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But they have to be very careful. as we dont want to -- um -- cause any damage or anything to any of the family members. and so, in terms of the -- the families, they have been, you know, patiently waiting for news. and were trying our hardest to get some positive things out there. >> commissioner, i want to talk more about the building because we know the condo owners were facing $15 million worth of repair, its reported that. and it was part of the -- the -- the countys 40-year recertification...

To -- any of the family members and so in terms of the families, theyve been patiently waiting for news and were trying our hardest to get some positive things out there. >> i want to talk about the building. the condo owners were facing $50 million worth of repair it reported that and it was part of the countys four-year recertification process. the building is 40 years old. does examination and recertification of buildings like this need to happen more often? >> absolutely. i think they need t...

Standardized idea of what to check for. and the city municipalities dont enforce that. they just leave it up to the engineer. and by the way, i do want to -- before i go further, offer by condolences to the families of those that are lost and missing and also my appreciation to the first responders. >> well, of course. absolutely understood and respected. but, you know, when them in mind, lets be careful about what we say because, you know -- look, you know theyre listening. there are so many pe...

Because, first, comes the 40-year recertification. and then, it happens every-ten years. but as hewe can see, i mean, mae things need to take place a lot earlier. and definitely, we need to add, also, a geo-technical testing to these -- to these inspections. >> commissioner, look, if i lived there. and i think anyone, who lives there, anywhere near that area, would be concerned about their buildings, as well. how are you guys dealing with that? because i know people are turning to you and others...

Funding, started the permitting process, just to make sure were catching up. remember, im sure this happened nationally, but a lot of places because the pandemic, they were not doing -- youre allowed to create extensions for the recertification so im sure a lot of places are doing that because when you have people in the buildings it limits construction and things like that. >> okay. so one thing that is just alarming about the champlain towers issue is that there were warning signs. there is an...

Including the most important, which is the 40 year recertification. weve done hundreds and hundreds of these up and down the coast. and this 40 year recertification was put in place to avoid things like this. and weve picked up so many clues during our inspections to avoid this kind of disaster. my professional opinion is we have many safeguards in place, this is an anomaly. all these engineers were still scratching our head and look forward to what the findings are from the forensic engineer to...

It was revealed, i heard what your engineering expert said prior to the break, and you know, there were red flags. but it was in the context of the recertification after the building was 40 years old, and you see how everyone at the condominium association, and all the experts soon to be working together toward that recertification, and there are clearly defects that need to be improved. but there was no cavalry alert to get out of the building, and im not an engineer. but it just adds to the sa...

40-year recertification. and i think it should be, but i was unaware of the details of this, of the process before this whole disaster and tragedy. >> yeah. commissioner, thank you so much for joining us. thank you for all you and your team are doing right now. we appreciate it very much. and our special coverage of the race to find survivors here on surfside will continue right after this. i just heard something amazing! now for the first time one medication was approved to treat and prevent mi...

Those bodies? >> well, its going to make it a little bit more difficult and i heard reports yesterday of fire happening under the rubble as well. so removing the rubble, you have to be careful not to allow it to shift so in order to -- if there are people under the rubble, to preserve them. but with the rain and the reported fire, its going to make it very, very difficult. ashley: real quick, because were out of time but do you think recertification in an area like this should happen more than e...

There was a study done by a florida professor looking at the sinkage of the building back in the 90s. it sunk about half an inch over a six-year study in which they studied this. but again, the professor is saying that alone would not have caused this problem. and from what we gather, one town official, one building official was actually on the roof of that building, looking at the roof repairs that were going -- taking place just 14 hours, anderson, before this collapse took place. jim mcginnis...