NIST flags weeks of warning signs before Florida condo collapse
TL;DR
A NIST investigation into the Surfside, Florida condo collapse found warning signs weeks earlier, including a long crack in a planter wall on the pool deck, water leaks in the parking garage, and corroded reinforcing steel, with the destruction unfolding as sections failed in sequence; lawmakers later enacted laws to bolster condo reserves and maintenance requirements.
- A deadly collapse at a Florida condo happened slowly over several weeks, probe finds AP News
- Collapsed Surfside Condo Had Been Failing for Weeks, Investigators Find The New York Times
- Federal investigators say deadly Surfside building collapse began 3 weeks prior ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- NIST Releases Technical Findings on What Caused the 2021 Partial Collapse of Champlain Towers South National Institute of Standards and Technology (.gov)
- Five years after Surfside collapse, still no memorial site: ‘Lack of respect’ Miami Herald
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