More Shocking Build Errors in Miami Condo Collapse

Jeff Ostroff analyzes the latest NIST engineering investigation updates into the Champlain Towers South Condo collapse in Miami, FL. This engineering update was a public meeting of The National Construction Safety Team (NCST) Advisory Committee in Sept, 2023. NIST leadership updated the committee on the progress of NCST investigations focused on the Champlain Towers South partial building collapse that occurred in Surfside, Florida on June 21, 2021.

📺 Warning Signs: SHOCKING Condo Damage Days Before Miami Collapse
https://youtu.be/cbFPVf1qd10

💻 Miami Herald Article "Surfside tower was flawed from day one. Designs violated the code, likely worsened collapse":
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/miami-beach/article253200228.html

💻 Surfside condo was ‘screaming’ as an alarming crack formed just weeks before the collapse
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/special-reports/surfside-investigation/article261372582.html#storylink=cpy

💻 NIST Public meeting videos mentioned: https://www.nist.gov/disaster-failure-studies/champlain-towers-south-collapse-ncst-investigation/public-meeting-videos

00:00 Intro to Nist Engineering investigation update
01:09 Champlain Towers South Building Error #1: Insufficient rebar over columns
03:36 How concrete rebar should be placed on column strips
05:41 Construction Error #2: rebar rods spaced too widely
08:14 Could sinking sand have caused the condo to collapse?
09:27 Pool slab connection at condo tower line 9.1 in the floorplan
10:54 Quick study of the H-Beam
11:53 9,1 line where NIST is focusing on reproducing failures
13:33 NIST attempts to recover security video from hard drives