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Two days before condo collapse, a pool contractor photographed this damage in garage
Miami Herald ^ | JUNE 28, 2021 | Y SARAH BLASKEY AND AARON LEIBOWITZ

Posted on 06/28/2021 6:58:21 PM PDT by BenLurkin

The contractor visited the condo building last week to put together a bid for a cosmetic restoration of the pool as well as to price out new pool equipment — a small piece of the multimillion-dollar restoration project that just was getting underway at the 40-year-old building.

In the pool equipment room, located on the south side of the underground garage, the contractor saw another problem — exposed and corroding rebar in the concrete slab overhead. He snapped some pictures and sent them to his supervisor along with a note expressing concern that the job might be a bit more complicated than expected. He worried they would have to remove pool pipes to allow concrete restoration experts access to repair the slabs.

The building caved in two days later, before they had time to complete their bid.


A commercial pool contractor indicated where he saw serious corrosion in the Champlain Towers South pool equipment room in a photo he took two days before the building collapsed. COURTESY

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The location of the deep pool of standing water and cracked concrete and corroded rebar in the garage of Champlain Towers South condo, as pointed out by a pool contractor who toured the property two days before the collapse. EDUARDO ALVAREZ

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TOPICS: Local News
KEYWORDS: collapse; condo; condocollapse; florida; surfside
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To: LibertyWoman

Good question. Unfortunately, at this point the only person the left is going after is DeSantis. I’m sure they’re chomping at the bit to do ANYTHING to keep him from running in 2024, with or without Trump.


21 posted on 06/28/2021 7:34:40 PM PDT by peggybac (My will is what I wanted. God's will is what I got.)
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To: cantfindagoodscreenname
I have not been back since, due to poor relations with the Po Po.

Mostly the "Statees".

And that my job did not require me to go back to that foriegn land.

22 posted on 06/28/2021 7:35:13 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.There )
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To: Responsibility2nd
Especially now that they cannot even find the pool at this point.

Looks like the pool is still there ...

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23 posted on 06/28/2021 7:37:24 PM PDT by Right_in_Virginia ( )
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To: peggybac

That’s a lot of stretching on their part. DeSantis being held liable? Never let a crisis go to waste right? It’s going to be interesting watching the dust settle on this.


24 posted on 06/28/2021 7:39:08 PM PDT by LibertyWoman (Woe to those who call evil good, and good evil... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: BenLurkin
Dade County will be forced to redo its building inspection process which will become adopted by all the Fl counties .
Andrew forced Dade to redo its building construction standards after all those new homes and apartments complex blew into the size of matches .
All FL counties followed their lead .
25 posted on 06/28/2021 7:40:02 PM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists are the real danger )
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To: snarkytart

I agree. I don’t know the ins and outs of inspections but this is bad.

What’s even worse is Biden et al will use this to justify federal infrastructure and higher taxes when this is entirely a local fiasco.


26 posted on 06/28/2021 7:41:27 PM PDT by plain talk
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To: BenLurkin

Anyone wondering what the pool rooms in the sister buildings look like? There are supposedly more buildings just like this one.


27 posted on 06/28/2021 7:43:22 PM PDT by Revel
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To: BenLurkin

Building should have been immediately evacuated with damage like that. I’ve lived in Condos...the garage likely is owned by ALL owners (common area)...


28 posted on 06/28/2021 7:45:09 PM PDT by goodnesswins (The issue is never the issue. The issue is always the revolution." -- Saul Alinksy)
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To: snarkytart

Somewhat unbelievably, per FL state law, condominiums in this category only require a structural inspection every 40-years...

https://www.fox13news.com/video/948111

...this building was currently in the process of that inspection, which apparently can take a year to complete.

More problematically, the association apparently was aware of significant structural problems from 2018 and did nothing to remediate those problems.


29 posted on 06/28/2021 7:45:56 PM PDT by ScubaDiver (Reddit refugee.)
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To: Right_in_Virginia

“Looks like the pool is still there ...”

Yes, There has been lots of talk about the pool since the collapse, but it is quite far from where the damage is. I’m no engineer, but to me it seems hard for it to be the source of the problem.


30 posted on 06/28/2021 7:46:17 PM PDT by Renfrew
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To: Right_in_Virginia

There were probably two pools. Most condos have indoor and outdoor pools.


31 posted on 06/28/2021 7:48:28 PM PDT by al_c (Democrats: Party over Common Sense)
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To: ncalburt

“Dade County will be forced to redo its building inspection process which will become adopted by all the Fl counties .”

Yep. The results of this will be many inspections leading to many expensive repairs. If you own an older condo in Florida expect your bills to go up.


32 posted on 06/28/2021 7:49:20 PM PDT by Renfrew
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To: BenLurkin
There was a security video of the collapse. I noticed in the first second of the collapse a bunch of bright flash's on one floor. Was this from Sparks of electric lines getting shorted or something more ominous
33 posted on 06/28/2021 7:51:49 PM PDT by Nateman (Click on my name to see how America can be saved.)
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To: setter

Better than antisemitic contractors.


34 posted on 06/28/2021 7:53:42 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: LibertyWoman

I read the building is owned by a company and the actual living space is owned by the residents.
All those skyscraper apartments in big city work the same way. A company owns the actual building and the residents own just the interior space.


35 posted on 06/28/2021 7:54:20 PM PDT by setter
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To: Renfrew

“If you own an older condo in Florida expect your bills to go up.’

And your property values to go into free fall for several years.


36 posted on 06/28/2021 7:56:12 PM PDT by Fai Mao (I don't think we have enough telephone poles.)
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To: Renfrew
Yes .
concrete engineers heaven for years .
37 posted on 06/28/2021 7:59:19 PM PDT by ncalburt (Gop DC Globalists are the real danger )
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To: BenLurkin; setter

I must agree with BenLurkin.

I don’t see what a person’s religion has to do with anything.


38 posted on 06/28/2021 8:01:10 PM PDT by proud American in Canada (Fear is a reaction; courage is a decision. Winston Churchill )
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To: Nateman

As the building shattered the power circuits broke and shorted. I saw the video. The flashes happened in a number of places. It was a sickening thing to see. No explanation was necessary.

Later the the video’s of the inside looked like hail falling as the ceilings began to shed particles before the collapse.


39 posted on 06/28/2021 8:01:58 PM PDT by Texas Fossil ((Texas is not where you were born, but a Free State of Heart, Mind & Attitude!))
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To: BenLurkin

Between the lawsuits, blame, recriminations, new inspections, and a ghastly process of farming out the repairs of the entire area to the lowest bidder, they may never recover from what happened. Building on the edge of any waterline is a dicey proposition, at best. The ocean is very unforgiving. I like it as much as the next person, but it’s a predator even in the most benign of settings. Give me a cabin on a mountaintop. I’d rather deal with the bears.


40 posted on 06/28/2021 8:03:12 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Remember, all the world’s a barstool.)
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