이수곤 서울시립대 토목공학과 교수는 “10일 전 균열이 발견됐을 때 빨리 보강공사를 했으면 사고를 막을 수 있었는데 균열이 난 곳에 빗물까지 스며들어 붕괴를 더 촉진시켰다”고 분석했다.
"When a crack was discovered 10 days ago, the accident could have been prevented if it had been reinforced quickly, but even rainwater permeated where the crack was broken, further facilitating its collapse," said Lee Soo-gon, a civil engineering professor at the University of Seoul.