risk of collapse, which means that language that would scare you or me didn t scare the people who were doing the appraising. and we know that town officials reviewed the report and told the board, quote, it appears the building is in very good shape. so, two possibilities. one, they don t know what the hell they re talking about and didn t read the report, or two, they do. and this doesn t mean what is as incendiary as how it s feeling. so, you have to think about that. there are a lot of people digging up information, including this 2015 lawsuit filed by a resident of the building. the suit was about an exterior wall. we see echos of the 2018 report. balconies in need of repair. is that unusual? listen to this engineer. i saw cracks in the stucco facade. i saw deterioration of the concrete balconies. i saw cracks and deterioration of the garage and plaza level, but those are all things we re
a miami-dade government structural and electrical assessment of any building 40 years old. according to the condominium association attorney, the building had multiple inspections and was in the process of extensive work which would have cost $15 million. structural engineer jason borden examined champlain tower just last year. i saw typical things we see in buildings, cracks in the stucco facade, i saw deterioration in the concrete balconies, cracks in the plaza level. those are all things we re accustomed to seeing. that s why our job exists. any cause for alarm in what you saw? in what i saw, no. reporter: the lack of alarm is sending chills through residents who live here and beyond. voluntary evacuations for the champlain tower s sister building and a rush to answer
i saw cracks in the stucco facade. i saw deterioration of the concrete balconies. i saw cracks and deterioration of the garage and plaza level, but those are all things we re accustomed to seeing. it s why our job exists, to maintain and repair the buildings. john went on to say you didn t think anything by it, no, that s what they mean. these are the kind of things they see. he s not some random expert. he s the guy that did the analysis that was in the report. another thing. keep in mind it s an ocean-facing building, all right? what does that mean? storms, right? ten have passed through the area in the life of the building. the most serious being andrew and katrina, those two hurricanes. there s a lot of strain on a building. now, what helps our understanding? they have a strain wall on the ocean-facing side. in other words, they re built to handle force from the wind. so, where are they most vulnerable? inside. the interior, all right?
that made several engineers say they did not foresee a collapse and mince before a cons min yum said it appears the building is in good shape. it was in the process of recertification. electrical and structural assessment of any building 40 years. quoting to the condominium association attorney the building had multiple inspections and in the process of extensive work which would have cost $15 million. structural engineer jason borden examined champlain tower just last year. i saw thing s i typically se. cracks in the stucco facade, deterioration of the concrete balconies. saw cracks and deterioration of the plaza level and decks but all accustomed to seeing and why
so that certainly could be a culprit. i do want you to take a listen to jason boarden who is an inspector. he inspected this building back in 2020. and he recounted a little bit of what he took away from that inspection. i saw things that i typically see when we re preparing to do this type of investigation or study. i saw cracks in the stucco facade and deterioration of the concrete balconies and plaza level. but those are all things that we re accustomed to seeing and why our job exists to maintain and repair the buildings. what i did see did not alarm me at all. so what do you make of that assessment? i mean, should we take the reports of cracks that he even saw himself, seriously? or are they somewhat routine or unremarkable in some way? right.