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That and thought okay, well, theyre going to need to repair the structural slab up there under the pool that hes looking at so hes thinking, telling his boss well have to remove pipes and other things. this job will be more complicated even if were just coming in here to do a cosmetic repair. theyre going to have to do something to those structural slabs. thats what he told me was going through his mind as he saw that two days before the collapse. >> and sarah, what is incredible, too, is someth...

Look at this report. in 2018, look at what they said. they went beyond just saying that to say the failed water proofing is causing major structural damage to the concrete structural slab below these areas. failure to replace the water proofing in the near future will cause the extent of the concrete deterioration to expand exponentially. they were talking about water proofing around the edges of certain seams that was failing. now the concrete was being destroyed. the cost of the repairs in 201...

>> it wasnt intended to evaluate structural length or capacity. this didnt include testing or probing or any excavation to see the conditions of the foundations below the garage. the issue was about the major structural damage to the concrete structural slab thats referencing the plaza pool deck and entrance drive. they are out of the footprint, as far as i can tell from the main building. so the likelihood that even had that failed, which there isnt an indication that that area collapsed yet. e...

Neighboring buildings here. this is as we are seeing now the event of multiple reasons. some people are looking at the slab of the pool area failing, others are looking at the structural damage of a slab that would fall and then create a pancake effect. at the end of the day, we will not know what the final process of events happened here until we get the final engineering reports from the forensic engineers who are looking at this, and this might take months or even up to a year to really figur...

To where it was supposed to be braced and is now spanning twice the height it was originally designed to do, which can lead to structural ineasfficiency to that column and could be overloaded, which could lead to the collapse. >> there was a husband who says he was on the phone with his wife just before the collapse and his wife was looking out the window and said she saw a hole where the pool was supposed to be on that pool deck there. what does that tell you? >> if the pool was well away from ...

Problem at the sister building, because its the same design, same developer, and all the fingerprints are there. a third building, which is also called champlaign and i understand that one was built sometime later. it has a different design, and -- but well be looking at that too. >> lets bring in tom foreman. what have you learned? >> well, everyones focused right now on this 2018 report about this building, which looked at things like major structural damage and abundant cracking and spalling ...

Complex are not very stable. and so they have that constant threat. they have the threat of moving something and then something unexpectedly moving on them. that would be another slab and injuring them. these firefighters, rescue workers are under constant threat from the environment and also the collapse itself. and then imminent danger from the other building that is next to it. and so, again, they have to be very deliberate. they have to keep an eye on that building thats right next to it. th...

>> having the outside air is a problem. having high humidity is a bigger problem. having high humidity and salt at this air is a problem. we have ocean front structures. the structure is being basically blasted by the sea air, full of salt, especially if its on the beach the entire lifetime. it doesnt get a break from it. salt is the worst corrosive agent for the rebar inside. usually in structures in the mayor a time environment there is extra thick concrete covering the rebar. my guess is it w...

Essentially cutting slaps, lifting them out, penetrating, searching, cutting another slab, lifting it out, penetrating, and well do that at each layer until we have largely searched many of the void spaces that exist. and even in a pancake collapse, void spaces do exist. >> i was told by people on the site, they dont think it will be like 9/11 where there was such a pulverizing of pressure that you dont find people. they think theyll find people. theyre hoping that theyre alive. and thats the qu...

Apartment building collapse, heavy smoke conditions are hampering the nonstop rescue efforts thats coming from a fire under the rubble thats been burning since thursday. family members and officials are hoping for a breakthrough. >> were facing incredible difficulties with the fire. the fire has been going on for a while. its a very deep fire. its extremely difficult to locate the source of the fire. and so theyve been working around the clock, these fire rescue teams, these brave men and women,...