Pictures of FL Condo Complex From Years Ago Show Obvious Signs of ‘Major Structural Damage’

A 2018 report on the Miami-area building that collapsed last week warned of “major structural damage” to the concrete pad the building rested on.

As of Sunday afternoon, there were nine confirmed dead and more than 150 unaccounted for, according to The New York Times.

No official cause has been given for the collapse, which occurred about 1:30 a.m. Thursday.

The report cited a “major error” in the initial construction of the building and warned that lack of proper drainage on the pool deck caused “major structural damage,”

The concern was laid out in an October 2018, “Structural Field Survey Report,” produced for the condo association by engineer Frank Morabito of Morabito Consultants. The report included photographic evidence of the damage.

Morabito wrote that the “main issue” at Champlain Towers was that the pool deck and outdoor planters were “laid on a flat structure” preventing water from draining.

The report cited the lack of drainage as “a systemic issue” Morabito linked to a problem “in the development of the original contract documents” 40 years ago.

“Failure to replace waterproofing in the near future will cause the extent of the concrete deterioration to expand exponentially,” he wrote, noting that the fixes he proposed would be “extremely expensive.”