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In reply to the discussion: Engineer Warned of 'Major Structural Damage' at Florida Condo Complex [View all]Buckeye_Democrat
(14,853 posts)43. Thank you!
The second 'before picture' gives me a much better understanding of the pool deck design. It clearly wasn't part of the building support at all.
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Engineer Warned of 'Major Structural Damage' at Florida Condo Complex [View all]
Jetheels
Jun 2021
OP
If this is a representation of how bad it was, the building should have been condemned and
Vinca
Jun 2021
#8
Yeah, if it wasn't for liberals and their need for regulations, we would all be free.
3Hotdogs
Jun 2021
#20
Against who? The inspecting engineer for not focusing on the severity of the problem but calling it
3Hotdogs
Jun 2021
#21
No, the engineer seems like a good guy, but your statement does 180 on headline.
Bernardo de La Paz
Jun 2021
#24
Residents probably didn't want to pay for the needed "multi-million dollar" concrete repairs till it
sop
Jun 2021
#3
Of course. Business conducted at every meeting is recorded, usually by Association officers.
sop
Jun 2021
#19
The repairs were finally mandated by the county's 40-year re-certification program.
sop
Jun 2021
#30
Could increasing assault of king tides and sea level rise contributed to Miami condo collapse?
BlueWavePsych
Jun 2021
#11
I lived in a 30-year old, 12-story condo that a problem with the concrete balconies
NCjack
Jun 2021
#12
WaPo: Before condo collapse, rising seas have long pressured Miami coastal properties
BlueWavePsych
Jun 2021
#16
Yes to all of the story text pasted above. But do we all recognize that the cartoon is
TeamProg
Jun 2021
#47
So what will be done about the tens of thousands of other ocean front buildings
3Hotdogs
Jun 2021
#23
No, according to the link, they were "this close" to starting repairs on structural issues.
JustABozoOnThisBus
Jun 2021
#31
I read somewhere that the building was considered more "middle-class" than the others.
NH Ethylene
Jun 2021
#46
Remember the legal term "inherent vice and latent defects." It will come up often in this collapse.
sop
Jun 2021
#68
"caused by years of exposure to the corrosive salt air along the South Florida coast"
BlueWavePsych
Jun 2021
#35
not underground.. parking is ground level under the raised building...
getagrip_already
Jun 2021
#38