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Forensic Engineers now working to determine the cause of Surfside condo collapse Surfside building safety in question following 2018 inspection and last updated 2021-06-29 17:47:06-04 TALLAASSEE, Fla. (WTXL) — When it comes to buildings in Florida, the safety expectations are all laid out on a statewide level. When a tragedy like the Surfside collapse happens, it's up to a Forensic Engineer to piece together what went wrong. Rowland Lamb is a Senior Engineer with Coloney Bell. "We investigate it to determine what the cause of the failure was and the purpose of a forensic engineer is to a...

Correspondent drew griffin is working the story. i know you're finding out more information. what are you learning? >> they were major structural repairs with major price tag. anywhere with 80,000 to $330,000 per homeowner based on the size of the unit. still, there was nothing in all of those reports that seemed to indicate that this building was in imminent danger of catastrophic collapse. >> reporter: as new evidence emerges of past inspections, cracks and potential dangerer, this short surveillance camera video itself remains the best crews so far as,000 and why the towers south fell in wh...

That house associated with this tunnel construction. >> so we have got this tunnel. it goes on for a mile. it's ventilated. i mean, this had to have taken, you say, two years. how many people? what is the crew that is required for something like this? >> well, each crew would have been probably about five people. there would have been a couple of guys at the face actually excavating the ground. but then all of that material has to be removed from the tunnel and removed from the house so there was probably -- i'm estimating there must have been at least 20 people associated with this tunnel con...

A very primitive man! rape women who the women doesn't do what he says, that can kill people, kid, woman, men! this man is very bad! >> reporter: this a journalist and expert on the cartel problem plaguing her country and she lives with death threats that come with reporting and writing about guzman, a man whose power did not diminish behind prison walls. >> inside the jail, more than 900. with parishioners on your side, you're able to do anything. >> reporter: she says he bribed prison officials to facilitate his escape. a woman who won't tell me her name out of fear for her safety says she h...

Gary bierlee, a forensic expert in tunnel engineering. it is cartoonish simple and would be laughable, except we are talking about shorty guzman and we are talking about a jail escape. he just built a tunnel for his escape. how long do you think this would have taken to build? >> this tunnel was extremely difficult for several reasons, but i'm estimating it would have taken approximately two years to build this tunnel. and keep it a secret. the level of activity there that was taking place at the house had to be very carefully managed. >> you say the house. explain that for us because some peo...