Miami mayor says collapse has consequences for condo buildings and real estate
The Washington Post covered yesterday's Haber Law and Brickell Homeowners Association webinar on condo-building safety where David Podein and Christopher Utrera provided insight on the value of finding quality building inspectors and documenting building damage. #Surfside
Death toll grows to 12 at collapsed Surfside condo; 149 remain missinG
At an online forum with the Brickell Homeowners Association and Haber Law, the head of Miami’s building department outlined the city’s new plan to push owners of older buildings to get their structures inspected.
The city wants buildings taller than six stories that are 40 years or older to hire structural engineers to check for “visible signs of distress” on the structures — even if the buildings have already passed their recertification process.
“We want to go above and beyond what the code calls for,” added Asael Marrero, director of the Miami Building Department. “The code, right now, doesn’t allow me to mandate it.”
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Says Surfside Tragedy Was "Preventable"
Officials haven't yet declared a definitive cause for the tragedy. But in a webinar this afternoon hosted by the Brickell Homeowners Association, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez said he believes it was preventable.
"What we saw [in Surfside] is an anomalous event, but one that may have been preventable," Suarez said. "When you see the deterioration of some of these buildings that seem to have gone unattended...associations are like cities. Your primary responsibilities, just like the city's primary responsibility, is to take care of our common areas. Our streets, our sidewalks. If we fail to do that, someone could get hurt. The same thing can happen in a building."