@Cyber LibertyOne of the articles said,
"A lack of proper drainage on the pool deck of Champlain Towers South condo, which sits above the building’s parking garage, was the source of the “main issue,” wrote engineer Frank Morabito, according to the Miami Herald. Years of standing water had seriously damaged the concrete structural slabs below the deck, a problem Morabito warned would be “extremely expensive” to fix. “Failure to replace waterproofing in the near future will cause the extent of the concrete deterioration to expand exponentially,” Morabito said in his “Structural Field Survey Report,” which was produced for the Condominium Association. Officials in Surfside, Fla., released the report late Friday.
It is still unclear whether the issues flagged by Morabito were addressed by the Condominium Association when the report was published."Critical part: "It is still unclear whether the issues...were addressed by the Condominium Association when the report was published." plus,
"would be “extremely expensive” to fix."They have a "Condominium Association". Any of you in a "Property Owners Association"? Here is likely what happened, something like this: If they even considered the report, they voted not to fix the pool/deck/concrete problem due to the fix would cost a lot of money. Anyway, they thought, it was not that big of a deal. If they had to shut down the pool, pool deck, due to improper drainage, and get that big weight of water off that top area and from under that area, they would not have to spend a great amount of money to fix it. They could not connect the dots; improper drainage is happening, water is pooling below causing concrete to weaken,
when it reaches one more flap of a butterfly's wings (critical mass), it will collapse.
