Miami Surfside condo that collapsed killing 98 people had a defective pool deck with ‘critically low margins against failure’, investigators find
Investigators probing the collapse of a condo building in Miami which killed 98 people say the pool deck had ‘severe strength deficiency’.
Preliminary findings have revealed that the property failed to meet other codes and ignored early warning signs about the deck.
An engineering report from 2018 flagged up issues with the pool deck, which were described as major at the time.
Officials with the National Institute of Standards and Technology have not reached any conclusions about the cause of the collapse.
A report on the cause and potential recommendations for updating codes and standards is expected to be released in 2025.
Preliminary findings have revealed that the property failed to meet other codes and ignored early warning signs about the deck
In a new summary of the report the NIST said that the pool deck had ‘critically low margins against failure.’
Investigators say it was severely under-designed in the portion of the deck that collapsed seven minutes before the rest of the tower fell in the early hours of June 24, 2021.
