New York Times States Collapse Of
Surfside Building Is Due To Issue That Occurred
Underneath The Structure Confirming Previous Claims
July 22. 2021
New York Times tweet on Twitter.com
On June 24, 2021, I stated on
Twitter.com that the Surfside Building collapse,
regarding the Chaplain Towers on Miami Beach, was
due to something that occurred underneath the
building. 4-days later the New York Times published
an article stating they had a dozen engineers look
at items concerning photos of the collapsed tower
and they came to the conclusion that something "in
or below the underground parking garage" caused the
collapse of the Champlain Towers. This confirmed my
previous claims.
My tweet on Twitter.com days prior
On June 24, 2021, I also tweeted on
Twitter.com that the building needed to be
demolished. 2-weeks later the Champlain Towers was
demolished by the government, as it had begun
creaking and swaying during the rescue, jeopardizing
other lives. This too confirmed my previous claims
that the whole structure had to be demolished.
My tweet on Twitter.com days prior
Recently, the NBC 6 news channel’s program “6 In The Mix” did an
investigation and discovered in 2018 Morabito
Consultants, Inc, of Sparks, Maryland, had originally
quoted the Champlain Towers $9,128,433.60 to repair the building.
The Champlain Towers before:
It was declined due to residents’ “sticker shock” as
it would increase what they would have to pay monthly.
Each resident would be assessed a fee of approximately $100,000
each, some $300,000, amortized over the course of 180 months.
The Champlain Towers after:
Six of seven members of the condo board resigned due
to the issue. 20-months later in 2020, the condo
association inquired again and Morabito Consultants,
Inc, had raised the price from $9,128,433.60 to
$14,980,117.88. That is a significant sum of money to
ask, especially after recently purchasing a unit and the
structural issues were not disclosed in the inspection
report.
Calls from the Champlain tower after it collapsed:
In April of 2021, the condo board president stated, “Indeed the
observable damage such as in the garage has gotten
significantly worse since the initial inspection. When
you can visually see the concrete spalling (cracking),
that means that the rebar holding it together is rusting
and deteriorating beneath the surface.”
STORY SOURCE
Surfside official was sent disturbing report. He
told board condo was ‘in good shape’
June 27, 2021 09:20 PM, - The
death toll from the building collapse in
Surfside, Florida, rose to nine on Sunday, June
27, as search and rescue efforts continued. A month after an engineer’s report flagged
“major structural damage” at Champlain Towers
South, the chief building official for the town
of Surfside told residents the condominium was
“in very good shape,” according to minutes from
a November 2018 board meeting obtained by the
Miami Herald.
Ross Prieto, who left the post last year, had
reviewed the engineer’s report, the minutes say.
Records show condo board member Mara Chouela
forwarded a copy to him two days earlier. An email posted on the town’s website shows
that Chouela sent Prieto two reports: the
“structural field survey report” by engineer
Frank Morabito of Morabito Consultants detailing
the building’s structural deficiencies, and a
mechanical and electrical engineering report by
Thomas E. Henz. P.E.
And it was Chouela who
introduced Prieto at the meeting with five of
the seven board members, along with property
manager Alexandria Santamaria, condo board
lawyer Marilyn Perez and interested residents
who had gathered in the building’s recreation
room...
https://www.miamiherald.com
Condo collapse near Miami: 'Third World'
building collapse front page news in Latin
America
With South Americans constituting a
significant percentage of the missing, the
condominium tragedy that unfolded Thursday in
Surfside was a top story for news organization
websites across the hemisphere.
A day after the stunning building collapse,
the website of ABC Color in Asuncion, Paraguay,
reported, "No word on missing Paraguayans."
Among the missing are the sister and
brother-in-law of the country's first lady,
Sophia López Moreira, along with the couple's
three children.
La Capital in Rosario, Argentina, posted this
headline: "Miami: they found an Argentine alive
and are looking for nine others in the collapse
of a building." La Capital reported that two
Argentinian actors, Gimena Accardi and Nicolás
Vázquez, were staying in the building but were
able to escape to safety.
https://www.palmbeachpost.com
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