SURFSIDE, Fla. — One year has passed since a condominium tower in Surfside, Florida, collapsed and killed 98 people in the early morning hours of June 24 -- but experts, officials, and those who lived through the disaster say there's still a long way to go to ensure the safety of other buildings in South Florida.
"We can't solve a problem when we don't know what the problem was," Charles Burkett, Surfside's mayor at the time, told ABC News as the town prepared to mark the first anniversary of the deadly collapse.
"There wasn't a hurricane. You know, there wasn't a wind storm. There wasn't a flood," Lehman said."So I was very concerned. And I said to myself, 'I don't ever want to see this happen again. And I want to do everything that I can to prevent it from happening.'" But as of this week, the town has only inspected 10 out of 30 buildings that fall within those guidelines, Surfside building official James McGuinness told ABC News. McGuinness said the town does not have the authority to mandate an inspection unless a building is approaching its 40-year recertification deadline or there is evidence of safety issues.
"You're talking about unfunded mandates," Schneider said."It sounds good, everybody get inspected the week after you open. [But] who's going to pay for it? How are you going to do it?" "You only have a limited number of structural engineers that are being pulled in every direction," said David Haber, a lawyer who represents condo associations in Florida."Boards are contacting engineers constantly, saying, 'Please check my building.' It has taken longer for some than others."
Meischeid said nonprofessional condo board members are often reluctant to spend the money necessary to maintain their buildings. The National Institute of Standards and Technology said earlier this month that a year into their investigation, engineers and construction experts still have"numerous active hypotheses," including the corrosion of the reinforcing steel in the plaza slab of the building -- but no leading theory about what caused the collapse.
Prior to the passing of this legislation, Miami-Dade and Broward counties were the only ones in the state with any recertification requirements whatsoever -- and their rules were pegged to the 40-year mark.
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