Originally Posted by srvy (Post 15731267)

The garage would be built under and around the tower but still independent structures. The structural column piers for the garage could be nearly butting up to structural column piers of the tower but never attached together. They are separate standing structures. This allows for any movement in the wind or expansion-contraction. I suppose the garage could fail kick and crack a tower column causing failure to the tower but I would think the opposite would be more likely.

Those tower columns would be larger and is why I called the tuber out showing the parking striping layout. A structural engineer would be scanning structural pier layout plans for the tower and garage. Well that's what a land surveyor would do since its guys like me who set the control and layout the piers

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats. (Post 15731377)

Fair points, but not necessarily true. We build quite a few podium structures with integral parking structures and they are not necessarily independent structurally.

Originally Posted by displacedinMN (Post 15731310)

Lady sued to halt the explosions until they searched for her cat.

Judge says no.

Originally Posted by displacedinMN (Post 15731310)

Lady sued to halt the explosions until they searched for her cat.

Judge says no.

Originally Posted by BigRedChief (Post 15731354)

our dogs are family to us. If it’s my condo still standing. I’d like them to check if my dog was alive in my condo before blowing up my condo. Infrared scan should do it?

Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 15731397)

That sucks, but under the circumstances, it's understandable.

Personally, I think people should have been able to retrieve valuables/pets/whatever (within reason) from their intact units prior to the demolition, as long as they signed waivers absolving anyone else of fault if the place happened to collapse while they were inside.

But that's generally not how government entities roll.

Originally Posted by eDave (Post 15731450)

I had read that there was a search inside the remaining building for animals before the demo and none were found. Cats are hard though, sometimes.

Originally Posted by eDave (Post 15731450)

I had read that there was a search inside the remaining building for animals before the demo and none were found. Cats are hard though, sometimes.

Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 15731397)

Personally, I think people should have been able to retrieve valuables/pets/whatever (within reason) from their intact units prior to the demolition, as long as they signed waivers absolving anyone else of fault if the place happened to collapse while they were inside.