Eh, I don't know where his parents bought his bed but if it can stand up to literally tons of concrete I want three of them.
Miami Building Collapse
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Eh, I don't know where his parents bought his bed but if it can stand up to literally tons of concrete I want three of them.
According to this the building had been sinking since the 90's
https://www.yahoo.com/news/collapsed-miami-condo-sinking-earth-181026431.html
https://www.yahoo.com/news/collapsed-miami-condo-sinking-earth-181026431.html
why are there flashes coming from the upper/middle floors in the middle part that collapsed first?
Probably electrical lines getting ripped apart and arcing, but not sure.
Pretty sure it’s the same build quality of my loft my dad made for me in college
Yeah, probably pretty hard for those that own the units. Not gonna find many buyers right now.
I'm not sure what the average condo goes for down there, but apparently a 3 bedroom in that building sold for over 900,000 last year.
They said units for sale in this building were going for like 700k right now. That’s a lot of scrilla.
Sinking .06 - .09" per year for 30 years. That is 2.5 to 3" in total. That will stress the hell out of any foundation.
Sounds like a great investment opportunity in the other building. Buy now at a massive discount, sell for 2x as much in 3 years when everyone has forgotten about this/engineers have verified the other building isn't going anywhere.
Structural Engineer here: buildings can and are designed for initial and long term settlement. The fact that this building doesn't appear to have "settled out" says a lot however still lots of facts/investigation still to come I'm sure. I'd be interested to see a soil boring profile (though I'm not a geotechnical expert by any means) at this building location as well as what foundation support (if any) was used such as caissons, piles, ect.
Obviously this is a tragedy and a horror for those killed and injured...
But I am assuming a renter's or owner's insurance for a condo covers the loss, right?
Not sure how "the ******* building fell over" gets adjusted.
But I am assuming a renter's or owner's insurance for a condo covers the loss, right?
Not sure how "the ******* building fell over" gets adjusted.
There is an insane amount of litigation ahead.
Every single person that stepped foot inside the building that was an owner, contractor, painter, maid, even the damn pool boy from 1981 to now is gonna be named in the lawsuit