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We are learning an engineering report found major structural damage under the pool deck and signs of previous garage concrete repairs were failing. msnbc news has obtained a report after that was done, and they said -- i want to go deeper with kobe carp, a local architect known for his work in surfside. appreciate you taking the time to be with us. it's standard to have a report done like this and it found structural damage, and then a surfside official said the building looks like it's good in shape. what are your thoughts on that

We do to our body. we have the technology and the ability to check what's behind the concrete, behind the wall. what is the condition of where the vertical sheer walls or columns meet the horizontal slabs. we have that ability to do on a daily basis and i'm sure that the inspectors, who are very well and strong and conservative in this community with the building officials, i believe they are gathering together right now as they did after hurricane andrew in 1992, to basically overhaul the system as we did in 1992 and the florida building code after hurricane andrew. >> kobi karp thank you ver...

Position to do whatever it takes, so that this will never happen again. >> possible options include shortening the 40-year timeline for buildings recertification and changing how inspections are conducted. >> most of the 40 year certifications are done by i. that will probably change in the future. >> it is not clear how shambling terrorist south was inspected, miami architect kobe carp said that we have new technology at our disposal. >> infrared, taking complete samples for salinity quantity, that's what we should be looking. at another commissioners looking and encouraging the paneling of a...

Everybody right now is the search and rescue. what's the timeline look like for sort of understanding more of what actually went on? >> you know, to really understand what took place, we're told it's going to be months, not weeks. and unless you have a smoking gun kind of incident like terrorism or somebody smashed into one of the pillars, when you have to put together what happened, it's much like a plane crash. one small failure leads to another failure leads to another failure, so you have this string of things that take place. unraveling that often takes months. anderson? >> yeah. drew, ap...

Here in miami beach that we have restored and reserved and they're standing and then we have this event, 40 years old and that is -- and i believe i'm optimistic that we as a community with the resources that we have here, we have very good inspections, we have very good community that will deal with this and a very good government that has dealt with it in the past. >> 159 people, if it is that high, should not go to sleep with fear of the building coming down on their heads. architect kobe carp, thank you so much. >> thank you for your time. in just minutes, the vice president kamala harri...