The licensing agency filed three administrative claims accusing Weisbrod - who was fined three times and threatened with suspension for various offenses before he surrender his license in 1998 - of completing specialized work without the proper permits, licenses, and inspections, and of failing to complete the contracted work, mismanagement, incompetence and fraud throughout the 1980s and 90s. The Miami Herald reported in September that building contractor Alfred Weisbrod lost his license amid fraud and negligence claims prior to the collapse.
The team is also interviewing surviving residents and first responders, reported Axios.Ī slew of lawsuits, fines and maintenance issues bogged down the construction and repair of the Champlain Towers in Surfside before the collapse.Īrchitect William Friedman designed the Surfside condominium, 13 years after his license was suspended for six months due to a collapse. 'Our engineers and scientists feel a great responsibility to get them right because this work often leads directly to changes in codes and standards that are used when constructing new buildings or renovating existing buildings,' Tanya Brown-Giammanco, NIST's director of disaster and failure studies wrote in a blog post.
Search and rescue teams look for possible survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on Jin Surfside
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