Collapsed Building Miami - birds-eye view before accident, Champlain Towers Surfside Florida
Update - the recent discoveries of the causes that created the collapse
- Hidden corrosion of the pool deck (only 10% of the corrosion was visible on the ceiling of the garage - it is a hidden enemy)
- "Punch through failure" of 11 columns on The Pool deck (6 of the columns were around cars parked on pool level that all fell one level even the tower next to them is still standing - see Green columns on video)
- the pool deck dragged to the south 3 main columns - see the RED columns on the video simulation that I made bellow
- the 3 columns bent to the south did not sustain the building, anymore, and the middle structure of the building failed on itself (see security video of the collapse in the description)
- stair number 2, next to the ocean, kept the other tower 2 seconds more, and then it failed, too (see yellow columns and stairs on the video below)
- the elevator kept the building sustained by the Green column still standing (the green columns did not have direct contact with water from the pool or flowers)
See column simulation (number 78 it is the parking lot that had water most of the time)
see simulation here
https://youtu.be/8VmG_wGOagU
51 units Building collapse in Florida
Champlain Towers South, Surfside, Florida
8777 Collins Ave Surfside, FL 33154
See video of collapse from security cameras
https://web.facebook.com/watch/?v=497729878002450
Update - It looks like the flowers water and weight break the wall and arrived in the garage (see below a recent movie made 7 minutes before the accident and some confession about a big hole at pool level)
https://www.miamiherald.com/ne....ws/local/community/m
Google Street View
https://www.google.com/maps/@2....5.8731296,-80.121340
Google Earth view
https://earth.google.com/web/s....earch/8777+Collins+A
(Earth view of Champlain Towers South)