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Yeah while I’m not a structural engineer either but as a lay person, “major structural damage” sounds highly alarming and damage increasing at an “exponential r
by mint2 5y ago
Yeah while I’m not a structural engineer either but as a lay person, “major structural damage” sounds highly alarming and damage increasing at an “exponential rate” sounds like a very urgent matter.
If building managers don’t take rapid action to further assess and monitor the conditions after being told that, then it sounds like willful negligence.
And if this is not the case, then I am seriously questioning how safe buildings actually are.
Btw, what happened with that brand new bridge in Florida that collapsed and killed people a couple years ago. Were there any actual consequences to those responsible?
Edit: A NYT article on what’s currently known does make it seem like the pool and garage may have been the catalysis of the collapse. https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/27/us/miami-building-investigation-clues.html?action=click&module=Spotlight&pgtype=Homepage https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/27/us/miami-building-investi...
- MattGaiser 5y agoWikipedia suggests that is still ongoing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_International_University_pedestrian_bridge_collapse#Legal_action https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florida_International_Universi...