The rubble is gone, evidence is catalogued and removed and the basement slab is visible at the site of the June 24 collapse of part of the 40-year-old Champlain Towers South residential condominium in Surfside, Fla. Still, the forensic probes into the causes of the structural failure that killed 98 people have not begun.
That hasn’t stopped Surfside officials from recommending immediate structural assessments of coastal buildings of all types and ages to try to avert another tragedy.