Florida building collapse

[displacedinMN]

DC it if needed

Horrifying video of this morning's condo collapse in Florida https://t.co/yBPaoeUNid

— Aarik Woods (@aarikwoods) June 24, 2021

[mikeyis4dcats.]

Originally Posted by srvy

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

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

[srvy]

Originally Posted by mikeyis4dcats.

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

With a multi-story tower?

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

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

Judge says no.

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.

[eDave]

Originally Posted by displacedinMN

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

Judge says no.

Originally Posted by BigRedChief

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

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.

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.

[Frazod]

Originally Posted by eDave

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.

Cats are hard most times. We've got four, and only one of them will come out if strangers show up. Throw in the added stress of the owner being gone and all the surrounding noise and chaos, and yeah, your average cat is going to hide and hide well. A survival instinct that sadly served the opposite effect in this case.

[BigRedChief]

Originally Posted by eDave

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.

Good to hear. Then why was she suing? She wanted to call out to her cat so it would come out?

[oldman]

Originally Posted by Frazod

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.

While that would have been the ideal solution, no sane governing entity would allow it. If the rest of the building failed while people were inside, you can bet someone would sue because Poppy or Meemaw wasn't in their right mind when they signed the waiver.