![]() ![]() In a statement Saturday, Morabito Consultants confirmed its report "detailed significant cracks and breaks in the concrete, which required repairs to ensure the safety of the residents and the public." These were all red flags that needed to be addressed. "They (building managers) kicked the can down the road. It is telling us we have a serious problem," Schlesinger said in a telephone interview Saturday about the new documents. ![]() These were all problems that should have been dealt with quickly, said Gregg Schlesinger, an attorney specializing in construction defects and a former construction project engineer. The work had not been done by the time the building collapsed.īeneath the pool deck "where the slab had been epoxy-injected, new cracks were radiating from the originally repaired cracks," the report said. The cost estimate showed that repairs across the entire building would cost more than $9.1 million, with the cost of work at the garage, entrance and pool deck alone accounting for more than $3.8 million. The report did not warn of imminent danger from the damage, and it is unclear if any of the damage observed was responsible for the collapse. That report also uncovered "abundant cracking and spalling" of concrete columns, beams and walls in the parking garage. The release of the 2018 cost estimate followed the earlier publication of another document from the firm showing the ground-floor pool deck of the building was resting on a concrete slab that had "major structural damage" and needed to be extensively repaired. That's according to emails from the firm of Morabito Consultants that were among a series of documents released by the city as rescue efforts continued at the site of the collapsed building, where more than 150 people remained unaccounted for. MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) - An engineering firm estimated that major needed repairs to the Champlain Towers South in Surfside would cost more than $9 million, nearly three years before it partially collapsed last week. ![]()
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