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Now ricea has filed a lawsuit. the condo said that it does not comment on pending litigation. and jim and poppy, it is very early in the investigation, of course, but all of these pieces, all of these nuggets will be a part of this, especially that video showing the water gushing from the garage because of course we know from the 2018 report, that there were issues in the garage. the waterproofing under the pool deck was beyond its useful life and warned that it should be repaired, jim and poppy...

Frustration or disputes over the repairs that needed to happen and the assessments, very expensive seesments that were going on, all the condominium owners. what do you make of that? >> the homeowners association generally are made up of individuals who not necessarily have knowledge of engineering or construction. it leads to frustration or politics, if you will, within the current homeowners association as to where the money should be spent and how it should be spent on the repairs, the mainte...

Expertise. lets talk about this letter from april talking about the concrete deterioration accelerating, damage to the garage getting significantly worse in the to18 report which described major structural damage. when you look at all of this in totality is there anything that stands out to you? >> number one, thank you very much for having me here tonight. there is something that is quite interesting. and even though i was not involved in the design of this building and i was not involved in an...

First, though, cnn senior investigative correspondent drew griffin with the very latest on what we know tonight. >> reporter: as more lawsuits are being filed across south florida in the deadly collapse of the champlain towers south condominium, there is more evidence residents, engineers and the condo board knew their building was deteriorating. a letter e-mailed on april 9, just three months ago, from the skond minutium association board president, warned the observable damage such as in the g...

Cost or some shortage of suppliers to do this kind of work that ballooned expenses? >> well, being a contractor and an engineer, i can speak to this. lets just assume for a second, and this is a big assumption, that its exactly the same scope of work, because if you have a price on a set date and then three years later you have another price, maybe they added windows, maybe they added waterwa waterproofing -- >> maybe it got worse. >> yes, and thats what im getting at. lets make the assumption t...

Showed spalling in the concrete, cracks in the concrete, water on the ground there. you know about the 2018 report that was done by the engineer. does any of that raise red flags for you? >> [ audio difficulty ]. you know, while some of those things -- ive seen things like that in lots of buildings. the bottom line is you have this particular building, and a lot of buildings, you have the building tower and then the first floor and the basement stick out further than the tower in the plan, and t...

>> well, being a contractor and an engineer, i can speak to this. lets just assume for a second, and this is a big assumption, that its exactly the same scope of work, because if you have a price on a set date and then three years later you have another price, maybe they added windows, maybe they added waterproofing -- >> maybe it got worse. >> yes, and thats what im getting at. lets make the assumption that both were equal but its the same scope of work. it is the fact that the concrete repair ...

Waterproofing. the issue is when water gets into a crack, all concrete cracks, its made to crack. water gets into a crack. in the north, you worry about it freezing and thawing, because when water freezes it expands and that makes the crack bigger. you also worry about -- [ audio difficulty ] then you can get rust in the reinforcing steel. when rust gets in the reinforcement steel, at first glance it might look like its really severe, but remember, its an expanded material. you take a wire brush...

Precipitate the collapse. what you want to do is try to find the trigger. >> if you can hear me, allyn, youve obviously seen the pictures in the "miami herald" from a pool contractor that showed cracks in the concrete, water on the ground there. you know about the 2018 report that was done by the engineer. does any of that raise red flags for you? >> you know, while some of those things -- ive seen things like that in lots of buildings. the bottom line is you have this particular building, and a...

Close together but one with way more structural problems, does it make it more clear what happened here? >> thats a very good point. i think at the end of the day these buildings are just like us. if we take care of them they will be sustainable and resilient. if we do not take care of them, the exponential deterioration that occurs in these buildings especially on the ocean front with the opportunity for the salt to penetrate the waterproofing and into the concrete and onto the steel is what ma...