Structural maintenance: Fla. condominium prioritizes prevention

When the Champlain Towers South condominium in Surfside, Fla., partially collapsed three years ago this month, Daniel Gonzalez knew he had work to do at The Admiral’s Walk, the 18-story condominium in Boca Raton where he has served as manager since 2009.  Gonzalez called Howard Somers, the condominium’s board president, to develop a plan to commission a structural inspection on their nearly 50-year-old building. They were two months ahead of a city ordinance that would mandate such inspections and nearly a year ahead of landmark Florida legislation that imposed a similar directive on aging buildings across the state. Admiral’s Walk received recertification in December 2023, the first condominium building in the city to achieve the status.    Read the article…………………………….

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