his project experience includes failure investigations, structural repair and retrofit, high-fidelity finite element modeling, and full-scale experimental testing. Dr. Fadden is a member of the American Institute of Steel Construction Committee on Specifications Task Committee 4 – Member Design.

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Contributors

Matthew Fadden, Ph.D., P.E.