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Is contiguous with the building. if the pool deck fails, it affects the structure of the building, which appears to happen. >> do you want to weigh in, greg? >> youre right in on that. as soon as i saw that, today we have expansion joints that dont tie into the building so when it structurally fails, you have a pulling out of a force being exerted. rick, looking at the drawings will be considered and weighed whether that was a cause or contributing cause. >> when you see the 11-second video of p...

Continues in surf side, florida. the death toll is now at ten with local officials announcing just this afternoon another victim was found among the debris. more than 150 people are still unaccounted for. >> it is day five. theres been no -- no one rescued thats alive at this point. i mean, were hoping and praying for a miracle. and we are holding on to hope because we really want to be reunited with my mom. >> now all this has new reporting reveals a 2018 inspection found there was major struct...

Anything like this. and you see cracks and rust and exposure all over this garage. this is normal wear and tear. this does not mean that this building or buildings like it are in imminent danger of collapse, but you know, right now, the -- clearly the concerns are so heightened, alisyn, that theyve got to go back and look at this stuff but if you look at this, i mean, look at the corrosion and damage back here and the roof. the pool deck is right above this. and you know, again, similar to what ...

"Failure to replace the waterproofing in the near future will cause the extent of the concrete deterioration to expand exponentially," warned a 2018 engineering report of the condominium building.

156 people still unaccounted for. their families desperate for word. the tragedy touching so many. the makeshift memorial with photos of some of the missing growing near the site of the building collapse. and tonight the troubling revelations from an engineering report from 2018, finding major structural damage to the concrete below the pool deck as well as cracked columns in the parking garage. abcs victor oquendo leads us off in surfside, florida. >> reporter: tonight, the death toll rising in...

Investigation, as were learning new information about that 2018 report. an engineer warning of major structural damage to the concrete below the pool deck. the report also finding cracking of the columns in the parking garage underneath the 13-story champlain tower south. however, engineers also filed another document with the city describing the overall concrete framing as being in "good condition." >> there are so many things that could have contributed to the event that any one thing is going...

Collapse of the building. we should note that this woman who told her husband this is among the people who are still unaccounted for. she had a fourth floor apartment in the part of the building that was last to collapse. and it does appear that their accounts coincide with what experts are starting to agree is the most likely way that this collapse happened. experts are starting to foal like, from the evidence thats available from this report, this inspection of where there may have been damage...

Ever to assure this could pass a 40-year inspection that the town required. buildings every 40 years, they need to be recertified for saved, so they had commissioned an engineer to do this inspection report to reveal what needs to be done so they can pass. thats where they learned there were these -- i dont want to say catastrophic, because thats a specific term, but there were major failures in the actual construction of the building, specifically how it came to waterproofs were underneath the ...

Ashley: another body was found in the rubble of the condo collapse in surfside near miami-dade. miami-dade police are working 12-hour shifts and all scheduled time off has been canceled. what caused the collapse is still unknown. but a -- a 2018 report reported structural damage to a concrete slab near the pool deck. it did note that repairs would be costly. motive. im ashley strohmier. now back to "unfiltered" with dan bongino. ♪♪ dan: welcome back to "unfiltered". this week joe biden annou...

Potentially an issue when it comes to spalling and concrete and exposure to water over a long time, right? >> its not necessarily water. because you can have concrete thats sunk under the ocean and it doesnt spall. its more like the chlorides that are in the air. if you take a microscope and look at the concrete very closely, you will see that its basically looks like a sponge. it has a bunch of holes. so when you have little molecules of chlorides in the air, they go into these little voids and...