FIU expert provides insight from scene of Surfside condo collapse
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Atorod Azizinamini, director of the Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability in the FIU College of Engineering and Computing, visited the site of the collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium complex in Surfside, Florida. Azizinamini discussed an engineer’s report from 2018, recently shared with the public, that warned of “major structural damage” to concrete foundations as well as “abundant” cracks in the parking garage structure.
This man's information is very spot on. Don't wait so long for these inspections. So sad that this had to happen for people to take heed.
I haven't seen a disaster this bad since the Sampoong Department Store collapse. The owner of that mall went to prison BTW.
@Anifco67 So sad, Shampoog had 937.
The owners are not all dead, some of theses were rentals. I bet the inspector that did not take this building and repairs SESRIOUS and PENCIEL WIPPED the inspection will be the one headed to JAIL.
I'm so fixated on this guy's hair that I read that as Shampoo department store and I thought you were making a joke lol
What is being neglected is the fact that the collection of water under the pool and the faulty waterproofing that Mr Azizinamini first mentions were known when the building was first certified, forty years ago. This was not known only since 2018 when the engineer's report was made. That report tells us that this was a design and construction fault. The question begs to be answered: why was this 40 year old information not acted on 40 years ago? No one in the media has raised the matter? No other commenters or experts have either.
No one needs to comment or bring it up in the news. Attorneys are already collecting all the information they can and THEY'RE the ones that will make the biggest impact FOR THE PEOPLE, victims of the collapse and people who have bought those apartments too. THEN legislation will take place to make sure this doesn't happen again, not before the lawsuits are filed though.
PS No one makes a point to say that ALL of those building are on what USED to be wetlands. Filling swamps and wetlands to build neighborhoods and cities on is just a stupid idea, but much of the coastal "developments" in FL are exactly that. Water tables rise and fall, when they do soil erosion BENEATH the structures occur. The "fill" doesn't stay permanently.
@@jbug13158 Ironic that the infill to build on top of comes from past engineering failures.
Greek gods are jealous of this man's hair. If people magazine did a best hair edition this cat would win hands down. On a serious note I'm glad they're working to get to why this happened and how can we make this never happen again.
🤣🤣🤣 I'm here to say, may I say, I love his hair. But it didn't get past some very unlikely late 70s fans.
Nice hair
Hehehehe👍😍
His hair is the first thing i noticed.
@@frieda8956 its like... Farrah would be proud af
FIU is the world's premier expert in deadly collapses.
Rather, FIU is the world's LEADER in deadly collapses.
What he is saying is good advice and worth paying attention too.
But the fact remains.......if the Engineers report from from 2018 had been acted on immediately by a competent structural repair contractor, this building would not have collapsed.
Show me the worst building inspection and there will be people living inside. I highly doubt they would have ever made anyone move out to repair this building. Greed
Yeah they even admitted previously that to fix things properly it would be too big of a major inconvenience to the tenants. Most likely requiring them to temporarily relocate during the construction. Now, because of the board and management, those people are permanently relocated.
@Laura Thomas they definitely decided to risk it
Greed because they (greedy ones) can keep their money 💰 for fun rather than spending on repairs in the form of an Assessment.
@@cardbored_ Wow the slow acting HOA killed its residents?
The project builders committed a fraud,against the buyers and the city of Surfside.
It came out recently that in 2018 a report was given to management by an inspector that there were serious problems. It's not a steel infrastructure building, it's concrete reinforced with steel re-bar. There were columns in the garage under the actual apartment building where concrete had broken off exposing internal steel. There were cracks in floors and walls, when steel rusts, it actually expands, that extends the crack and lets in more water, the cracks extend exponentially.
There was earlier repair work done that was NOT done properly and
Management was still jerking around regarding hiring a contractor to deal with what came out in 2018 when this disaster happened.
It's a condo association with a elected board. Special assessments have to be voted on & passed by a majority of condo owners.
I would like the names of those who served on the board during 2018.
Check it out here, this guy is a building engineer and he goes through the report from 2018. It's quite shocking:
ua-cam.com/video/TrP-Zl7NHzE/v-deo.html
Isn't FIU the college that designed the bridge that collapsed onto the roadway in Florida?
No, they were client and not the designers. Figg Engineers were the designers.
All of the answers, all of them, will be found in his hair.
He knew everything about building since 94.
Hahahahaha 🤣
@@GlobalDrifter1000 ditto
😞
This man makes sense!
Can you guys do an update like this on the FIU bridge collapse? We would like to know what happened and what are the plans now.
