Jeff Ostroff reconstructs a precise timeline of events in the hours leading up to the Miami Condo collapse and examines the evidence to offer you our root cause and failure analysis to determine how the Champlain Towers South Condo building collapsed on Jun 24, 2021.
This condo collapse analysis pulls in statements made by witnesses, and also witness videos and security camera videos which captured the condo building collapse from around the property and some video just moments before the now infamous Miami Condo Collapse.
The Champlain Towers South condo complex collapse was located at 8777 Collins Ave. in Surfside, FL, which is just north of Miami beach.
⏱ Table of Contents Bathroom Remodel (Click on timestamps to jump to a chapter)
⏱ 0:00 Introduction to Champlain Towers South Condo, Buildings
2:10 36 hours before condo collapse, pool inspection photos, cracked concrete
2:50 Spalling on concrete beams over pool equipment room
4:20 Water leaking on pool equipment room floor before condo collapse
5:45 Standing water in garage by space #78
6:58 Analysis: Tourist video of garage damage just before building collapse
8:55 Witness accounts of pool deck collapsing like sink hole
10:16 Analysis of security camera video of condo building collapse
14:14 Examining the collapsed pool deck for clues, concrete degradation
19:00 Analysis of column thickness, concrete stripped cleanly off rebar
20:50 Did wider columns on front building prevent it from collapsing?
22:45 Which columns failed and collapsed first?
26:55 Famous 2018 engineering report give insight on root cause for collapse
28:28 Our theory of failure mode for building collapse
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