Miami-Dade
NIST's Surfside Findings, and What They Do Not Say
NIST released its technical findings on the 2021 Champlain Towers South collapse in June 2026. It ruled out foundation failure, sinkholes and settling.
Field Notes
Shorter pieces on Miami-Dade ground and buildings
One subject at a time, sourced where the facts are checkable. The longer treatments live in the guides.
Miami-Dade
The Saltwater Line Under Miami-Dade Moved Again
USGS published new mapping of the saltwater interface under the Biscayne aquifer in December 2025. The line moved inland north and south, and held in the east.
Practical
Why No House in Miami Has a Basement
Newcomers notice it within a week. The answer is groundwater two to eight feet down, and it explains most of what goes wrong with foundations in Miami-Dade.
Miami-Dade
Most of Miami's Rain Falls in Six Months
NOAA puts Miami at 67.41 inches of rain a year with more than three quarters of it between May and October. That is why drainage problems here are seasonal.
Miami-Dade
Hurricane Andrew and South Miami-Dade Housing
Andrew came ashore at Fender Point on 24 August 1992 as a Category 5, destroying around 49,000 homes. The rebuild left south Miami-Dade with two housing stocks.
Practical
Buying an Older Miami House: The Structural Part
About a third of Miami-Dade housing predates 1970, and in the City of Miami it is nearer 40 percent. What age means for a block house here, and what to check.
Miami-Dade
The Rock Miami Was Built From, and Built On
The pale, pitted stone in old Miami garden walls is the same formation the city sits on. What it is explains how those walls behave and why footings vary.
How Work Runs
What a Boring Log Tells You
On a piering job the pier count and the depth to competent bearing are the price, and both come from a subsurface investigation. What one shows and how to read it.
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