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Behind the scenes, and part of that report, if you read the report, there's actually a sentence in there where he is stating that if this waterproofing and this damage occurred here by the pool area, where else in the building could it have occurred, meaning i don't know if they had an opportunity to see the whole building, and i don't know if they went on the roof, but there are other waterproofing membranes that protect not only the garage and pool deck, because the pool is still standing, you can look at the aerials and it's still standing, and the rooftop, i didn't see any roof repair mate...

This property which found major structural damage and abundant cracking and spalling of the concrete. this is a term some people refer to as concrete cancer. it happens a lot in human environments and salty environments. and there's a lot of concern about it. beyond that, there was concern about water seals on the building. the failed waterproofing is causing major structural damage to the concrete structural slab below these areas. failure to replace the waterproofing in the near future will cause the extent of the concrete deterioration to expand exponentially, again, reference to that concr...

>> look, this building is not old. this building is young. i was in high school when this building was being built. what's interesting here is when we -- when we design buildings, we design everything slope to drains so the water runs up. especially, here. where the water has salt in it. has salinity. we try to get the water away, and drained away from the structure. from the steel. as fast as possible. but like the engineer said, if this really was a waterproofing issue. where the water, continuously, was able to percolate into the concrete and into the steel. then, it's like a cancer. it gro...

Walkthrough of -- of the property. initially, walked through the lobby, walked through the pool area. didn't notice anything particularly alarming. he was being escorted by a building employee, who then walked him downstairs to the north part of the building. and in the garage, below. and that's where he -- he told us that he saw deep-standing water in the parking garage that he -- he found odd and concerning. he asked the employee what it was about, at the time. the -- the employee said it was probably a waterproofing issue that was going to be fixed. then, he was led over to the south side, ...

Significant cracks and breaks in the building's concrete. more from cnn's tom foreman. tom? >> reporter: hey, don. all eyes are focused on this 2018 inspection and report about this property, which found major structural damage and abundant cracking and spauling of the concrete. this is a term that some people refer to as concrete cancer. it happens a lot in human environments and salty environments and there's a lot of concern about it. beyond that, there is concern about water seals on the building, the failed water proofing is causing major structural damage to the concrete structural slab ...