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Together the engineering reports and do the forensic engineering to the buildings to really see the conditions that they're this is very, very critical and important for everybody who lives in the community. as we are now seeing that some of these buildings have been very well maintained, and yet some of these buildings for whatever reason were not maintained. >> what about this idea of faulty design, faulty construction in we think back to the 2018 inspection report, that much has been reported on, talking about this faulty design of the pool area and how it should have been constructed on a ...

Structural engineers will figure out what happened, and we'll get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: records show a surfside building official had reviewed the 2018 report detailing major structural damage yet told residents that it appears the building is in very good shape. the records made public show no sense of urgency to launch repairs as the home owners association took three years to review inspections, hire engineers and begin assessments to start work. an attorney for the condo board cautions patience. >> there's other buildings out there with engineering reports as they near their 40...

>> it's extremely rare for a structure that's been standing for 40 years to all of a sudden collapse in this way, but i'm sure that forensically we structural engineers will figure out what happened and we'll get to the bottom of it. >> reporter: records show a surfside building official had determined major structural damage, yet told residents it appears the building is in very good shape. the records made public show no sense of urgency to launch repairs as the homeowners' association took lee years to review inspections, hire engineers and begin assessments to start work. an attorney for t...

Happened to this particular building. there is other building out there with engineering reports as they near their 40-year certification that reveal more drastic spalling and pitting, delapidation, rebar corrosion. we need to figure out what were all the factors that went into making this building fall, and we need to figure out exactly what happened. there's time to do that. right now, my board, we've been focusing -- the board of directors is focusing -- we still have an active rescue mission going on. the board hasn't lost hope that some of these people might be found. we have lots of year...

Repaired and weren't? >> no, i think those statements reflect probably infamiliarity with what it means to have a 40-year-old building on a coastal barrier island that's subject on a daily basis to corrosive effects. you've got the -- that building was butted on the one side by the atlantic ocean, on the other side by the intercoastal. i think, chris, you said it at the outset of your program, this building was also hit by ten different hurricanes and three tropical storms during its life span. >> but it's the only one that fell, and that's why it's maintenance records and the pictures from "t...