![]() ![]() One questioner told Bell: “It’s troubling we can’t find an obvious trigger.”īell responded that in his experience investigating structural failures, there is often no single cause. The platforms crashed down into the lobby, killing 114 people and injuring 200 on July 17, 1981, the year Champlain South was built. Various errors and flaws in the Champlain Towers design and construction bear “eerie” similarity to what was found after the collapse of an overhead walkway at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Kansas City, said project leader Jack Moehle. Investigators said they have so far interviewed 33 people, including survivors, victims’ family members and government officials. “It looks like it was strong but not so durable concrete.” “We’ve observed microstructural changes due to environmental factors,” project leader Scott Jones said. They have obtained 70 concrete cores - about 18% of what they intend to collect. Materials scientists are attempting to replicate the concrete mix used in 1980, which has been problematic because materials used in South Florida have changed significantly over the years. ![]() The collapse of roughly half of the building occurred around 1:22 a.m. Mitrani-Reiser also said investigators have a memorandum of understanding with the FBI to enhance videos and still images that could provide clues, such as a video taken by a tourist in a nearby hotel showing the north side of Champlain South moments before the building collapsed. Champlain Towers South opened in 1981 just north of Miami Beach and included 136 condominiums. “Even absent any sudden overload or obvious initiator of a failure on the night of a collapse, the conditions present on the pool deck slab at that time represented a serious safety concern for the building,” Bell said. He said the weak connections between the pool deck and supporting columns were vulnerable to punching shear - a type of failure where the slab disconnects from the column in a sudden, sweeping collapse. They concluded the design failed to meet codes and standards and “the lack of compliance was most severe in the pool deck structure,” Bell said.īell said they found the strength in some pool deck locations was only about half of that required at the time of construction, and also would not have complied with current codes. They also analyzed the standards for reinforced concrete design from 40 years ago. Glenn Bell, team associate leader for the investigation, explained how engineers examined the original building codes and standards from 1980 to determine where construction of Champlain Towers South may have deviated. Those included areas where the pool deck appeared to be sagging dangerously, cracking a nearby planter. But Miami court circuit judge Michael Hanzman shot down the proposal.Ī permanent memorial is set rise on 88th Street.The findings echoed reporting done by the Miami Herald in consultation with structural engineers who identified similar weaknesses in the structure and other problems that compounded in the weeks before the collapse. Some had advocated for a land swap that would have allowed developers to buy Surfiside’s nearby community center for a development opportunity, and allow the site of the tragedy to become a memorial. “To see a high-end development built would be very hard for all of us,” Carlos Wainberg, who lost family members in the collapse, said in a court hearing in 2021. ![]() Such a catastrophic failure would almost certainly have. The move to build a luxury condo on the ill-fated site has rankled some victims’ family members, one of whom called it a burial site. 1, 2021 test The collapse of the Champlain Towers Southcondo left 98 people deadand triggered investigations that could last years. “While no work of architecture can ever remove the pain of the past, nor should it, a truly ambitious work of architecture can respect such a significant site,” Chris Lepine, director at ZHA, said in a statement.ĭamac, led by Hussain Sajwani, bought the site in 2022 through a court-ordered auction nearly a year after part of the Champlain Tower South condo building fell, killing 98. The London-based firm completed the One Thousand Museum condo tower in 2019. The commission marks the second Miami area project for ZHA, which was founded by the late, Pritzker-prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid. But now the developer is “re-considering the branding options,” said Niall Mc Loughlin, Damac’s international senior vice president of communications. The amenities will include a 100-foot-long rooftop pool as well as a 75-foot-long indoor exercise pool and spa.ĭamac had selected fashion label Roberto Cavali, which it owns, to brand the project. Units are set to range between 4,000 and 15,000 square feet. ![]() SEE ALSO: Silverstein Joins the Casino Competition With Bid for a Far West Side Project ![]()
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