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On that offer but right now, we continue to work with the condominium board to make sure that, well we cant make sure but well do everything we can to look at the structural systems, including ground penetrating radar, the columns, the beams, the slabs, and try to get our arms around what may be happening, what did happen, and but like i said, we have some concerns about not just some, but deep concerns about that building especially given we dont know what has happened there. but our engineer i...

Columns are, ultimately, the -- the elements that support a building. certainly, a failure in the waterproofing could cause damage of the slabs, which do support beams and columns. so if -- if that, in fact, was the case, then -- then it would be an area of concern. and certainly, it should have been addressed, in my opinion, back in 2018. certainly, the 2020 report, it had three years of -- of even the engineer said that if this is not taken care of, this is going to get worse, exponentially. >...

Everything exactly the way the drawings call for, they dont always design everything exactly correct, but you look at and see which of those things may or may not have contributed. >> kit, the engineering firm that was hired to do a structural analysis at the building, did some exploratory demolition, its called, basically drilled down in a few areas to see the depths in the concrete structural slab in different areas. they said they found some curious results as it pertained to the structural s...

Buildings and inspected them and made sure that they did not have the same problems as the condo tower. that would have been the first step before using this type of demolition. >> as you point out, you do agree that this demolition had to take place and certainly the timeline has to be brought up sooner because of the approaching storm. when you look at the implosion or the demolition of the building. do you feel it was carried out properly. >> from what i saw. though i would be very occasions ...

That clean break you see around the pool in the slab, that indicates there was a construction joint there. that means a joint between slabs at different times. and thats quite normal. but there should be a lot of reinforcing going across that joint, and the joint shows how much there should be. from what i saw, there appeared to be much less steel across that joint than there should have been. that alone could cause a collapse. >> so that raises this question, because we obtained documents that ...

They have huge slabs of concrete and columns just hanging from that building. they could come down at any minute. pamela? >> wow. and we were just listening to the mayor in that sound and she is still calling it a search and rescue effort. it is now at a standstill as we now. but what are officials saying about their hopes of finding anyone else in the rubble? >> reporter: well, they say theyre not giving up hope. but you know, you kind of pick up little items of tone in their voice and things l...

That will result in the demolition of the remaining part of that condominium building. they will demolish it. they are now working on a time line, she says its extremely dangerous for the remaining part of that building to remain intact. it could collapse, it could potentially endanger some of the men and women who are part of that search and rescue, and eventually recovery operation. brian todd, youre right near there. you can see the remaining tower right behind you. she says she signed this e...

It has 156 units and all are being evacuated. i asked how many are in this building? they dont have a complete manifest but thats something they are working on. i can tell you we seen people woke walk out towards this building and walk towards a church where they plan to ask for help. in the past few days, wolf, weve become very familiar with some of the words being used to describe these buildings. ill quote from this report. if there is cracked and spaulled masonry units, the same thing for re...

Searchers became optimistic thinking, well, maybe these spaces have air in it and we might still find somebody alive. but the updated numbers right now, 16 people confirmed dead, and more than 100 men, women, children still unaccounted. new video of the effort released by the miami-dade fire county rescue, some heavy equipment being used for the enormous slabs of falling concrete while most of the teams use their hands and shovels removing debris bucket after bucket. millions of pounds of concre...

Fact that based on the 2018 report, we know that the columns of the garage were deteriorating and due to saltwater as well as salt in the air. there were corrosion in the rebar. potentially there was some weak points in the columns as well that together this building after slabs and columns led to collapse. >> prove so, we appreciate your insight on this. it does lend some credence to the suspicion that it all began at the bottom and offer some new insight as to the sequencing. thank you very mu...