FL - Champlain Towers South Condo Partial Collapse - 98 Deaths - Surfside #3

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Unknown casualties as building collapses during the night. 100 condo units in the building.

Miami-area condo collapse causes massive emergency response

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Records showed the 12-story building, called Champlain Towers South, was built in 1981 and has more than 100 residential units.

Rescuers rush to partial building collapse in Miami Beach

 

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Background

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On June 24, 2021, Champlain Towers South, a 12-floor condominium in Surfside, Florida, partially collapsed at approximately 1:30 a.m. EDT. The collapse happened suddenly and has resulted in mass casualties.

On June 25, NIST began deploying a team of six scientists and engineers to collect firsthand information on the collapse. Since then, NIST experts have been working with federal, state and local authorities to identify and preserve materials and information that might be helpful in understanding why the collapse occurred.
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https://www.npr.org/2023/05/31/1179197153/surfside-florida-condominium-collapse-champlain-towers-south

400 chunks of concrete may explain what caused a deadly building collapse in Florida​

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NIST says the investigation of the Champlain Towers South collapse is "one of the most complex and challenging of its type ever undertaken, with no obvious initiating event for the collapse." The agency says its investigation won't be completed until spring of 2024. A report with recommendations is expected a year later.

 

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Pool deck in Surfside condo collapse didn't meet standards, NIST says

Federal officials say the swimming pool deck of the Champlain Towers South condo that collapsed two years ago failed to comply with original building codes and standards.

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Besides design understrength, investigators reported signs of corrosion, misplaced reinforcement and the placement of heavier and additional plant containers on the deck than those in the original plans. These and other factors led to “ critically low margins against failure,” investigators said.

 

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[...] open meeting in-person and via web conference on Thursday, September 7, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
...] progress of the NCST investigation focused on the Champlain Towers South partial building collapse that occurred in Surfside, Florida

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The National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee (Committee) will hold an open meeting in-person and via web conference on Thursday, September 7, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The primary purposes of this meeting are to update the Committee on the progress of the NCST investigation focused on the impacts of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, and progress of the NCST investigation focused on the Champlain Towers South partial building collapse that occurred in Surfside, Florida. The final agenda will be posted on the NIST website at NCST Advisory Committee Meetings.

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The NCST Advisory Committee will meet on Thursday, September 7, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The meeting will be open to the public.

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Further Pool Deck Weakness Found in Surfside Collapse: NIST

The Champlain Towers South pool deck failed to meet design requirements that likely contributed to the deadly collapse, according to NIST.

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The years-long investigation into the 2021 Miami condo collapse that killed 98 people has laid the blame on faulty support columns in the tenant garage and adjoining pool deck.

Federal investigators with the National Institute of Standards and Technology said this week that tests show some of the steel-reinforced concrete columns in the doomed condo were half the strength they should have been.

They have concluded that many of the columns in the doomed Champlain Towers South building were not up to scratch even in 1980 - the year the 12-story tower was built.