Pretty sure everybody saw the initial news...
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/miami-dade-mayor-says-4-dead-159-unaccounted-after-tragic-condo-collapseAnd before leaving to pick up my father for a dinner out, I read this -
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/study-Forewarned-miami-tower-sunk-feds-investigate-may-spark-condo-exodusAnd I keyed on this - "Wdownski said he doesn't believe anybody in the city or state government would have had a reason to be aware of the findings of the study. The bulk of it focused on potential flooding hazards, not engineering concerns."
Yeah, when has unstable land ever caused structural problems, right?
Anyway it flashed up on one of the TV's at the B&G we were at...I told my father that was a bad looking collapse, most lost likely not to be found alive...and that there would be lawsuits aplenty from this.
Then moments ago read this update -
Engineer assessment in 2018 found cracking, spalling, leeching...exposed rebar...Kenneth S. Direktor, a lawyer representing the resident-led association that manages the condo building, said days ago, that repairs on the building were beginning.
"They were just about to get started on it," Direktor said in an interview. Given the unstable ground and the likely event that repairs would have discovered more severe defects...the timing may have been too late even 3 years ago...
And a fire under the rubble is
making things rough for rescue crews...and heat depletes oxygen, not good if there are any survivors of the collapse.
Horrible story, totally could have been avoided by more timely attention...likely the building should have been condemned and evacuated...and I hear talk of a neighboring structure may need to be cleared out and condemned. I'd be wary of any high-rise in dubious soil and with any age or visible issues.
Yeah this owner, his insurer...are going to be annihilated with suits...
