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Surfside condo collapse investigators reveal pool deck construction 'deviated from design requirements'
revealed how the construction of the pool deck deviated from design requirements," the NIST said in a statement Thursday. "Specifically, the team found that the number of slab reinforcing bars ...
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Pool Deck Deficiencies May Have Left Champlain Towers South Vulnerable Before Collapse
Issues with the pool deck, such as a possible failure in the connections between the pool deck slab and columns, are among about two-dozen hypotheses being investigated by a team from the U.S. Dept.
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Surfside collapse investigation finds deeper issues with pool deck
show reduced reinforcement of the pool deck “further reduced the strength of the pool deck slab-to-column connections from the already compromised conditions” that NIST reported in June ...
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Pool deck likely cause of Surfside condo collapse: investigators
Federal investigators examining the deadly collapse of the Champlain Towers South condominium building in Surfside, Florida, are leaning toward the conclusion that the building’s pool deck was ...
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Pool deck still likely origin of Surfside condo collapse, federal investigators say
Investigators said that among the “most probable” initiation points were failures in slab-column connections in the pool deck that caused the slab around the columns to drop. “Knocking ...
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Surfside Condo’s Pool Deck Had ‘Severe Strength Deficiency,’ Investigators Say
Federal investigators released preliminary findings on the 13-story tower’s collapse in Florida but say more work is needed to determine what led to 98 deaths. By Mike Baker The condo in ...
All You Need to Know About Concrete Pool Decks
These textured coatings adhere to the concrete, provide slip-resistant footing, and hide blemishes or imperfections in the ...
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Surfside pool deck had “severe distress” weeks before deadly collapse
Investigators are using computer models to determine how the pool deck slab would behave under the additional weight of the planters. The cracking of the pool deck weeks prior to the collapse ...
Miami Herald1y
Pool deck at doomed Surfside tower had ‘critically low margins against failure,’ probe finds
He said the weak connections between the pool deck and supporting columns were vulnerable to punching shear — a type of failure where the slab disconnects from the column in a sudden ...
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Surfside condo collapse investigators say pool deck construction 'deviated' from design requirements
"the construction of the pool deck deviated from design requirements" and that the "number of slab reinforcing bars centered over vertical columns was inadequate." "These deviations weakened the ...
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Pool Deck May Be the Origin of the Deadly Surfside Condo Collapse, Federal Investigators Say
Failures in slab-column connections in the pool deck are among the “most probable” initiation points, investigators said, per the Herald. Investigators believe the probability of underground ...