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Months Before Florida Condo Collapse, Residents And Board Sparred Over Repairs

A November 2020 presentation to residents of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla. prepared them for the expensive repairs ahead and warned that "shouting at each other doesn't work!"
Search and rescue teams look for possible survivors in the partially collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building on June 30, 2021 in Surfside, Florida.

Seven months before the collapse of the Champlain Towers South in Surfside, Fla., the condominium association board and residents were still sparring over expensive repairs needed in their building.

A 2018 engineering report warned of "major structural damage" and a construction error

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