Surfside Condo Collapse: New Federal Report Reveals Flaws Emerged Weeks Before 2021 Disaster

Surfside condo collapse: New federal report reveals flaws emerged weeks before 2021 disaster

A newly released federal report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology reveals that the structural failures at Champlain Towers South in Surfside began three weeks before its deadly collapse in 2021.

5 Years After Deadly Surfside Collapse, Investigators Say Building Failure Began Weeks Prior

Five years after the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condo building that killed 98 people in Surfside, Florida, federal investigators have new information on the timeline of events. The columns holding up the pool deck, long believed to be the likely cause of the incident, began failing weeks before the June 24, 2021, tragedy, according to the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

Champlain Towers Collapse NIST Findings

The National Institute of Standards and Technology has now released its technical findings about the Champlain Towers South collapse. 1 For many, this will be read as an engineering report. For me, it is more than that. I served as the court-appointed insurance coverage liaison counsel for the class of victims. I listened to families, … The post A Fragile Building’s Final Warning appeared first on Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog.