Pool contractor photographed damaged garage 36
hours before Florida condo fell
Posted By: ladydawgfan, 7/2/2021 2:02:43 AM
Troubling photographs taken by a contractor in the basement garage of the Champlain Towers South condo 36 hours before it collapsed reveal cracked concrete, exposed and severely corroded rebar and pools of water on the floor. “There was standing water all over the parking garage,” the commercial pool contractor, who snapped the startling images, told the Miami Herald. The contractor, who asked not to be named, visited the building last week to prepare a bid for cosmetic work on the pool and to provide the cost of new equipment as part of a multimillion-dollar restoration project at the 40-year-old structure, the outlet reported.
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“There was standing water all over the parking garage,” the commercial pool contractor, who snapped the startling images, told the Miami Herald.
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I know that we have structural engineers and others in the building trades here at LCom. I am curious to read their comments on these photos.