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Re: Miami Apartment Building Collapse

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I’m assuming these high rises are supposed to be inspected by structural engineers every X # of years. When was the building last inspected, and how did it pass?
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Re: Miami Apartment Building Collapse

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dbackjon wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 2:22 pm
SDHornet wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 2:13 pm

Was wondering why a 40 year old building would collapse like that. If the roof was being worked on, they could have overloaded it or something. Crazy.
One report said the roof inspector noted corroded rebar, which if widespread, could be a factor.
Wonder if that could be due to the salt air?
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Re: Miami Apartment Building Collapse

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BDKJMU wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:38 pm
dbackjon wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 2:22 pm

One report said the roof inspector noted corroded rebar, which if widespread, could be a factor.
Wonder if that could be due to the salt air?
Yes, but they should be built to withstand that.

Otherwise you'd have towers collapsing all the time.


It will be months, if not years, before they figure out exactly what happened.
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Re: Miami Apartment Building Collapse

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The building is at 8777 Collins Ave.

One block north looks to be an almost identical set of buildings...


https://www.google.com/maps/place/8777+ ... 80.1209256
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Re: Miami Apartment Building Collapse

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dbackjon wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:54 pm
BDKJMU wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:38 pm
Wonder if that could be due to the salt air?
Yes, but they should be built to withstand that.

Otherwise you'd have towers collapsing all the time.


It will be months, if not years, before they figure out exactly what happened.
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dbackjon wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:56 pm The building is at 8777 Collins Ave.

One block north looks to be an almost identical set of buildings...


https://www.google.com/maps/place/8777+ ... 80.1209256
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Baldy wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:15 pm
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Obviously we'll have to wait for the investigation, but I'm wary of working in Florida. It's anecdotal but Florida - along with Puerto Rico - have the most "relaxed" governments I've ever dealt with (state and local). Despite larger bureaucratic red tapes, projects in the Northeast that take two months can easily take four or more in Florida...all because no one ever does anything in a timely manner. Around here I'll call up an inspector or reviewer and get an answer almost the same day, sometimes in that same phone call. In Florida I'm lucky if anyone answers that same week.

I'll say this too (and again it's anecdotal), but the infrastructure down there is horribly maintained from what I've experienced. Part of it is the salt and humidity, but if that's the environment you're going to live in, you need to pay to play. I'm not sure I trust anything in Florida built in the coked out 70s and 80s with deregulation, large budget cuts, and lax codes being the norm (post-Andrew designs are much better).
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Re: Miami Apartment Building Collapse

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dbackjon wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:54 pm
BDKJMU wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 3:38 pm
Wonder if that could be due to the salt air?
Yes, but they should be built to withstand that.

Otherwise you'd have towers collapsing all the time.


It will be months, if not years, before they figure out exactly what happened.
Besides the cause being a sudden outside force, I'd bet almost anything there were warnings of a failure that were either missed, misunderstood, or ignored. Even if a sinkhole was forming, signs would have developed ahead of time.

Obviously I don't blame anyone in the building (RIP) for not knowing what signs to look for.
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andy7171 wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:18 am
AZGrizFan wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:00 am

I see the flashes 71 was talking about.... :suspicious: :suspicious: :suspicious:
It's weird. I still see the fully of them before it goes down. Then 2-3 more.
Pretty sure those are "anti-smack' lights, used to warn aircraft.
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FWIW seeing some theories about nearby construction pumping out water and other material to place footings and how it has been shaking nearby buildings. Speculation that this could have undermined something in this building.
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HI54UNI wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 8:14 pm FWIW seeing some theories about nearby construction pumping out water and other material to place footings and how it has been shaking nearby buildings. Speculation that this could have undermined something in this building.
Florida is notorious for sinkholes forming out of nowhere. A condo we stayed at near Orlando, collapsed into a sinkhole a year after our stay.
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Baldy wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 1:07 pm
andy7171 wrote: Thu Jun 24, 2021 11:18 am

It's weird. I still see the fully of them before it goes down. Then 2-3 more.
What you're most likely seeing is the arcing of live electrical wires when they were ripped from the walls when the building collapsed. Kind like when you see a limb hit live electrical lines.

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Updated tally:
Deaths:4
Missing: 159

I’m just surprised they haven’t found more bodies yet.
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BDKJMU wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:40 am Updated tally:
Deaths:4
Missing: 159

I’m just surprised they haven’t found more bodies yet.
With a partially collapsed building looming over the site, I am sure it is slow going to remove debris
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I heard the local IHOP has pancakes half off in memory of the victims.
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CID1990 wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 11:23 am I heard the local IHOP has pancakes half off in memory of the victims.
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You know it's coming. Have they started blaming DeSantis yet? Climate Change???
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Baldy wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:38 pm You know it's coming. Have they started blaming DeSantis yet? Climate Change???
Oh, Climate change is definitely in the mix....you know, rising sea levels and all causing instability in the surrounding soil... :ohno: :ohno:
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AZGrizFan wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:45 pm
Baldy wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:38 pm You know it's coming. Have they started blaming DeSantis yet? Climate Change???
Oh, Climate change is definitely in the mix....you know, rising sea levels and all causing instability in the surrounding soil... :ohno: :ohno:
Except any rational person understands that is a risk to the coastline, especially barrier islands like Miami Beach that never should have been built on in the first place.

It will be months before a cause is found, if not longer, and this one probably has zero to do with rising sea levels, but it's coming.
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dbackjon wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:52 pm
AZGrizFan wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:45 pm

Oh, Climate change is definitely in the mix....you know, rising sea levels and all causing instability in the surrounding soil... :ohno: :ohno:
Except any rational person understands that is a risk to the coastline, especially barrier islands like Miami Beach that never should have been built on in the first place.

It will be months before a cause is found, if not longer, and this one probably has zero to do with rising sea levels, but it's coming.
lol. The mayor already blamed rising sea levels. :rofl:
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AZGrizFan wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:50 pm
dbackjon wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 1:52 pm

Except any rational person understands that is a risk to the coastline, especially barrier islands like Miami Beach that never should have been built on in the first place.

It will be months before a cause is found, if not longer, and this one probably has zero to do with rising sea levels, but it's coming.
lol. The mayor already blamed rising sea levels. :rofl:
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BDKJMU wrote: Fri Jun 25, 2021 8:40 am Updated tally:
Deaths:4
Missing: 159

I’m just surprised they haven’t found more bodies yet.
Still 4 confirmed deaths, 159 missing. Very surprised in a day and a half that hasn’t changed..
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Great update, BDK
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