Neighboring construction impacted Surfside building's stability?

Engineers and Surfside, Florida, officials are concerned that recent construction at a neighboring residential building may have contributed to instability at the Champlain Tower South building that collapsed last week -- and could potentially have been "the straw that broke the camel's back," according to one expert.

"Construction of a neighboring building can certainly impact the conditions, particularly the foundation for an existing building," Ben Schafer, a structural engineer at Johns Hopkins University, told ABC News. "A critical flaw or damage must have already existed in the Champlain towers, but neighboring new construction could be the 'straw that broke the camel's back' in terms of a precipitating event."

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