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Grand-jury report on Surfside condo collapse calls for 10-year inspection cycles

Grand-jury report on Surfside condo collapse calls for 10-year inspection cycles

  • Written by Andy Castillo / American City & County
  • 22nd December 2021

Around 1:30 a.m. on the morning of June 21, a large section of the 12-story Champlain Towers South condominium building in Surfside, Florida collapsed. All but one person sleeping inside the 136-unit building—renters, owners, visitors, family and friends—perished.  

“Except for a 14-year-old child, who was discovered near the top of the two-story tall pile of rubble, first responders were not successful in rescuing any survivors. They recovered and identified remains for 98 known persons who died in this tragic event,” reads a recently published “Final Report of the Miami-Dade County Grand Jury” about the condo’s collapse.

While the cause of the building’s collapse hasn’t yet been officially determined by the National Institiute of Standards and Technology, a known contributing factor is degradation of reinforced structural supports due to long-term water penetration. The problem was reported in 2018 and noted to have substantially worsened a month before the collapse.  

A $15 million repair program had been approved, but work hadn’t yet begun. 

The grand jury report, published Dec. 15, has sweeping implications for local governments as it calls for stricter inspection requirements, a greatly reduced inspection timeline and includes 40 policy recommendations ranging from education requirements for officials to reporting mandates.  

While the report’s scope is focused on the South Florida region, its findings will undoubtedly be considered in building departments across the United States, given the attention that was given when the Surfside condo collapsed. 

To read the complete article, visit American City & County.

 

Tags: Coverage/Interference Critical Infrastructure Enterprise Federal Government/Military Funding In-Building Incident Command/Situational Awareness Internet of Things IoT/Smart X News Policy Public Safety State & Local Government System Design System Operation Test & Measurement Tracking, Monitoring & Control Partner content

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