hat
Pwen echèk la toujou menm kote - mi ak beton yo pa mare byen nan kolòn yo-- sa se yon twati siman ki pandye sou bò kay la - eskriti kite sipòte yon sèl kote, eskriti ki pa te simetrik, ki souke trè vyolan epi ki tonbe, move materyèl konstriksyon, pa ase siman, pa ase konpresyon nan blòk yo, fè reyanfòsman ki te two lis, fè reyanfòsman ki te ekspoze nan move tan epi ki rouye.
eng
The failure points were the same: walls and slabs not tied properly into columns -- that's a roof slab hanging off the building -- cantilevered structures, or structures that were asymmetric, that shook violently and came down, poor building materials, not enough concrete, not enough compression in the blocks, rebar that was smooth, rebar that was exposed to the weather and had rusted away.