There is a UA-cam video showing a 3D computer modeling based on the video of the collapse showing step by step how the structure behaved during the fall and as an architect what they show is the key to solve this matter. You can see the upper slabs falling like pancakes but the columns that were supposed to hold them still stand for a couple of seconds what this means is that the slabs were poorly attached to the top of each column also you can see a 3 column section corresponding to 3 floors still attached to each other on the debris. Add the salt water in the parking lot to this columns weakening them and there you have it!
"note that two witnesses appear to be saying that the "pool deck" failed first, by perhaps a minute or more. To me, the pool deck is the expanse between the pool and the building. Photos show it surely did drop, by one level, I think.
I propose that by having that floor drop, there was then, for the soon to fall building(s), nothing to keep the intersection of their columns at that same level from moving towards the south (towards the pool deck location). I am assuming a solid sheet of concrete across the whole expanse, and I believe it likely there was a garage under the whole thing. The building could stand until some perturbation caused the sideways movement of those points on the columns, and they fell."
engtips
I am an Architect (not an engineer) but your analysis matches my own perfectly.
Prior to the building falling there was gushing waterfalls pouring into the parking garage from the pool above and I believe some sort of soil erosion/liquefaction occurred in the process therefore compromising the ground below and the already dilapidated columns. May all who perished be at peace in heaven. 🙏🕊
Breaking news: on-site structural engineers have turned their focus to understanding the physics behind this man's hair.
The most interesting man in the world!
FIU is an expert in collapses. 2018 was their signature bridge.
If ever there were a Latin 80s hairband, he’d be lead.
lol he is israeli though
lol. he looks greek
@@zadeh79 he can still join!
Polamalu would be jealous.
El puma
It should have been inspected right after every hurricane and the Navy shouldn’t be testing explosive things off our coast.This will change everything on our coast and I’d be terrified in anything higher than 3 floors on a erosion known beach
This guy looks like a retired 80s Tennis player who made bank and now he spends his days cruising around Monaco in his Lamborghini Countach. He has a home in Malibu and several illegitimate children with former miss America's.
Thank you.
Attractive and smart man.
You look for love in odd places.
@@AB-pe5nl 😂 I second sweetlady1027 , what can I say , the man has charisma
This man’s professional advice to his employer led directly to half dozen deaths. That is a fact. One of them was one of my neighbors. He should be in jail for professional negligence.
@@MariaLopez-iz5ss FIU walking bridge collapse that killed 6 people - you make a good point!
Notice how the people here are all about the style than the substance of the man.
Is the person asking the question speaking through a McDonald's Drive Thru intercom? Sure does sound like it
Probably Burger King
Do you think the incompetence of the HOA delaying maintenance and repairs for 40 might have anything to do with this? LOL you go girl!
He is an expert on the subject.
The factor was stupidity and greed. Nothing changes.
Whats on my mind is when a building collapses you have 33% of the original height and when there's demo job its around 10-11 percent. Can anyone confirm either, my eyesight is so bad can't really see anything.
Well said.
The structural integrity of this man's hair is never in question, NEVER!
Wait FIU? Is the group that designed the 8th pedestrian bridge that also “collapsed” and killed people the whole case got very quite.
NO they weren't. FIU was the client and not the design engineers. Figg Engineering were the design engineers.
Insurance requires inspections before renewals.
Insurance companies aren't known to be meticulous when checking inspectors/inspections. They just take the paperwork and the premiums.
@@jbug13158 Could be a clause to not pay for improper maint
FIU knows all about collapsing concrete. Remember the pedestrian bridge they engineered.
FIU was the client and not the design engineers.
Can UTube stop this guy from talking about construction disasters, due to his involvement in FIU bridge collapse.
Originally these units had a close kitchen, a door and small window, may homeowners remove those walls,we need to see who did it with permits and who dont... just saying...this could be a big issue ,plus lack of maintenance.
Still no mention of sea level rising from underground rotting buildings from the bottom.
Yes they mentioned that bullshit already in other videos.
A B, Sea levels are rising, Ironically this was the only one to fall apart, Nothing to do with the fact that it's built on a sandbar.....
@@stclairstclair It has everything to do with property manager that slacked on his duty of keeping people safe.
A B, That depends...
The health and safety of tenants can fall on both the owner and management company,
In some states the property owners are the primary people responsible for safety,
"You can not contract your way out of responsibility" And "The property managers are employees"
H&R Block can do your taxes, You are the only one responsible for the debt.
The 80s would like it’s hair back
This guy sounds more like a politician than an Engineer.
The FIU walking bridge that he approved the design and calculations off collapse killing 6 people so you are possibly correct. The investigation panel said that the bridge had only 90% of the required strength, when in reality it should have been hundreds of % more with safety margin.
@@Kpopzoom In defense of the prof. The bridge as I understand it was at the time of collapse supported by piers etc. from below. I believe that the contractor bore a lot of the responsibility. What you say could also be true. Does it fail now or does it fail later.
