How many times was this wall rebuilt over the life of this complex? There were at least some sections that blew over in Hurricane Wilma in 2005 (video appears to show the failure of the entire eastern section abutting the pool deck, shown approximately 3:30 in https://youtu.be/X4BwnI0VyPM). Do...
The rest of the notes from S2A-1.1...I can't extract the individual sheet at the moment, I can do so later on today for anyone who doesn't want to go on a pdf scavenger hunt.
The requirements you're citing were in the "Properties East of Collins Avenue Structural Assessment Recommendations Letter" dated July 7, 2021, advised by Kilsheimer in the wake of the CTS collapse. I don't know what Surfside's requirements for core samples are/were in the period before June...
@VanceWiley - I believe somewhere in the previous threads someone posted a link to the federal investigation report on the Cocoa Beach collapse. I also found this article from the day after CTS came down:
Structural engineer sees similarity in deadly South Florida, 1981 Cocoa Beach collapses...
This is what I was getting at, and articulated very poorly, my apologies. Taking @IEGeezer's calculations for water volume, and comparing that weight to potential planter configurations (very heavy if the whole thing is full of dirt and plants, not so much if there's an internal platform to...
@IEGeezer - I need to look more closely at your plan and calcs, but I'm assuming you're going with a maximum possible water weight for the planters by volume? They appeared to be fairly filled-out with dirt and vegetation, and most likely pretty saturated with water. I'm curious whether...
A House of Cards: The Miami Condo Collapse Exposes a Dehumanized Mindset in the Built Environment
Also brings up Grenfell Tower and other examples both large and small; good read for anyone in the AEC industry.
"While it may be tempting to dismiss these incidents as “cherry-picking” from an...
@Demented, thanks for those links! Definitely a different set of environmental factors than I'm used to. Does FDEP have teeth as far as permitting and enforcement? That may sound like a silly question, but it appears from the outside that FL has been kind of a regulatory wild west until...
In a geographical area such as this one. is the prevailing notion with regard to stormwater management more or less "meh"? Only designing for a 5-year storm seems insane to me, but I'm in the northeast (land o'regulations, I suppose) so the natural conditions are a wee bit different. I realize...
@Demented - I looked at the condo association's letter to the owners from April 9 of this year, their balance sheet had a special assessment from 2016 for unit doors in the amount of $252,000 - guessing that hadn't happened yet as the money still appeared to be in their reserves.
They also...
According to the door schedule, the original doors were solid core wood with steel jambs. I read somewhere in meeting notes from the condo association that they were considering options for new unit doors, I think as part of the overall package they were starting when the building came down...
Thanks @Optical98 for posting the link to the article from the Israeli team, very interesting and respectful read.
This part is sticking with me: "We locate Ilan and Deborah in Apartment 811, as we expected. They lie side by side, embraced, holding their ID cards. Perhaps they felt the...
Perhaps add in the owners over time, avoiding doing big, un-sexy repairs, thus kicking the can further down the road. (Not victim-blaming, it's an inherent issue with condo ownership...why pay to fix something now if someone else can do it later, when you've sold and it's not your problem anymore?)
Wasn't the entire 12th floor referred to as penthouse-level, the 13th was the super-duper extra-special PH-A or other fancy designator? I've seen the 12th floor units labeled both like the regular units (ex. 1208) and like a penthouse unit (PH-8). It's feasible this guy was on the 12th floor...
Could also have been the ample bosom of Mummy Pig, since we now know without a doubt that tatas were somehow involved. (Peppa is far too young to be sporting curves, so it had to be Mummy. Unless Daddy Pig has moobs, which seems distinctly possible.)
@Debirlfan - no idea if there was a more recent listing, but according to this, unit 1111 wasn't for sale. Listing below showed it going on the market in December 2018, Zillow has it removed in February 2019...
