{"id":18318,"date":"2023-06-17T06:20:09","date_gmt":"2023-06-17T13:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/champlain-towers-pool-deck-not-up-to-code-nist-officials-say\/"},"modified":"2023-06-17T06:20:10","modified_gmt":"2023-06-17T13:20:10","slug":"champlain-towers-pool-deck-not-up-to-code-nist-officials-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/champlain-towers-pool-deck-not-up-to-code-nist-officials-say\/","title":{"rendered":"Champlain Towers\u2019 pool deck not up to code, NIST officials say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>Dive Brief:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>Federal investigators said Thursday that the pool deck at the Surfside, Florida, condominium that collapsed in 2021 did not comply with original codes and standards, <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/building-collapse-pool-deck-florida-b976aacfb1bb90b8bb41a229f4380b76\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>the Associated Press reported<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>. Champlain Towers South gave way in June 2021, killing 98 people.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>During a regular meeting of the National Construction Safety Team Advisory Committee, investigators from the National Institute of Standards and Technology provided the new information on the pool deck\u2019s structural integrity.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span><span><span><span><span><span>They reported corrosion, misplaced reinforcement and heavier plant containers on the deck than in the original plans, which contributed to \u201ccritically low margins against failure,\u201d AP reported.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"standard-heading\"><span><span><span><span><span><span>Dive Insight:<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The NIST investigation is ongoing, but a report on the cause and suggestions for updates to codes likely will come in 2025, according to the AP. Some experts <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/questionable-design-construction-practices-likely-contributed-to-surfside\/607517\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>had already indicated the pool deck<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> may have contributed to the collapse of the 40-year-old building.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/settlements-more-suits-at-surfside-florida\/622185\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Three settlements were reached<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span> in the class-action suit between survivors and families of victims against three companies that worked on the neighboring Eighty Seven Park condo. Champlain Towers South\u2019s condo association, Morabito Consultants and the engineering firm that conducted inspections agreed to pay $55.55 million in April 2022.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>The property has since sold for <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/surfside-florida-condo-site-sells-for-120m\/624361\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><span>$120 million to DAMAC Properties<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><span><span><span><span><span><span>, a Dubai-based real estate developer, which plans to build a luxury residential tower. Victims\u2019 family members have pushed for the site to become a memorial, rather than a new condo.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.constructiondive.com\/news\/champlain-towers-surfside-pool-deck-code-nist\/653242\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">This article was originally posted at Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] Dive Brief: Federal investigators said Thursday that the pool deck at the Surfside, Florida, condominium that collapsed in 2021 &#8230; <a title=\"Champlain Towers\u2019 pool deck not up to code, NIST officials say\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/champlain-towers-pool-deck-not-up-to-code-nist-officials-say\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Champlain Towers\u2019 pool deck not up to code, NIST officials say\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":18319,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[457],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18318","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction-dive","generate-columns","tablet-grid-50","mobile-grid-100","grid-parent","grid-33"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18318","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18318"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18318\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18319"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18318"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18318"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essential.construction\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18318"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}