There is good news for the residents of the occupied Champlain Towers North, the 12-story residential condominium in Surfside, Fla., located a short distance up Collins Avenue from its near-twin Champlain Towers South, which failed unexpectedly June 24. The unstable remaining wing of the Champlain Towers South concrete structure was imploded July 4, after the partial progressive collapse that killed at least 94 people and left another 22 still missing.
“There’s nothing that we’ve seen so far in the north tower that would indicate any potential for a structural collapse,” says Allyn Kilsheimer, founder, president and CEO of KCE Structural Engineers. “Everything I know [so far] about the north building is positive,” he adds.