![]() ![]() October 2018: An engineering consultant finds signs of "major structural damage"Īn engineering consultant in 2018 found signs of "major structural damage" according to documents released by the town of Surfside, Florida. It is unclear what section of Champlain Towers the lawsuit was related to, or whether the issues raised in the filing played a role in Thursday's collapse. She had previously taken the same issue to court, where the building's association, the Champlain Towers South Condominium Association was found liable, according to the complaint. In the lawsuit, Fainstein said water had started coming in through cracks in the outer wall to her terrace in the prior year, causing damage. Matilde Fainstein said the building's owners "failed to repair or negligently repaired the common elements and the outside walls of the building." Fainstein filed for damages in the Miami-Dade Circuit Court in 2015. The collapsed South tower had 136 units - the most of all three of the 12-story towers.Īccording to The Miami Herald, the upscale complex was the first new project built in Surfside after a county moratorium on new developments during the 1970s.Ģ015: A Champlain Towers resident files a lawsuit alleging improper maintenance in the buildingĪ resident of the condominium filed a lawsuit in 2015 alleging one of the building's outer walls had not been maintained properly, court records previously reviewed by Insider showed. A third tower, Champlain Towers East, went up in 1991. Both Champlain Towers South and Champlain Towers North, a smaller complex with fewer units, were built in 1981 out of reinforced concrete. ![]() was built in 1981, about a mile away from Miami Beach, on the Surfside shore. The Champlain Towers condominium complex at 8777 Collins Ave. 1981: The luxury Champlain Towers South and North are built using reinforced concrete On the year anniversary of the collapse, a timeline of the condominium's recent history reveals a smattering of warning signs that emerged before the devastating collapse. Search and rescue efforts at the building continued for a month until the final victim's body was found July 26, 2021. The Champlain Towers South, a 12-story Florida condo building, unexpectedly collapsed the morning of Thursday June 24, 2021, killing 98 people. ![]()
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