JASON HACKETT SPOKE TO AN EXPERT. AS WE DEATH TOLL CLIMBS IN SURFSIDE, FLORIDA. IT’S THE QUESTION. EVERYONE IS ASKING TODAY. HOW DID THIS HAPPEN WHAT COULD SOME OF THE FACTORS BE HERE THAT COULD HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS, YOU KNOW SOME OF THE THINGS WE WE ZERO IN OIS WHEN THE BUILDING WAS DESIGNED WHEN IT WAS BUILT DR. NORBED A LOT IS AN ENGINEERING PROFESSOR AT OSU. THE OTHER THING IS YOU’V’ GOT 40 YEARS OF EXPOSURE TO THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO CORROSIVE ELEMENTS, AND THAT’S REALLY REALLY HARD ON BUILDING MATERIALS. PARTICULARLY STEALING CONCRETE A LETTER THE CONDO BOARD PRESIDENT SENT TO RESIDENTS IN APRIL NOW GAINING A LOT OF ATTENTION IT WARNED THAT THE BUILDINGS QUOTE CONCRETE DETERIORATION IS ACCELERATING AND REPAIRS WERE NEEDED I ASKEDOR F THE PROFESSORS TAKE AS I READ THESE CUDOMENTS THEY DO NOT READO T ME AS SAYING THAT YOU’VE GOT AN IMMINENT COLLAPSE. THEY ARE SAYING INSTEAD TTHA WE SEE SOME PROBLEMS CREEPING UP AND WE NEED TO MAKE THESE REPAIRS SO WE DON’T HAVE A COLLAPSE IN THE FUTURE. WHATEVER THE CAUSE IS. IT MAYE B A WHILE BEFORE WE KNOW INVESTIGATIONS OF THIS NATURE TYPICALLY TAKE ABOUT A YEAR INVESTIGATORS REALLY CAN’T EVEN GET TO THEIT SE BECSEAU THE FIRST PRIORITY IS TO ATTEMPT TO RESCUE AND THE NEXT ALREADY AFTER THAT IS GOI
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OSU engineering professor seems at questions surrounding partial collapse of Florida condominium
Up to date: 10:18 PM CDT Jun 30, 2023
Many are left with questions because the loss of life toll climbs in Surfside, Florida, after an oceanside condominium tower partially collapsed.”How did this occur? What might a number of the components be right here that would’ve contributed to this?” KOCO 5 morning anchor Jason Hackett requested.”Among the issues we zero in on is when the constructing was designed, when it was constructed,” replied Dr. Norb Delatte, an engineering professor at Oklahoma State College. “The opposite factor is that you’ve got 40 years of publicity to the Atlantic Ocean, to corrosive parts, and that is actually, actually laborious on the constructing supplies, particularly metal and concrete.”A letter the condominium board president despatched to residents in April has gained loads of nationwide consideration. It warned that the constructing’s “concrete deterioration is accelerating” and repairs had been wanted.KOCO 5 requested for Delatte’s tackle the letter.”As I learn these paperwork, they don’t learn to me as saying that you’ve an imminent collapse,” he mentioned. “They’re saying, as an alternative, that we see some issues creeping up, and we have to make these repairs so we do not have a collapse sooner or later.”Regardless of the trigger is, it could be some time earlier than we all know.”Investigations of this nature sometimes take a few 12 months,” Delatte mentioned. “Investigators actually cannot even get to the positioning as a result of the primary precedence is to aim to rescue, and the subsequent precedence after that’s going to be get well victims.”
Many are left with questions because the loss of life toll climbs in Surfside, Florida, after an oceanside condominium tower partially collapsed.
“How did this occur? What might a number of the components be right here that would’ve contributed to this?” KOCO 5 morning anchor Jason Hackett requested.
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“Among the issues we zero in on is when the constructing was designed, when it was constructed,” replied Dr. Norb Delatte, an engineering professor at Oklahoma State College. “The opposite factor is that you’ve got 40 years of publicity to the Atlantic Ocean, to corrosive parts, and that is actually, actually laborious on the constructing supplies, particularly metal and concrete.”
A letter the condominium board president despatched to residents in April has gained loads of nationwide consideration. It warned that the constructing’s “concrete deterioration is accelerating” and repairs had been wanted.
KOCO 5 requested for Delatte’s tackle the letter.
“As I learn these paperwork, they don’t learn to me as saying that you’ve an imminent collapse,” he mentioned. “They’re saying, as an alternative, that we see some issues creeping up, and we have to make these repairs so we do not have a collapse sooner or later.”
Regardless of the trigger is, it could be some time earlier than we all know.
“Investigations of this nature sometimes take a few 12 months,” Delatte mentioned. “Investigators actually cannot even get to the positioning as a result of the primary precedence is to aim to rescue, and the subsequent precedence after that’s going to be get well victims.”
