BELLEVUE - A flawed engineering design caused a Bellevue tower crane to collapse and kill one person in November, state officials said Friday.

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The previous work had included building part of an underground parking garage, which was abandoned. An earlier tower crane had been erected for that work but removed in 2003.

Over the next week, state inspectors will visit the 13 other construction sites in Bellevue that have tower cranes, said Elaine Fischer, spokeswoman for the state Department of Labor and Industries.

A flawed engineering design that resulted in a base that was designed to withstand only about 25 percent of the pressure the 210-foot crane actually required was the cause, L&I determined.

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