A preliminary report into the building collapse in Verulam on Friday shows plans were not approved and indications of substandard construction material and protocols.

PRELIMINARY findings reveal that substandard materials and illegal construction practices led to the four storey building collapse at the New Ahobilam Temple of Protection, in Redcliffe last Friday.

Federal investigators with the National Institute of Standards and Technology say the June 24, 2021, collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla., likely began at a slab-column connection in ...

Experts told The New York Times that video of the Florida condo collapse suggested a problem near the bottom of the building could have caused the deadly disaster.

The provincial government said it was busy with legal proceedings against the building's owners at the time of the collapse.