2021 — June 24, Champlain Towers South condo structural failure/collapse, Surfside, FL–97

–97 ABC News. “What we know about the victims of the Surfside building collapse.” 7-17-2021.
–97 CNN. “All but 2 of the 97 victims found in…Surfside building collapse…identified…” 7-18-2021.
–97 USA Today. “Search for bodies at site of Florida condo collapse…concludes…” 7-23-2021.
–96 bodies pulled from the debris (1 still unidentified as of July 23, 2021)
— 1 Died at a hospital after being removed

Narrative Information

June 26, CNN: The town of Surfside issued a permit for roof repairs on the Champlain Towers South condo building the day before the structure collapsed, documents released Friday night show. On June 23, the town issued a permit to ‘install roof safety anchors and provide stucco repairs’ to a South Florida concrete company. The work included removing ‘the existing roof down to concrete deck’ and replacing it, the permit said. The building fell the next day, in the early morning hours of June 24. The company that was set to perform the work [was] Concrete Protection and Restoration LLC….

“Another document produced as part of the 2018 structural engineer’s report also noted that small portions of the building were ‘showing distress.’ The report, conducted by engineer Frank Morabito for the building’s condo association, noted that about ‘2% of exterior columns have experienced concrete spalling’ and about ‘5% of the balcony structural floor slabs showed hairline cracking at underside of the slab,’ among other examples of cracking.

“It’s unclear whether these issues contributed to the collapse.

“The report says the “general alignment” of the structure, as well as the concrete framing, roof membrane, and several other parts of the building, were in good condition. “

Sources

ABC News. “What we know about the victims of the Surfside building collapse.” 7-17-2021. Accessed 7-18-2021 at: https://abcnews.go.com/US/victims-surfside-condo-collapse/story?id=78517075

CNN (Travis Caldwell). “All but 2 of the 97 victims found in the Surfside building collapse have been identified by authorities.” 7-18-2021. Accessed 7-18-2021 at: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/18/us/miami-dade-building-collapse-sunday/index.html

CNN (Fernando Alfonso III, Maureen Chowdhury and Zamira Rahim). “At least 158 missing after partial building collapse near Miami.” 6-26-2021. Accessed 6-26-2021 at: https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/miami-florida-building-collapse-06-26-21-intl/index.html

USA Today (Jeanine Santucci). “Search for bodies at site of Florida condo collapse officially concludes with one still missing.” 7-23-2021. Accessed 7-23-2021 at: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/07/23/surfside-condo-collapse-search-bodies-concludes/8075944002/