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Fall of Surfside Condo Unleashes Frenzy of Enforcement Action by Building Departments
MIAMI The collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside introduced a new term to the non-condo dweller’s lexicon: 40-year recertification.
Now, after the disaster in Surfside, everyone’s heard of them. And cities throughout Miami-Dade are in a frenzied rush to see which condo buildings within their boundaries are in line for the critical 40-year structural checkup that Champlain Towers South was about to undergo when it shockingly without warning fell and which other Miami-area buildings are overdue.
The Champlain collapse has raised questions about whether municipal authorities have been doing their duty to ensure that structural recertifications are carried out. The early evidence suggests no.
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In a tweet, Levine Cava said she is urging “municipalities to do their own aggressive review.”
Many other South Florida municipalities have announced additional steps to inspect older buildings.
A spokesperson with the City of Miami told NBC 6 that they are sending letters to 125 buildings six stories or higher and 40 years or older asking them to hire a licensed structural engineer to conduct an inspection. This is something the spokesperson said is not mandatory, but highly recommended.
The City of Miami Beach also took similar action by sending out structural engineers to older buildings.
In the City of Sunny Isles Beach, a spokesperson said their Building Department has initiated an inspection process for all commercial and multi-family buildings built before 1982, including review of both the inspection paperwork and external structures.
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