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  1. Zroge

    Train derailment in germany

    Four dead, 30 injured 15 severely in a train derailment. Looks like from the photos it fell off an embankment around a bend. https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/03/world/germany-train-derailment-intl/index.html
  2. Zroge

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 02

    https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/miami-florida-building-collapse-06-29-21/index.html Watch the video under "A nearby condo complex is working to repair similar damage. Here's what it looks like inside."
  3. Zroge

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 02

    @JStructsteel It may not be an issue at all. Attention is being given to the pool for two reasons. 1 - The most recent pre-collapse photos of the basement garage were from the pool room. We don't know if that level of damage extended to the rest of the basement but we can't rule it out. 2 -...
  4. Zroge

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 02

    No, but the pool would be sitting on the ground so it wouldn't be putting any weight on the columns, and the deck around the pool wouldn't put to much load on the supports below. Also, that looks like a salt water system that's clearly been leaking. So even when the tide wasn't inundating the...
  5. Zroge

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 02

    Huh, the spa was added sometime later. The drawings only show the main pool. I would really like to know when that was done.
  6. Zroge

    Miami Beach, Champlain Towers South apartment building collapse, Part 02

    Just something to add. A sat image of the pool/spa area. In my college days I was a pool tech. Often times the pump rooms for these systems would be under the deck. I would hazard to guess that the pump room was in the same space as the underground parking garage. These systems often have leaks...

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