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Tropicana Site Inspected Before Collapse

ATLANTIC CITY, New Jersey – As reported by the Associated Press: "The deadly Oct. 30 collapse of a parking garage under construction at the Tropicana Casino and Resort occurred less than an hour after a city building inspector examined the site of a concrete pour and found nothing awry, according to city records obtained under Freedom of Information laws.

"Anthony Cox, 38, spent about 90 minutes inspecting the form work, the steel reinforcements in the rebar concrete and other preparations for the pour on 'P-8,' the eighth parking level of what was to be a 10-story parking garage.

"…The city's chief construction official, Steve Frame, called Cox -- a carpenter by trade licensed by the state as an inspector for high hazard structures -- a 'well-seasoned veteran' of the construction trades.

"…Cox found nothing amiss, according to Frame, who said the cause of the collapse may have been in another part of the building.

"…Cox did not inspect the entire building, which had been the subject of dozens of previous city inspections throughout the building process…"

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