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Building collapse horrifies residents of Miami Beach condominium with ‘unsafe structure’ warning (built in 1971)
Local10 ^ | 6-29-21 | Hatzel Vela

Posted on 06/29/2021 3:14:18 PM PDT by dynachrome

On Monday, several residents at Maison Grande Condominium, an 18-story building with 502 units, said they are worried about the safety of the 1971 building at 6039 Collins Ave., in Miami Beach. They have photographs showing corroded steel and concrete spalling.

Records show there have been five inspections that determined the building is an “unsafe structure.” The building envelope is among the list of concerns. There were also warnings that the two-story parking garage and pool deck “have reached the end of their useful life and require repair, replacement,” or “a combination thereof.”

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TOPICS: Business/Economy
KEYWORDS: condo; democrats; miamibeach; unsafe
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To: hanamizu

Oh yes the unfinished or vacant medium rise office or apartment buildings in seemingly tight markets? I saw that first in 1987 in Stamford CT. Apparently there are subsidies given to builders if buildings are unoccupied to keep them building more buildings. It was the strangest thing to me at the time? Unoccupied for years, then in one week the finish work and landscaping gets done and bam! Occupied!


21 posted on 06/29/2021 4:13:14 PM PDT by blackdog (Joe Biden, Deep State Cuckold.)
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To: dynachrome

Maybe raise the condo fees and got er fixed


22 posted on 06/29/2021 4:37:09 PM PDT by Steven Tyler
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To: dynachrome

They should have their pool drained. yesterday.


23 posted on 06/29/2021 4:39:29 PM PDT by Rio
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To: hanamizu

Mexican sidewalks:
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I had a coworker who stepped on a wooden plank on a sidewalk in Ensenada and it broke and she fell through. She broke her leg.


24 posted on 06/29/2021 4:55:46 PM PDT by married21 (As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
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To: dynachrome

two-story parking garage ... “ha[s] reached the end of their useful life.


That’s just, wow.


25 posted on 06/29/2021 5:02:57 PM PDT by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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To: married21

I had a coworker who stepped on a wooden plank on a sidewalk in Ensenada and it broke and she fell through. She broke her leg.


I’m sure her lawsuit was successful.
/s


26 posted on 06/29/2021 5:05:11 PM PDT by hanamizu
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To: dynachrome

Ultimate strength design was allowed, but not required until 1977. Catastrophic collapse is why working stress design was removed from the code.


27 posted on 06/29/2021 5:06:19 PM PDT by D Rider ( )
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To: Kickass Conservative

That caper was a lot more complex, and both JAMA, the original structural engineer, and WPM, who the county hired to do a third-party review agreed that the construction defects were repairable with the fix that the original engineer proposed.

Remember, that was during the height of the “great recession”, and the developers were upside down on the project, and looking to get out any way they could.

The Florida collapse is really strange though. Hard to figure out how that happened if it was not due to some sort of loss of support of the foundations.


28 posted on 06/29/2021 5:17:46 PM PDT by absalom01 (You should do your duty in all things. You cannot do more, and you should never wish to do less.)
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To: dynachrome; Travis McGee

Well, time to evacuate. That’s all I can say.

John D. McDonald wrote a novel about a similar building and a hurricane in Tampa.


29 posted on 06/29/2021 5:22:45 PM PDT by Tolerance Sucks Rocks (Florida: America's new free zone.)
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To: dynachrome

Oh, the joys of collective ownership.


30 posted on 06/29/2021 5:55:49 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: dynachrome

A lot of investors in Miami condos are about to lose their shirts.


31 posted on 06/29/2021 5:57:46 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: dynachrome

Insurance won’t pay for the collapse, I bet, saying it’s a maintenance issue. Sorta like they do for termite damage. Slow, progressive, degradation that culminates in the final event.


32 posted on 06/29/2021 6:18:46 PM PDT by fruser1
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To: Bell Bouy II

You may know that Brickell is across the bay but I ve seen part flood. Beautiful area but full of RAT trash.


33 posted on 06/29/2021 6:21:44 PM PDT by rrrod (6)
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To: catnipman

“Building collapse horrifies residents of Miami Beach condominium with ‘unsafe structure’ warning (built in 1971)”

And the Roman Coliseum still stands...


34 posted on 06/29/2021 6:26:41 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: dynachrome

My well-maintained 70 year old ranch house (single story, wood frame, stick built) looks pretty good right now.


35 posted on 06/29/2021 6:29:48 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("Even North Korea is not this nuts!" - Yeonmi Park, North Korean refugee at Columbia University)
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To: plain talk

“the dems will insist that we pay for replacements of these buildings.”

Yep, you know that is coming. What will be their reason for us having to do that? The buyers didn’t know what they were getting into? Equity? Fairness?

Of course, if there are no POC owners, just white folks (and a lot of Jewish owners), they may actually say “tough luck!”


36 posted on 06/29/2021 6:31:21 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("Even North Korea is not this nuts!" - Yeonmi Park, North Korean refugee at Columbia University)
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To: EEGator
The Secrets of Ancient Roman Concrete
37 posted on 06/29/2021 6:36:40 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("Even North Korea is not this nuts!" - Yeonmi Park, North Korean refugee at Columbia University)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Thank you for the link.


38 posted on 06/29/2021 6:39:34 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: EEGator
Search for "Roman Concrete." This is a well-studied subject and I'm not sure we fully understand the secrets of their formulation.
39 posted on 06/29/2021 6:42:05 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom ("Even North Korea is not this nuts!" - Yeonmi Park, North Korean refugee at Columbia University)
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To: dynachrome

Can’t the city condemn the building?


40 posted on 06/29/2021 6:56:44 PM PDT by tallyhoe
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