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The collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, last June sent shock waves through the state and around the country, as condominium construction and maintenance came...

The collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, last June sent shock waves through the state and around the country, as condominium construction and maintenance came...

South Florida real estate attorney Bill Sklar on a Florida task force examining condo laws after the Surfside collapse to determine if changes are needed. Engineers say it can take just 30 years for condominium buildings to reach a point when owners can no longer delay making critical repairs. In the Miami region, two out of every three condo buildings are more than 30 years old, according to data compiled by real-estate data firm Zillow for The Wall Street Journal. In at least seven other Fl...

Waiting and watching for news of their loved ones. [ speaking spanish ] >> all right. were going to get right back to news conference. i just want to make sure our viewers got the news. one more body has been found. the death toll in this condo disaster has now gone to 11. last few days it went from one to four to five to nine to ten and now the death toll is up to 11. disturbing is number of people unaccounted for is 150 people. she says 136 people in that building are accounted for but 150 peo...

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...