The building collapse in Miami
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My niece’s husband is a civil engineer who does structural failure investigations and will likely be on this case.
He was on the Hard Rock in New Orleans too.
So I’ll have some good scoop in 18 months or so. lol
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My niece’s husband is a civil engineer who does structural failure investigations and will likely be on this case.
He was on the Hard Rock in New Orleans too.
So I’ll have some good scoop in 18 months or so. lol
@jon-nyc said in The building collapse in Miami:
My niece’s husband is a civil engineer who does structural failure investigations and will likely be on this case.
He was on the Hard Rock in New Orleans too.
So I’ll have some good scoop in 18 months or so. lol
Is there an update on that one? Last I heard/read, it was uncured concrete that couldn't support the structure.
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Frank Morabito, the engineering consultant who conducted the report, found "abundant cracking and spalling of varying degrees" in the "concrete columns, beams, and walls" of the ground floor parking garage.
The report also included photos of cracks in the columns and "spalling," or concrete tumbling, that had exposed steel reinforcements on the garage deck.
Morabito noted several other reported problems, including residents complaining of water coming through their windows and balcony doors, as well as the deterioration of the concrete on several balconies.
"Though some of this damage is minor, most of the concrete deterioration needs to be repaired in a timely fashion," Morabito wrote in the October 2018 report.
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Frank Morabito, the engineering consultant who conducted the report, found "abundant cracking and spalling of varying degrees" in the "concrete columns, beams, and walls" of the ground floor parking garage.
The report also included photos of cracks in the columns and "spalling," or concrete tumbling, that had exposed steel reinforcements on the garage deck.
Morabito noted several other reported problems, including residents complaining of water coming through their windows and balcony doors, as well as the deterioration of the concrete on several balconies.
"Though some of this damage is minor, most of the concrete deterioration needs to be repaired in a timely fashion," Morabito wrote in the October 2018 report.
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Frank Morabito, the engineering consultant who conducted the report, found "abundant cracking and spalling of varying degrees" in the "concrete columns, beams, and walls" of the ground floor parking garage.
The report also included photos of cracks in the columns and "spalling," or concrete tumbling, that had exposed steel reinforcements on the garage deck.
Morabito noted several other reported problems, including residents complaining of water coming through their windows and balcony doors, as well as the deterioration of the concrete on several balconies.
"Though some of this damage is minor, most of the concrete deterioration needs to be repaired in a timely fashion," Morabito wrote in the October 2018 report.
@mik said in The building collapse in Miami:
Frank Morabito, the engineering consultant who conducted the report, found "abundant cracking and spalling of varying degrees" in the "concrete columns, beams, and walls" of the ground floor parking garage.
The report also included photos of cracks in the columns and "spalling," or concrete tumbling, that had exposed steel reinforcements on the garage deck.
Morabito noted several other reported problems, including residents complaining of water coming through their windows and balcony doors, as well as the deterioration of the concrete on several balconies.
"Though some of this damage is minor, most of the concrete deterioration needs to be repaired in a timely fashion," Morabito wrote in the October 2018 report.
I read somewhere else that he did not indicate any imminent type problems which apparently is what you do when it’s important to get right on it.
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Surfside building were facing assessments for $15 million worth of repairs
Condo owners in the South Florida tower that collapsed last week were facing assessments for millions of dollars worth of repairs -- with payments set to begin a week after the building's deadly fall.
The Champlain Towers South condo association approved a $15 million assessment in April to complete repairs required under the county's 40-year recertification process, according to documents obtained by CNN.
The documents show that more than two years had passed after association members received a report about "major structural damage" in the building before they started the assessment process to pay for necessary repairs.
Owners would have to pay assessments ranging from $80,190 for one-bedroom units to $336,135 for the owner of the building's four-bedroom penthouse, a document sent to the building's residents said. The deadline to pay upfront or choose paying a monthly fee lasting 15 years was July 1. -
Nervous?
About a block from the Miami-area beachfront condominium tower that collapsed sits its sister building, erected a year later by the same company, using the same materials and a similar design. It has faced the same tides and salty air.
This has made some residents of Champlain Towers North worried enough to leave, though most have remained, saying they are confident their almost 40-year-old, 12-story building is better maintained. They say their building doesn't have the same problems with cracking in support beams and in the pool area that 2018 engineering reports show the south tower had.
The collapse of Champlain Towers South in the town of Surfside on Thursday has drawn attention to older high-rise buildings throughout South Florida and prompted Miami-Dade Mayor Daniella Levine Cava to order a 30-day audit of whether such buildings under her jurisdiction are complying with a required recertification of structural integrity at 40 years. She said she wants any issues raised by inspections to be immediately addressed. She’s also urged municipalities within the county to follow suit. Miami, for example, has launched a 45-day audit of buildings six stories and higher that are 40 years old or older.
Inspectors performed a quick-hit examination of the north building and Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said nothing was found that indicates the tower is in danger of collapse.
That didn't reassure everyone.
