From the soils underground to eyes in the sky, the federal probe into the deadly collapse of a Florida condominium building is gaining steam but is far from completion, officials said Monday. The National Institute of Standards and Technology did not provide any firm timetable Monday for results on the cause of the June 24 collapse of the Champlain Towers South building. The disaster killed 98 people in Surfside, Florida, located north of Miami. Public expectations for a swift conclusion are misguided, several members of a NIST construction safety advisory committee said Monday. “Obviously, it’s the very early stages,” said Reginald DesRoches, chair of the committee. “We need to get this right. It’s not something that’s going to happen quickly.” Armed with $22 million in supplemental funding from Congress, NIST has created six separate teams of experts to examine various aspects of the Champlain Towers collapse, said NIST investigation team …
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