But, it was a challenge, Ms. Singhvi said, to understand the architectural drawings without interviewing the original designers. So she and Mr. Baker spoke with experts including structural engineers, architects, geotechnical specialists, professors, lawyers and contractors, who answered questions about what the journalists were discovering and helped confirm they were reading the plans accurately. — The New York Times
The Times' 3D reconstruction of the collapse was very popular online as journalists and investigators dig over records of the original 1981 building by the now infamous William Friedman, who died in 2018.
"Being able to read the design drawings helps enormously,” graphics editor Mika Grondal, who trained as an architect, said. June 24th's collapse killed 98 people in total. The site is already being listed for sale, although a local judge has insisted the proceeds should go exclusively to the victims' families.
Digitizing old architectural plans into BIM or CAD software can be fairly time-consuming. The Times has more on its innovative new tool here.
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