Surfside building department was under fire before tower collapsed, records show Aaron Leibowitz and Sarah Blaskey, Miami Herald © Joe Raedle/Getty Images North America/TNS A portion of the 12- story condo tower crumbled to the ground during a partial collapse of the building on June 24, 2021, in Surfside, Florida. MIAMI — In the years leading up to the collapse of a residential condo building in Surfside, the town’s Building Department was plagued by disorganization and lack of communication — so much so that former town manager Guillermo Olmedillo placed the departm...