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Surfside condo building’s standing portion
brought down with explosives

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Posted By: Imright, 7/5/2021 5:04:54 AM

The still-standing portion of the partially collapsed condo building in Surfside, Florida, was brought down using explosives Sunday night.The move occurred after 10 p.m. ET, 11 days after the shocking collapse of much of the residential Champlain Towers structure on June 24 that resulted in 24 confirmed deaths, with 121 people still unaccounted for, according to Miami-Dade County officials.County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said the demolition of the remaining portion of the building was a necessary step for crews to continue their search for any possible survivors of the disaster."Bringing down this building in a controlled manner is critical to expanding the scope of our search-and-rescue effort," Cava told reporters

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Reply 1 - Posted by: OBX Pete 7/5/2021 5:40:59 AM (No. 836189)
From what I have read it sounds like this building was not constructed in accordance with normal building codes. Re-bars used were not in accordance with normal building codes. Must be an investigation to determine if this took place in the original design or in some lousy construction inspectors. We must assume this will be determined !!!!!
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Reply 2 - Posted by: homefry 7/5/2021 7:01:28 AM (No. 836203)
If I were stuck in that collapsed building I would hope they did a very controlled collapse.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: gwholmessr 7/5/2021 7:27:50 AM (No. 836218)
Doing an evaluation of the construction gonna be kinda hard now isn’t it? Was this for safety or cover up? It makes one wonder.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: Venturer 7/5/2021 7:30:24 AM (No. 836219)
That sure was fast. The controlled demolition crew usually has to study the building and set up cables and other things to bring down a building.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: hershey 7/5/2021 7:41:09 AM (No. 836226)
And how much of the debris landed on the un-excavated portions of the original collapse?
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Strike3 7/5/2021 10:13:46 AM (No. 836357)
I could be wrong but I would think that explosives shaking the underground areas where survivors might still be clinging to life could be classified as a "bad idea."
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Reply 7 - Posted by: zephyrgirl 7/5/2021 11:51:14 AM (No. 836476)
I'm guessing that even though no one is saying it, the search and rescue people have concluded that the missing are likely dead and the demolition of the remaining building won't make a difference. Supposedly, the rubble from the demolition was directed away from the collapse rubble. Sad for the surviving families, but the most likely survivors will the ones pulled out in the early hours. I remember after the WTC collapse, no survivors were pulled from the wreckage after the first day.
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