Berkeley Balcony Collapse Update: Engineer Finds No Design Defect; Collapse May Have Been Due to Water Damaged Beams

An independent engineer says that design of an apartment complex balcony near UC Berkeley that collapsed last week, killing six college students — including five visiting from Ireland — had no obvious defects and was not overloaded, according to a news report. The civil and structural engineer, who has no ties to the investigation, inspected…