Cracks and structural faults appeared and cantilevers began to deflect almost immediately.

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"Most of the ones I looked at had just cracks in the wall--of no structural significance, " he says.

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Worse still is the structural component's shape: notches and sharp corners create concentrations of stress that can initiate cracks.

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