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Search for Florida condo collapse victims turns to recovery effort Caitlin Yilek © Eva Marie Uzcategui Trinkl/Anadolu Agency via Getty Florida building collapse The search of the collapsed condo building in Surfside, Florida, has switched from a rescue effort to a recovery operation. At least 54 people have been confirmed dead and 86 are still missing nearly two weeks after the building collapsed in the middle of the night, said Mayor Daniella Levine Cava of Miami-Dade County. "We've truly exhausted every option available to us in the search and rescue mission," Cava said W...

Focus on the Surfside condo collapse continues to be on search and recovery, but slowly, the attention is turning to those who made it out alive. "They’re not in a vacuum, but they feel like they're sort of a little separate or treated differently," Pizzo said. "We wanted them to know we're going to be here six days from now, six months from now, and that's when they’re really going to need help," Pizzo said. "And they may be uncomfortable to ask for that help and we want them to know there's nothing out of bounds." Michael Goldberg, the receiver appointed by the court to handle all finan...

Wilfredo Lee/AP A wing of a 12-storey beachfront condo building collapsed in a town outside Miami on June 24. Now, it’s important to stress that CTV and Champlain are very different disasters. They happened in different places, under different conditions where different building regulations applied. One of them collapsed in the earthquake. The other one just collapsed. Buildings collapse on themselves because their core structural elements are unable to withstand the forces placed on them. Whether those forces are from an earthquake, the building’s own weight, or something else. But w...

More sound structures We have recently received news of the skyscraper disaster in Surfside, Florida, the US, when a rather older building, the Champlain Towers’ south block suddenly and completely collapsed. All large building constructions increase their risks as they age due to their exposure to various environmental and human use factors. Worldwide, serious accidents to viaducts and bridges also happen, like the one that happened only a short time ago in northern Italy, causing the death of many. Inspections by engineers are often not very frequent and,  sometimes, not thorough enough....

Working with the cities to conduct audits here across the buildings across the greater miami-dade area and that particular building the champlain tower north built at the same time by the same firm and noted serious instruct ral concerns and individuals do live in the complex and of course addresses the challenges takes time and i think today a lot of this came to a head if i may. you saw on the 14th day of searching mayor cava address the reporters in an emotional way. she's been straight faced and assuring and here this afternoon she was still that but at the same time you can see that clear...