![]() ![]() The documents also indicate that repairs were estimated to reach at least $9 million. One email indicated the condominium association's then vice president sent the report that included information about the slab and the damaged concrete to a town building official as early as Nov. Surfside released additional documents and emails to the town website late Saturday afternoon. "The problem obviously is the report is three years old and nothing was done until, you know, recently," Levy said. The wider issue is how long it took to begin addressing the report. The damage outlined in that report indicates "the problem is at the bottom of the building," said Matthys Levy, an engineering professor at Columbia University who wrote "Why Buildings Fall Down: How Structures Fail." ![]() ![]() "There were probably similar water problems elsewhere.” “It looks like (inspectors) may not have been able to examine structural elements in other parts of the building," Schlesinger said. The problems outlined in that report could indicate there were other unseen problems, said Gregg Schlesinger, a Fort Lauderdale general contractor and attorney who has handled lawsuits based on construction defects. The pool remained largely intact after the collapse. The author warned that the design was faulty, replacement would be complicated, and called it a "systemic issue." Areas underneath planters and pools were specifically mentioned in the report. One warned of failed waterproofing causing "major structural damage" on a concrete slab over a garage and said "Failure to replace the waterproofing in the near future will cause the extent of the concrete damage to expand exponentially." 8, 2018, included pages of recommended repairs. The town of Surfside, Florida, released the documents including an "unverified" 40-year inspection report that had been received 16 hours after the building's catastrophic failure.Ī letter to the condominium association's treasurer on Oct. Watch Video: Florida building collapse: Possible reasons explained by expertsĮngineers noted design flaws and failing waterproofing that would lead to "exponential damage" about 990 days before much of the Champlain Towers South condominium complex collapsed, documents released late Friday night show. ![]()
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