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Together the engineering reports and do the forensic engineering to the buildings to really see the conditions that theyre this is very, very critical and important for everybody who lives in the community. as we are now seeing that some of these buildings have been very well maintained, and yet some of these buildings for whatever reason were not maintained. >> what about this idea of faulty design, faulty construction in we think back to the 2018 inspection report, that much has been reported ...

Structural engineers will figure out what happened, and well get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: records show a surfside building official had reviewed the 2018 report detailing major structural damage yet told residents that it appears the building is in very good shape. the records made public show no sense of urgency to launch repairs as the home owners association took three years to review inspections, hire engineers and begin assessments to start work. an attorney for the condo board cau...

>> its extremely rare for a structure thats been standing for 40 years to all of a sudden collapse in this way, but im sure that forensically we structural engineers will figure out what happened and well get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: records show a surfside building official had determined major structural damage, yet told residents it appears the building is in very good shape. the records made public show no sense of urgency to launch repairs as the homeowners association took lee yea...

Happened to this particular building. there is other building out there with engineering reports as they near their 40-year certification that reveal more drastic spalling and pitting, delapidation, rebar corrosion. we need to figure out what were all the factors that went into making this building fall, and we need to figure out exactly what happened. theres time to do that. right now, my board, weve been focusing -- the board of directors is focusing -- we still have an active rescue mission g...

Repaired and werent? >> no, i think those statements reflect probably infamiliarity with what it means to have a 40-year-old building on a coastal barrier island thats subject on a daily basis to corrosive effects. youve got the -- that building was butted on the one side by the atlantic ocean, on the other side by the intercoastal. i think, chris, you said it at the outset of your program, this building was also hit by ten different hurricanes and three tropical storms during its life span. >> ...

Neighboring buildings here. this is as we are seeing now the event of multiple reasons. some people are looking at the slab of the pool area failing, others are looking at the structural damage of a slab that would fall and then create a pancake effect. at the end of the day, we will not know what the final process of events happened here until we get the final engineering reports from the forensic engineers who are looking at this, and this might take months or even up to a year to really figur...

Seriously. i think that its a very sad event and my heart and my soul and my prayers go out to the members of the families and the neighbors and the families that lived in this building and neighboring buildings. the mayor is correct. we need to do this rapidly and get the process started. these engineering reports that are being given to homeowners associations and individuals who may not have knowledge or understanding of these reports or their importance. the maintenance and care that needs t...

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Today most nonpartisan engineering reports dont even rate us in the top 20. we want to compete and win in the 21st century. thats a democratic priority and republican priority, something that unites the chamber of commerce and the building trades. we should do a real infrastructure bill and bipartisanly. >> congressman boyle thank you so much. lets go back into the briefing room and i can just tell you we dont know how this press office is going to operate but it is not unusual. kellyanne conw...

Whitney, along with his sons chip and scott, are battling village officials for the store that frank bought more than 20 years ago. they join us live right now. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> okay. so it all comes down to sandy. sandy did a lot of damage to your store. they say that over half of it was destroyed. so you need, what, special permits, special authorization from the city to continue? >> yes. >> right. what theyre claiming is that its actually out of their hands and ...