Although it looks like deferred maintenance is going to be to blame I'm just wondering if, after they clear the debris, they might find a sinkhole underneath all that. I hear Florida is famous for sinkholes popping up here and there.
Florida building collapse
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Colonialgirl
Hawkeye
Didn't copy the article, but read that they are evacuating ANOTHER condo in the same area for the same type of problems (concrete pillars getting destroyed by bad rebar) and they forced 300 people to move out.
57springer
Buckeye
If they really get looking , I would bet this is tip of the iceburg . :!:Colonialgirl said:
Salt water is corrosive..... and it really takes a toll on buildings on the coast.... but not only there.... I had a customer a few years back who was repairing the parking garages at a casino in Tennessee... seems they had used standard rebar and then were using a lot of Salt in the Winter time to keep them open... seems the ramps from one level to another were failing.....
ronto
Hunter
It's terrible to watch the video of the collapse. I can't see how anyone could survive that unless they are extremely lucky.
They dropped the remaining portion of the complex last nite . . .
https://www.aol.com/demolition-remaining-florida-condo-building-164918037.html
Quick work.
https://www.aol.com/demolition-remaining-florida-condo-building-164918037.html
Quick work.
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The link that Jimbo found for me to read said that in 1980 they believed that a high rise condo built on sand had a lifespan of 50 years and would have to be demolished.
That basically means that they all will have to come down. It also indicates that insurance won’t pay, because it was built with a definite life span. No amount of maintenance would make it last past 50 years.
That basically means that they all will have to come down. It also indicates that insurance won’t pay, because it was built with a definite life span. No amount of maintenance would make it last past 50 years.
foxtrapper
Blackhawk
I was curious on in how they planned on demolishing the remaining building. Seems they used a controlled implosion. I was under the impression that that type of thing took lots of planning and prep work. Especially in such a crowded drop zone. Gonna give the tin foil hat guys something to chew on.
Quarterbore
Blackhawk
I think they probably took some shortcuts and used more explosives and took out more with explosives than normal. If there could be survivors still, they didn’t have much choice but pack it heavy and risk the flying debris to get it down quick so they can continue the search.
JFB
Hunter
that used the Best
"Steve Greenberg, founder of Delray’s The BG Group, said his company was the contractor with Controlled Demolition, Inc., out of Phoenix, Maryland"
http://bgdemolition.com/?page_id=7
"Steve Greenberg, founder of Delray’s The BG Group, said his company was the contractor with Controlled Demolition, Inc., out of Phoenix, Maryland"
http://bgdemolition.com/?page_id=7
caryc
Hawkeye
JFB said:
Best what?