@@cayrick You are correct that there was problems during construction. Because they didn't want to rip up some traffic bollards then moved the boggies inside/ in stepped from their intended position, while swinging the bridge into place. This meant the ends of the 950 ton bridge were over hanging so they jacked up the post tension bars on the concrete truss to compensate, leading to stretching of the steel there and ultimately failure latter on.
But the board that looked into the disaster found that the bridge was only 90% of the required strength - when for safety it should have been hundreds of percent.
So that is the fault of anyone who "checked" those calculations.
@@Kpopzoom FIU were the client and not the design engineers. Figg Engineering were the design engineers. He did not approve the calculations. He was trying to promote the ABC system which was not the cause of the collapse. Except for the number of dead, your numbers are completely incorrect but sometimes when you show numbers, some people might think you are correct.
@@yodaiam1000 I distinctly remember that it was publicly stated that he was given and approved the design and calculations.
The percentage comes from the investigation board NTSB hearing into the accident: ua-cam.com/video/fdUf-_el9vA/v-deo.html
This report shows the bridge as 90% under designed at node 10/11 and 43% at node 11/12 - the bridge was doomed from the beginning.
If you are interested please check more on the channel:
Construction Engineering & Failure Analysis
As he covered the whole sorry saga in a great deal of detail.
40-year inspection was a favor to devlopers and construction companies; gives them ample time to do overbuilding for a lot of profit, then get out of town.
In my state it's every 5 years.
A wise Iranian professor.
With a great mane to boot!
I wonder where his expertise was when the FIU pedestrian bridge was cracking and deforming under its own self weight? ... Probably hiding under his desk!
He reminds me of Michael Landon
This collapse should teach buyers to avoid high rise concrete condos like fire, unless you're brave and a millionaire.
is that Mel gibson with long hair?
Who tf is this guy, lookin like the dude on the TV show chips lol with long hair
To cause simultaneous vertical support failure ... again.
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I am sure you will find more then 1 IN COMPOTINT PERSON INVOLVED.... alot of inspectors pass the buck and overlook stuff and say they inspected something and didn't. I know, I am involved with building buildings and I have know of people PENCIL WIPPING reports. Pure LAZYNESS
How much for the magnificent hair?
The FIU bridge collapse has lost FIU credibility by their silence in the clearly flawed engineering and oversight.
The navy dropped a 40 000 pound bomb off the coast of Florida on the 23rd it registered as a 3.6 magnitude earthquake.
3.9 in daytona 320 kms away..
karma for killing so much at sea?
The Navy will never be held accountable. Nor will they admit any correlation. It caused an earthquake on shore but what did it do below the surface? All for the shits and giggles of seeing the effect it would have on their stupid warship. Disgusting. Beam me up Scotty.
Except it DID NOT "cause" a 3.6 magnitude earthquake on shore. Read this article before you make statements that are entirely false. gizmodo.com/navy-tests-new-aircraft-carrier-by-blasting-the-area-wi-1847147079
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El puma
Roaches! Blonde leg hairs! Kids jumping up in my lap! Corn pop was a bad dude! You know the thing! Hunter is the smartest guy I know! C’mon man!!!
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Expert ???
Looks like Miami has a sub soil problem. The real estate market there is gonna get hit.
Navy "experiment" generated *a 3.9 earthquake* in costal water - not far enough? - of Miami, on *Friday, 5 days before the Surfside condo collapse* ...
Please, professor, assess the impact on the already gently sinking (rocky, thought to be!) undersoil with a 40y. damaged, licking, crumbling structure on top, the 'south' condo ... - how far should have been the Navy for this house of cards to not come down ..., for this 40y. old camel-condo to not buckled ... ???
This is not an act of God, *this is people's act* of neglect from the beginnig, dripping, dripping, until stalactites grew on the under-basement ceilling - too many - a turistical site should have been, it may have paid for its re-consolidation ... !
All are responsible, all that touched this property, from designers to constructors to owners, to bord of directors, all played along with 'cosmetical' fixes ...
Truth will set us free !
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He sounds like a POLITICION.no clear answers.
Just not believing this
Aren't you associated with Modern Talking?
Was built during Reagan Administration.
Designed and planned during Jimmy Carter, built when Florida was a blue voting state with a democrat governor. Try again
@@kingssuck06 it wasn't built in 1981? That's what I heard which was the Reagan administration.
@@edp3202 Construction stared in 1980, when Carter was president. By that point it was already built on paper, which takes lots of planning and preparation (also during Carter). Florida was also a blue voting state, with a blue governor at the time. I know the TV tells you republicans are evil but you really have to think outside the box nowadays.
