Lessons Learned From the Collapse of the Metropole Building, Iran, 2022

According to the investigations, the cause of the accident was overloading inside the building and poor quality of building construction. The lessons learned for future accidents include: (1) the periodic inspection of high-rise buildings before, during, and after construction, (2) prevention of systematic corruption in construction projects, (3) dealing decisively with officials and engineers of buildings with poor safety, (4) setting up an incident command system in such incidents, (5) proper management of bystanders, (6) decisive presence of military forces to maintain security in the affected area, (7) assignment of tower construction projects to highly committed organizations, (8) not allowing the presence of politicians on the scene, (9) proper management of the number of relief forces based on the extent of the accident, (10) equipping all provinces with different types of debris removal equipment and rescue dogs, (11) permanent presence of safety managers in high-rise buildings, (12) dealing seriously with the perpetrators of a building collapse accident, and (13) strengthen risk communication on the scene. [...]strict inspections can play a critical role in improving the safety of buildings.