When it comes to inspecting old struc-tures that may be damaged by water and salts, an engineer can rarely rely on visual inspection to provide enough information to justify a declaration that a building is structurally sound. But that is exactly what the engineer appears to have done twice in four years before a collapse at a two-story shopping mall and rooftop parking deck in Ontario. The second inspection was made two months prior to a June 23 failure that sent slabs crashing down in a section of the mall, killing Doloris Periz-zolo, 74, and Lucie Aylwin, 37.
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