rapidtrans
Senior Member
Apparently, in this case building maintenance wasn’t kept up and that newer high-rise right next door, which reportedly shook this building during construction, combined to degrade integrity of collapsed building.
Building collapse in south Florida
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polara71
Old Man with a Hat
I didn't hear about that. Yeah, that can do it.
68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
The Sarasota FL news reminisced about a Condo Tower in their downtown area (not the barrier island beachfront coast) that was built in 1974 that was deemed not structurally sound that had to be evacuated (all residents) after this event, it had to be made structurally sound before anyone could move back in. They interviewed a resident of that building that went trough it that is still living there and he said it was a 3/4 year ordeal. I remember this on the news, it was I think just over 10 years ago when this happened. About the same size building 10/12 stories.
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68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
No one has yet mentioned what was next door prior to the new hi-rise construction. I doubt it was a empty lot something had to be tore down before construction.
There is a owner of a building restoration company that does concrete spalling repair on YouTube giving analysis on this building, I didn't dig into his credentials but he speaks very well and appears very knowable, and he brought up if there was any work being done on the columns for concrete spalling repair is that you have to have a ongoing inspection of all the other columns for increased damage as the jack hammering vibrations travels through the whole structure and can further weaken other spalling.
I can remember going to a bank over on beachside where right across A1A is some of our areas first and oldest towers, they were doing balcony repair and as soon as I walked out the bank door I could hear the jack hammering and just thought what a great luxurious place to live with all that ongoing construction noise going on. And this went on for years, think they did windows afterwards, it was like driving by there for 4/5 years and thinking they ain't done with that yet?
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68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
Final update:
They had problems from the git-go on this building.
This is not unusual here in low wage non union Floriduh, decades ago during the I-95 widening here in Volusia County the GC tipped a crane into the Tomoka River, seems they had 2 ways to rent it, (1) with a company operator and the liability insurance that came with it or (2) without a operator which mean'd they used one of their own employee's. Ended up they just bought a bent up old crane and had deal with the EPA fines, not to mention the OSHA shutdown & investigation (delay fines)
Then our biggest 2004 hurricane damage condo tower in the Shores had a crane tip over during a hurricane further delaying the 15 year multi-million dollar repair.
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They had problems from the git-go on this building.
This is not unusual here in low wage non union Floriduh, decades ago during the I-95 widening here in Volusia County the GC tipped a crane into the Tomoka River, seems they had 2 ways to rent it, (1) with a company operator and the liability insurance that came with it or (2) without a operator which mean'd they used one of their own employee's. Ended up they just bought a bent up old crane and had deal with the EPA fines, not to mention the OSHA shutdown & investigation (delay fines)
Then our biggest 2004 hurricane damage condo tower in the Shores had a crane tip over during a hurricane further delaying the 15 year multi-million dollar repair.
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68PK21 440.6bbl
Old Man with a Hat
Final update #2:
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