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Dates: during 1986-1986
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...most important steps in dealing with a disaster is investigating its causes. When the fifth floor of a high-rise office tower under construction in Los Angeles collapsed last December, killing three people, the general contractor, San Francisco-based Swinerton & Walberg, was besieged. Recalls Bill Van Leuven, Swinerton's manager of business development: "People were banging on our doors. We didn't know where to turn. No one was prepared to address the problem." The company hired Lexicon Communications, which organized a team of safety engineers and Swinerton executives to assess the possible causes of the collapse...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coping with Catastrophe | 2/24/1986 | See Source »

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