translated from Spanish: Collapsed building in Miami needed more than $9 million repairs

The collapsed building in Miami needed repairs and works worth more than nine million dollars, including $3.8 million for the garage and pool alone, which should have been properly waterproofed, which was not done. The data comes from the new revelations known today from the 2018 report by a consultancy, which highlighted that the building had structural damage. Nearly three years before the waterfront Champlain Towers condo collapsed near Miami, an engineering firm estimated that major repairs the building needed would cost more than $9 million, according to recently released emails.

The email from the firm Morabito Consultants was part of a series of documents published by the city of Surfside, in Miami-Dade County, as rescue efforts continued today at the site of the collapsed building, among rubble, where the death of five people was confirmed and 156 are still missing, including 9 Argentines. The release of the 2018 cost estimate followed the release of another company document showing that the building’s ground-floor pool platform rested on a concrete saout that had “significant structural damage” and needed extensive repair. In addition, he relieved “abundant cracks and cracks” of columns, beams and concrete walls in the parking lot. The report did not warn of the imminent danger of damage and it is unclear whether any of the damage observed were responsible for the collapse of Champlain Towers South, which is under investigation. 

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