A Miami Herald report, based on interviews with engineers and construction experts, has pinned the cause of the Surfside condo collapse on multiple, extensive structural flaws that existed in the building for 40 years
Twisted pieces of metal bars and concrete blocks are seen in the area of land where the partially collapsed Champlain Towers South building was located in Surfside, Florida. Photo: Giorgio Viera/AFP via Getty Images For over a month, crews worked to recover survivors and then the dead from the collapsed Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida. The 98th and final victim was identified only two weeks ago.
“Flawed from day one” reads the report, which highlights problems in the original plans that forced the builders to make decisions on the fly that would have compromised the structure.
“The deck — which sat on skinny columns to maximize parking space below — was barely designed with enough strength to support a pool party, much less the layers of pavers and standing water that loaded it down over the decades,” the report says.
Building codes have become much more stringent in the past four decades, the report notes, requiring stronger steel reinforcement and concrete less susceptible to salt-water intrusion, meaning newer buildings are unlikely to have these issues. But the collapse may trigger a wave of reform in the way buildings from the same era are inspected and repaired. Some Miami engineers recently told Curbed they have been evaluating 30 to 50 properties per week lately.
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