Surfside condo collapse investigators say pool deck construction 'deviated' from design requirements
A report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology said "the construction of the pool deck deviated from design requirements." Federal investigators looking into the Surfside, Florida, condo building collapse that killed 98 people in June 2021 revealed new findings in the probe on Thursday. The report from the National Institute of Standards and Technology 's investigation into the cause of the disaster at the Champlain Towers South building says, "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 slab-column connections," the report said. Police tape blocks access to a partially collapsed building, June 24, 2021, in Surfside, Fla. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images Researchers have been studying subsurface conditions of the site to "determine if sinkholes or excessive settling...