Surfside weighs luxury condo proposal for site of Champlain Towers South deadly collapse BY REBECCA SAN JUAN – Miami Herald Surfside has received plans for a luxury high-rise on the site of the deadly Champlain Towers South condominium collapse almost two years ago, bringing clarity ā and, for some, disappointment ā regarding redevelopment of the…
Faulty design may have doomed Surfside, Florida, tower long before collapse, investigators say By Jon Schuppe – NBC News Design flaws in the pool deck of the Surfside, Florida, apartment building where a partial collapseĀ killed 98 peopleĀ put the building at risk of failure before it was even built, federal investigators said Thursday. Poor construction of…
Gov. DeSantis signs condo safety changes By CBS Miami Team TALLAHASSEEĀ – Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday signed a bill that will revise condominium-safety requirements passed after the deadly June 2021 collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside. Lawmakers passed the initial requirements in 2022 to deal with issues such as condominium-building inspections and…
Testing 400 chunks of concrete – Surfside investigation moves into new phase By Greg Allen – NPR MIAMI ā A federal team investigating the collapse of a condominium tower in Surfside, Fla. has moved into the next phase of its work. Ninety-eight people died on June 24, 2021 when part of theĀ Champlain Towers South buildingĀ unexpectedly…