Champlain Towers South

A state report under Florida’s post-Surfside building safety laws lists 23 unsafe buildings in Miami-Dade County, with 19 in Aventura. Aventura officials dispute the report’s accuracy, asserting all inspected buildings are safe and that the report lacks context. The report also highlights incomplete data submissions from about 20% of city building departments.

Five years after the Surfside condo collapse that killed 98 people, the town will host remembrance events. Federal investigators attributed the collapse to structural design flaws in the building's pool deck connections, ruling out other alleged causes like construction vibrations or sinkholes.

A relative of a victim of the 2021 Surfside condo collapse seeks accountability as a federal report concludes the disaster was caused by design, construction, and corrosion issues. The report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Construction Safety Team found the collapse began weeks earlier due to structural failures, with no specific initiating event identified.

An investigation by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) into the 2021 Surfside condo collapse revealed that structural failures in the pool deck slab and garage columns initiated the disaster, which killed 98 people. NIST found severe deviations from original structural design codes, and similar design flaws were identified in the sister building, Champlain Towers North. Remediation efforts are underway for both structures.

Federal investigators found that the Surfside condo collapse in 2021 began weeks earlier with structural failures in the building's garage columns. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) attributed the collapse to flawed original design, added weight from planters and paving stones, and corrosion-related degradation, leading to 98 deaths.

A deadly collapse at a Florida beachfront condominium began weeks before the 2021 disaster, with structural failures linked to design flaws and alterations over 40 years. Federal investigators found the building's structure did not meet building codes, leading to a slow-motion collapse that killed 98 people.

A 2021 collapse at Florida's Champlain Towers South was found to result from structural failures, including alterations over 40 years that weakened the pool deck. A standards institute report revealed the building was not constructed to required standards, with the collapse occurring gradually over weeks.

A federal investigation found that the 2021 collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Florida, which killed 98 people, began weeks earlier due to structural failures in the pool deck and garage columns. The report cited design flaws not meeting building codes and degradation from corrosion and alterations over the building's 40-year history.

Federal investigators have released findings indicating that initial column failures at Champlain Towers South occurred three weeks prior to the June 24, 2021, collapse, which killed 98 people. The report attributes the disaster to structural failures in the garage columns and pool deck connections that led to weight redistribution and subsequent collapse.

A technical report by the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Construction Safety Team found that structural failures in garage columns and pool deck connections at Champlain Towers South in Surfside led to a partial collapse in June 2021, resulting in 98 fatalities. The failures caused cracks and redistributed weight to insufficient slab-column connections, triggering the disaster.