Parking Garage Collapses

[enginesrus]

Possible because of heavy rain?

https://www.cleveland.com/metro/202...ty-apartment-complex-2-taken-to-hospital.html

 

[Keith_1]

Corrosion and subsequent failure of unbounded PT tendons due to the use of salt to deice used to be a big problem in northern parking garages, but that was a long time ago.

 

[JLNJ]

They did get something like 5" of rain that night. Maybe a flat spot on the top deck?

 

[3DDave]

Maybe a plugged drain if water collection was enough.

 

[phamENG]

Hmmmm...are those temporary guardrails/barricades? Could there have been work going on up there prior to the collapse?

 

[Sym P. le]

There were already barricades around a portion of the parkade when it collapsed
(Google Maps for reference, also here)

https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/local-news/willowick-parking-garage-collapses-wednesday-night

cleveland.com

 

[Sym P. le]

It was still raining steady when news cameras were on site. Foxy8Newsh

 

[phamENG]

yeah - and shoring on the level below. So they knew there was a problem, but perhaps underestimated the scope or severity. Sounds a little too familiar...

 

[Sym P. le]

Criminal overtones (cleveland.com)

In December 2021, the city of Willowick charged Shoregate Towers NS, LLC, with a host of criminal misdemeanors in Willoughby Municipal Court related to property maintenance violations.

How does it work that you get to plead no contest only to appeal?

 

[3DDave]

You can file anytime you like, but you might never plead.

 

[Sym P. le]

cleveland19.com

Suggestions of lightning strike causing damage and car fire as well as a resident claiming that I-beams were being replaced to address rust.

 

[debodine]

3DDave, very nice riff from Hotel California by the Eagles!