The disaster in Miami highlights the cost of apparent neg-

ligence in undertaking essential structural repairs by the

condominium committee charged with running the building on behalf of its owners and tenants.

Israel has numerous buildings where there could be structural defects and, like Miami, the respective (building committee) charged with ensuring among other

matters, a sound physical structure, neglect to carry out

essential structural repairs and ignore when such matters are drawn to the their attention.

Home Command must immediately inspect all such vulnerable buildings, just as it is mandatory for the electric

motors of all lifts, irrespective of maintenance and mandato

ry inspection, to be replaced after 50 years.