- The town of Surfside received a required 40-year inspection report for the Champlain Towers South 16 hours after the beachside building’s catastrophic failure.An October 2018 inspection report found “abundant” cracking and spalling of the columns, beams and walls in the garage under the tower that collapsed early Thursday.
The town of Surfside posted a dozen documents to its website late Friday night relating to the collapsed Champlain Towers South, including a required 40-year inspection report that was posted as “unverified” and received 16 hours after the Florida condo building’s catastrophic failure.
“The report was not formally submitted or authorized by the property owner Champlain Towers,” the note said, adding that it