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Engineer behind buckled high-rise says crucial reinforcing steel was ‘never installed’

πŸ“° Gothamist πŸ• July 16, 2026 at 5:17 PM
Image of building where columns collapsed

The former Pfizer headquarters building where a pair of structural columns buckled.

Engineer Christopher Behan said reinforcing steel was never installed, despite plans that explicitly called for it. [ more β€Ί ]