Fall of Surfside Condo Unleashes Frenzy of Enforcement Action by Building Departments

Excavators dig through the remains from the collapsed 12-story Champlain Towers South condo building in Surfside, Fla., on July 9, 2021. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

By Rene Rodriguez, Ana Claudia Chacin, and Joey Flechas From Miami Herald

MIAMI—The collapse of the Champlain Towers South building in Surfside introduced a new term to the non-condo dweller’s lexicon: 40-year recertification.