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Even earthquakes aren’t supposed to bring down concrete buildings. So how did the Surfside Condominium—a modern building built in 1981—fail?
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Credits:
Executive Producers:
George Zaidan
Hilary Hudson
Producers:
Laurence Vuckovic
Andrew Sobey
Darren Weaver
Elaine Seward
Host:
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Sam Jones, PhD
Writer:
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Scientific consultants:
Michelle Boucher, PhD
Maria Juenger, PhD
Brianne Raccor, PhD
Sources:
Champlain Towers structural field survey:
townofsurfsidefl.gov/docs/default-source/default-document-library/town-clerk-documents/champlain-towers-south-public-records/8777-collins-ave---structural-field-survey-report.pdf?sfvrsn=882a1194_2
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"failed waterproofing is causing major structural damage"
"concrete slab is not sloped to drain... This is a major error in the development of the original contract documents prepared by [the architects]"
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Even earthquakes aren’t supposed to bring down concrete buildings. So how did the Surfside Condominium—a modern building built in 1981—fail?
You might also like:
How Can Fertilizer Explode?
youtube.com/watch?v=-SeT3N3A19c
Are We Standing on a Quadrillion Tons of Diamonds?:
youtu.be/JB-dOm2k6NY
The Great MOLASSES Flood of 1919:
youtu.be/iMPGm3OSvMg
How Carbon Capture Works:
youtu.be/wu3hoo3p4Kk
Credits:
Executive Producers:
George Zaidan
Hilary Hudson
Producers:
Laurence Vuckovic
Andrew Sobey
Darren Weaver
Elaine Seward
Host:
George Zaidan
Sam Jones, PhD
Writer:
Andrew Sobey
Scientific consultants:
Michelle Boucher, PhD
Maria Juenger, PhD
Brianne Raccor, PhD
Sources:
Champlain Towers structural field survey:
townofsurfsidefl.gov/docs/default-source/default-document-library/town-clerk-documents/champlain-towers-south-public-records/8777-collins-ave---structural-field-survey-report.pdf?sfvrsn=882a1194_2
Quotes from the top half of pg 7:
"failed waterproofing is causing major structural damage"
"concrete slab is not sloped to drain... This is a major error in the development of the original contract documents prepared by [the architects]"
Ex-Maintenance Manager for Surfside Condo That Collapsed Recalls Saltwater Intrusion
web.archive.org/web/20210629225013/newsweek.com/ex-maintenance-manager-surfside-condo-that-collapsed-recalls-saltwater-intrusion-1604508
Composition and density of nanoscale calcium–silicate–hydrate in cement
nature.com/articles/nmat1871
Steel Corrosion
sciencedirect.com/topics/engineering/steel-corrosion
‘The building was in OK shape.’ The upscale condo near Miami Beach still collapsed.
miamiherald.com/news/local/community/miami-dade/article252325063.html
