The years-long investigation into that killed 98 people has laid the blame on faulty support columns in the tenant garage and adjoining pool deck. Federal investigators with the National Institute of Standards and Technology said this week that tests show some of the steel-reinforced concrete columns in the doomed condo were half the strength they should have been. They have concluded that many of the columns in the doomed Champlain Towers South building were not up to scratch even in 1980 - the year the 12-story tower was built.
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