Report on disaster reveals that simple building inspections could have saved lives.
from Salon
"A government investigation into the collapse of the Rana Plaza garment factory in Sava,Bangladesh, found that cheap building materials and a series of other construction-related violations were at fault for the disaster that killed 1,127 people.
"As reported by the Associated Press:
“'The owner used extremely poor quality iron rods and cement,' committee head Khandker Mainuddin Ahmed told The Associated Press a day after submitting the report to the government. 'There were a series of irregularities.'
"The report found that building owner Sohel Rana had permission to build a six-story structure and added two floors illegally so he could rent them out to garment factories. Past statements from authorities said the owner had permission for a five-story structure and added three floors illegally. …"
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