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About the report, about whether it was bad or wasnt bad. who knew this building? a structural engineer who worked on the building is going to join us. we first brought him in on night one. now we know more. there are more documents out. there are more different pieces of context. a bit of a paper trail. things for him to build off of. what does he think its starting to shape up as? what does he need to know? next. with skyrizi, 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months, after just ...

There was another factor. the army corps of engineer did a beach reconstruction on our plan and they hauled in thousands of pounds of sand. hundreds of trucks. usually this is done by barge because of the weight of the sand. they did it by truck. did the weight of all the trucks coming in day after day after day, did that contribute? im saying there is not going to be one person to say, oh, gosh. >> understood. but, look, youve put a lot of stuff together. and as you said, youre new to town. >> ...

Have to tell the municipality. if you see something that is that much of a concern and the board doesnt seem to get it, it has to be reported and i cant believe thats not the requirement now. >> ive done it before, chris. ive been in situations where i deemed that the damage -- again, it goes back to what the florida rules say, that its the engineer that is empowered by law to be able to say these things. but in certain cases, ive seen damages that are so extensive that i have had to call the bu...

This is dangerous and he calls their attention to it, they dont need to get into alarmist language. at least, i dont do that. ive seen many concrete damages where i do use that same language. but if it comes to the point where it is life-threatening, thats up to the engineers judgment to use that strong language. either way, if the engineer said that these -- this is a dangerous situation, they should have taken him at his word. to me thats it. ive been in many situations where i use that langua...

What does that mean? in the time between the 2018 report and that letter, the cost ballooned nearly 70%. why? well, the letter blames rising construction costs. the costs for all sectors of construction in the area only rose about 12.9%. thats a lot, to go to 12% or 13%, but why did the problems get that much more expensive in three years? lets try to get some perspective on that. and how do we understand the language in these reports? someone who writes them, someone who studies them, someone w...

Cost or some shortage of suppliers to do this kind of work that ballooned expenses? >> well, being a contractor and an engineer, i can speak to this. lets just assume for a second, and this is a big assumption, that its exactly the same scope of work, because if you have a price on a set date and then three years later you have another price, maybe they added windows, maybe they added waterwa waterproofing -- >> maybe it got worse. >> yes, and thats what im getting at. lets make the assumption t...

Different pieces that go into play as far as banks and assessments and the people getting upset, not willing to pay and the financial status of those that are involved. its a very complex situation. >> one other thing. how were we supposed to understand this language when we hear the language in these reports, significant structural deterioration, people saying things that sound scary to a layperson, but then we heard, i think one of the engineers from your own shop who had done some of this say...