The sudden collapse of a 40-year-old beachfront condominium near Miami Beach might be an “extremely rare” tragedy, but it has heightened the awareness this week over how similar structures are inspected and safeguarded along Alabama’s Gulf Coast… Mike Kreger, the Drummond endowed chair of the College of Civil, Construction and Environmental Engineering at the University of Alabama, said he thinks any provision by local governments to ensure routine inspections are occurring at the condo buildings “is very important.”