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Surfside condo collapse exposes gaps in Floridas inspection process Facade inspections are mandated every 5-years in about a dozen cities, none we found in Fla. Following the devastating condo collapse in Surfside, questions have surfaced about Florida’s lackluster high-rise inspection laws. and last updated 2021-07-13 21:49:59-04 At the site where Champlain Towers South once stood, a mountain of rubble remains a disastrous and heartbreaking reminder of loss, failures and questions. Each d...

Law that allows condos to delay repairs under scrutiny Now, many interest groups and public officials want the law to be updated.     From left, Maria Fernanda Martinez and Mariana Cordeiro comfort each other while they look at the rubble at the Champlain Towers South condo in Surfside, Florida, on June 25, 2021. [ DAVID SANTIAGO | Miami Herald ] Updated Earlier today TALLAHASSEE — The deadly collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside has brought a little-noticed loophole in Fl...

A 2020 report found Surfside condo lacked funds for necessary repairs. One expert called it a wake-up call A 2020 report found Surfside condo lacked funds for necessary repairs. One expert called it a wake-up call Posted: Jul 8, 2021 6:10 PM Updated: Jul 8, 2021 6:10 PM Posted By: By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN An independent budget review warned the Champlain Towers South condo association that its financial reserves were critically underfunded in the face of...

REPORT:SURFSIDE CONDO LACKED FUNDS FOR REPAIRS AP By Casey Tolan, Curt Devine and Francesca Giuliani-Hoffman, CNN An independent budget review warned the Champlain Towers South condo association that its financial reserves were critically underfunded in the face of urgently needed structural repairs a little over a year before the building collapsed, a document obtained by CNN shows. The condo association only had 6.9% of the recommended level of money to complete repair and replacement project...

She said the building was demolished at exactly 10:30 p.m. Sunday, Independence Day, and it fell according to plan, toward Collins Avenue, away from the existing rubble pile, which was covered with a tarp to protect it from dust from the implosion. By 1 a.m. Monday, rescue crews were back to a full search-and-rescue operation.  “The demolition was executed flawlessly. And the rescue team said none of the existing pile, where there are victims still, was affected,” Surfside Mayor Charles ...

Except for a brief window that lasted barely two years, the state has had no oversight of the condition of aging condominium buildings in nearly 60 years of condo construction in the Sunshine State.  No post-construction inspection requirements. No enforcement measures to repair potentially life-threatening structural damage. No requirement to maintain a contingency fund for emergency repairs. A USA TODAY NETWORK – Florida review of state statutes governing the condo industry found those gap...

Death toll rises to 22 in Florida condo collapse; another Florida condo building deemed unsafe, evacuation ordered Christine Fernando, Rick Neale, Grace Hauck and Joel Shannon, USA TODAY Florida condo collapse: Building structure to be demolished following rescue efforts Replay Video UP NEXT SURFSIDE, Fla. — Crews looking for survivors in the rubble of a condo that collapsed outside Miami last week found more bodies on Friday, raising the number of confirmed deaths to 22 as 1...