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When structures collapse, Jennifer Bridge\u2019s phone rings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Often, it is family wanting insight from Bridge, an associate professor in the University of Florida\u2019s Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering. She is a well-regarded expert in structural engineering, so that phone also rings with state officials and building industry leaders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such was the case in June 2021 when the 12-story Champlain Towers South collapsed into a jagged crumble of concrete, steel and suffering in Surfside, Fla., north of Miami Beach. The beachside disaster killed nearly 100 people and injured dozens. Residents were buried in the rubble, and America watched in horror as rescue missions turned into recovery missions within days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSurfside was devastating,\u201d Bridge said. \u201cThis should never have happened because we have so many processes in place. We have so many safety factors built into our engineering processes, whether it\u2019s in the design, the construction or the oversight of the construction.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, three years after the disaster, the UF researcher\u2019s work has helped shape new legislation to improve and track building inspections for condominiums and co-ops. Following the Surfside collapse, Bridge\u2019s inspection reviews and remedies have resulted in tangible changes in the way inspectors evaluate condos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe reaction I have to every structural failure is \u2018This should never happen,\u2019 obviously. If something like that happens, multiple things have gone wrong. It\u2019s never just one thing.\u201d<\/p>Jennifer Bridge, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the University of Florida\u2019s Department of Civil & Coastal Engineering<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Working with the Florida Building Commission (FBC), she contributed to consistent statewide inspection forms and educates industry leaders, state officials, building departments, inspectors and even condo owners about the changes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The new Florida legislation tightens the window for inspections for condos and co-op buildings to 30 years after construction, then every 10 years statewide. Prior to the legislation, standards were not consistent. In Miami-Dade (including Surfside) and Broward counties, the standard required inspections after the first 40 years, then every 10 for all buildings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Condo associations also must complete structural-integrity studies and set aside funds for maintenance and repairs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As part of the education campaign, more than 1,800 attend Bridge\u2019s webinars about building code changes, inspections, and the new forms designed to establish consistency and thorough inspections. She has conducted three webinars so far and is set for three more through November with inspectors (private and municipal), building departments, condo associations and owners, and lawyers representing homeowners or cities and counties.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The changes were not universally lauded, as increased procedures require increased costs, which condo associations pay. The new inspection processes likely will strain some smaller municipalities with smaller staffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No matter. Bridge\u2019s job is structural safety. The project was not about Surfside but rather a comprehensive review of building inspections and vulnerabilities in the system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhat\u2019s working? What\u2019s not working? Where are the bottlenecks?\u201d she said. \u201cThe reaction I have to every structural failure is \u2018This should never happen,\u2019 obviously. If something like that happens, multiple things have gone wrong. It\u2019s never just one thing.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first step was examining those existing processes, with Bridge and her team analyzing about 600 inspection reports from the 40-year inspection programs in Miami-Dade and Broward counties. \u201cOK,\u201d she said after the Surfside collapse, \u201clet\u2019s pump the brakes and look at how the programs we have in place are working.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Three years after the Surfside disaster, UF researcher Jennifer Bridge, Ph.D.\u2019s work has helped shape new legislation to improve and track building inspections for condominiums and co-ops. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

In reviewing those inspection programs, she focused on two areas: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. How the programs operate at the jurisdictional level<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    \u201cYou have a large city with a lot of resources with an electronic system; they are on top of the records, and the files made sense,\u201d Bridge said. \u201cThen you have other cities who say, \u2018We don\u2019t know where those reports went\u2019 or \u2018We never followed up on those.\u2019 They may not have known until I asked them.  They were clearly not putting the resources toward it, maybe because they didn\u2019t have the resources.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Most counties were not following up at the county level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Yet, after the Surfside collapse, \u201cmost jurisdictions were trying to improve processes and have been putting more measures in place to keep track of records and enforce the regulations,\u201d she added. \u201cWe saw this in the second phase of our research; inspections seemed to be happening more quickly, and the reports were more detailed\/comprehensive.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    2. Inspections<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThey have these standard forms the inspectors were using, and I just saw such a wide variety in the quality, the completeness, the level of detail,\u201d Bridge said. \u201cI saw a lot of inspection reports with things that were kind of just blank. Or maybe a checkmark. You are supposed to evaluate the condition of that thing, not just put a checkmark because it is there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Not all inspection reports fell short. Some were quite detailed with pictures and diagrams. They varied greatly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cIf we saw an inspection report that did not say anything about the structure \u2013 good, bad or otherwise \u2013 we put that in a bucket that said, \u2018Insufficient Information.\u2019 And about 10 percent of the reports fell into that bucket,\u201d Bridge said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Bridge\u2019s research has been essential for the state, said Mo Madani, director of the Florida Building Codes and Standards Office, which is part of the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cHer research has been used by [FBC] to come up with the inspection form,\u201d Madani said. \u201cThe University of Florida \u2013 including Jennifer \u2013 has been in the forefront with research, especially in regard to buildings. Jennifer is one of the primary people I call.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The new forms and inspections are not perfect, Bridge contends. She thinks some parts are too broad, and some parts are more subjective from the inspection side. At some point, she would like to see all the reports entered into a state database.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThere is really nothing cutting edge in this. Here\u2019s a problem within a state,\u201d she said. \u201cHow can I be part of the solution? And I don\u2019t always agree with how they do things, but I would rather be in the inside trying to help.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Also of note: Bridge is working with the American Society of Civil Engineers to create a nationwide standard for condition-assessment of existing buildings. Bridge serves as the vice chair for this committee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u201cThe result of this committee will be a minimum standard that can be adopted by various building codes,\u201d she said. \u201cBy 2028, we hope to have the very first standard for the condition assessment of existing buildings.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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