Revelations in DCI Investigation of Fatal Davenport Building Collapse - Radio Iowa

Revelations in DCI investigation of fatal Davenport building collapse - Radio Iowa

Documents from the state investigation of a Davenport apartment building’s partial collapse two years ago reveal the building’s owner was buying steel reinforcements at a Bettendorf business when the building collapsed. Three people were killed when the six-story brick building collapsed. Iowa Division of Criminal Investigation records show on the day of the collapse, the […]

Davenport building collapse investigation reveals years of ignored warnings and regulatory breakdown

After the Scott County Attorney stonewalled its release, the public can finally read the state’s investigation into the deadly collapse of the Davenport Hotel. Inside: cash workers, altered reports, and a runaway landlord. Andrew Wold stood in a metal fabrication shop off State Street in Bettendorf, Iowa. It was the last Sunday of a hot May in 2023. And he was showing pictures of a problem he was having at a six-story brick building he owned in …