The Champlain Towers Collapse: Professional & Legal Implications for Design Firms

Does the Champlain Towers collapse from 2021 still keep you up at night? Do you fully understand your duty to warn as a design professional?

In this webinar by Bruce N. Furukawa — an industry legal expert with 30+ years of experience and founding partner of Furukawa Castles LLP — we break down exactly what happened the day of the building collapse in Surfside, Florida, identify the issues that led to the disaster and discuss the professional and legal implications for design professionals. 

Learning objectives 

• Examine the timeline of the events on the day of the Champlain Towers collapse
• Identify the issues from the preliminary forensic analysis of the building’s design, construction and maintenance history that needed to be evaluated leading up to and including the collapse
• Understand the professional responsibility of design professionals, inspection authorities having jurisdiction, contractors and building owners and operators in the design, construction, inspection and maintenance of buildings
• Discuss the Champlain Towers collapse and past building disasters to understand a design professional’s duty to warn of issues