The city of North Miami Beach ordered residents of an apartment complex near the Surfside condominium building that collapsed last June to evacuate after an engineer said it was “structurally” unsafe. Engineering firm Bronislaus P. Taurinski Structural Engineers alerted the city in a letter on April 4 that the five-story, 60-unit apartment building, at 3800 Northeast 168th Street known as Bayview 60 Homes, was unsafe. According to the Miami Herald, engineer Brownie P. Taurinski said earlier on April 1 that the building “must be evacuated immediately.” The complex had been undergoing repairs since July 2021 ahead of the building’s upcoming 50-year recertification inspections, the city said in a statement. The owner of the apartment building requested that the city order an immediate evacuation of residents on Tuesday starting at 2:00 p.m., according to the engineering report, the city said. The engineering firm found “a deflection in the elevation of the …
Florida Condo Near Deadly Surfside Collapse Deemed Unsafe, Evacuation Ordered
April 4, 2022
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