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2021/07/23 06:20 MIAMI (AP) — Miami-Dade County's Unsafe Structures Board is under pressure to speed up the process for reviewing problematic structures following the collapse of the Champlain Towers South a month ago. Before the tower collapsed June 24, the county board already had a backlog of 1,000 unsafe-structure cases, the Miami Herald reported. Now, starting this week, an engineer's report declaring a building structurally safe is required before an extension can be granted when recertifications are so overdue they have been referred to the unsafe ...
MIAMI â Miami-Dade Countyâs Unsafe Structures Board is under pressure to speed up the process for reviewing problematic structures following the collapse of the Champlain Towers South a month ago. Before the tower collapsed June 24, the county board already had a backlog of 1,000 unsafe-structure cases, the Miami Herald reported. Now, starting this week, an engineerâs report declaring a building structurally safe is required before an extension can be granted when recertifications are so overdue they have been referred to the unsafe structures board, the newspaper reported. If ...
The Miami-Dade Unsafe Structures Board had a backlog of 1,000 cases when Champlain Towers South collapsed INSIDER 19 hrs ago kvlamis@insider.com (Kelsey Vlamis) © Joe Raedle/Getty Images Search and rescue personnel work in the rubble of the 12-story condo tower that crumbled to the ground during a partially collapse of the building on June 24, 2021 in Surfside, Florida. Joe Raedle/Getty Images Miami-Dade County officials are under pressure after a 12-story condo building collapsed last month. The county had a backlog of about 1,000 unsafe-structure cases at the time of th...