Abstract
A first floor resident of a seven-story multiple dwelling building complex, seated at his kitchen table, glanced out of the adjacent window at the moment the landscaped courtyard collapsed in a cloud of dust and escaping steam. It was early twilight on Christmas day. On its 1 I PM news broadcast, the local television network affiliate aired the story along with a press conference with a municipal building official. On the evening of the following day, the president of the Cooperative Board of Directors requested the writer to conduct a forensic engineering investigation to determine the cause of the collapse. At approximately the same time, the sponsor of the cooperative, acting independently, engaged a contractor to shore the surviving structure and to remove the debris from the collapse site.
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