@@kingssuck06 the original blueprints were apparently excellent and designed by structural engineers. It was later on during the construction that the building codes and blueprints were not strictly adhered to and laxed after Carter was out of White House. The Reagan Administration was notorious for deregulation and letting states/counties write their own laws rather than adhere to National laws of safety standards. Local builders could bend rules under Reagan, not Carter.
@@edp3202 He took over in 1981, this building was finished in 1981. There’s no way in hell Reagan had anything to do with this building. It was designed and built on paper, and construction was started well before he even showed up. Building codes are also enforced at the state and local level, not federally. At this time, FL had a blue governor and was blue voting, miami dade has always been blue. Try again
There is Nothing that Republicans like more than loosening the government's regulations. Congratulations Florida!
It's Miami Dade. Hardly run by Republicans
Haha! Diane got her foot in her mouth! Lol!
Its funny because this building and all of its design flaws was planned and drawn up during Jimmy Carters presidency. Florida also voted blue, and had a democrat governor when this was built. Pretty much all democrats. But I guess grasp at any straw to make the republicans look like the boogeyman, thats what the TV tells you, right?
thank you! A voice that makes sense.
It’s interesting that when this kind of thing happens everyone becomes an expert in the comments, why don’t you all shut it and let the structural engineers find the actual facts based on evidence and investigation, structural catastrophic failures are complex problems and rarely caused by just one factor
@Mateo Andres López Barrientos
Thank you! It's incredible how many "armchair engineers" have appeared.
He's an actual expert.
"Atorod Azizinamini, director of the Moss School of Construction, Infrastructure and Sustainability in the FIU College of Engineering and Computing"
@@TomCameron exactly! I was referring to the comments, not the professor
It’s now our job to find out why this happened and do the things he mentioned. And maybe it prevents another buildings collapse where thousands would have died. This is how we honor those who died. Make sure their deaths are not in vain.
RIP
When the battle is waged between profits and people; people lose every time. It's a terrible shame.
Indeed a well analyzed and sobering assessment.
According to my calculations, the shnozberries taste like shnozberries.
Smart man.
You don't let the Building take on Water for years... RIP..
LOL... absolutely no information in this video ..
he look like Alice cooper
And a bit of Yanni - live at the apocalypse...
He's the FIU ABC bridge expert.
He wrote the book on collapse... A killer bridge that killed 5 in less than 5 days!
I wish disgraceful FIU would have kept a low profile on this one.
He's got to be a former member of Modern Talking...
LOL that's why he looks so familiar
Well stated
Best video I've seen on this tragedy so far.
I always wondered what this guy looked like without his " KISS " makeup.
Can you sing Brother Louie?
Probably the best take on the internet.
Actually there seems to be quite a bit of fact-based analysis, speculation clearly labeled as such.
@Charley Chopstick What's the bitterness, butthead? Seemed pretty anodyne to me.
If those living or renting old beach side building have to assume the repair costs at today's prices they will have to really love it for not dumping it as fast as possible into the market, which is probably what has happened for the last 40 years, and which is what loose monetary policy has promoted. You want to blame someone, blame the FED, same issues are widespread all over US today
It’s interesting that people were buying and selling their lovely homes, but did the buyers have disclosure of the 2018 property inspection?
Charming town. Too bad all the beach condos may be unsafe though. Inspections? What do they send, one guy with a clipboard?🙄
Very informative and interesting. Just like in life- we learn more from our mistakes than our successes. Thank you for this piece, it helped me understand. I wish the news made it this clear.
CBS Miami interviewed a former #8777 Maintenance staff manager, William Espinosa, and he stated the the entire basement garage monthly flooded to a depth of two feet with salt water and had been for many years. A pair of pump were overwhealmed and had to be repeatedly replaced.
We have seen buildings settle askew but that 😳 was catastrophic wtf there is a lot to investigate it fell so cleanly total failure total very curious
Lol it did not fall cleanly. The middle fell then the right portion fell. Total failure? Half of the building is still standing. Watch WTC 7 fall. That was clean.
Why are they interviewing El Puma? I thought he was a singer!!!
Those who can .... (You know the rest)
Magnificent Herculean hair.
He knows the mandarin.
get a hair cut.
GRAVITY always wins.
They did here in hbg pa they ordered people to move
What is the life expectancy of these buildings
70 years if they were built in laboratory conditions.
Er.. which they aren't.
Greed wasn’t good
.....come again?.....
Wise man! Nice hair
After inspection. If inspection fails. They should certify mail both the owner and the county to have building red tagged.
Tenants should be made aware as well.
Inspector will be fired.
Not to mention that a toilet was leaking in the South garage and that two ceiling lights were out of service.
How about them flashes.
@Steve
Power cables exist in every room,you do not present consistency
People are catching on
They are pushing "structural problems" soooo hard...its very obvious. We aren't supposed to realize this was an attack.