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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Suddenly, building inspectors start doing their job.
Sounds like another death trap.
Breaking. Garage entrance flooding just before collapse
Watch “Surfside Miami Building Collapse VIDEO OF DECK COLLAPSE FROM RAMP VIEW BEFORE FULL COLLAPSE CLOSE UP” on YouTube
https://youtu.be/MlO_-Vu1g38
Good find. Seems to verify the pool deck area collapsed first. You can see the debris. Another video suggests there was time to get out. An 88 old woman made out of her 5th floor apartment as well as someone from the 11th floor that helped her.
Miami-Dade County.
Quelle suprise.
If we had an FBI worthy of their badges, they’ve cleaned up that cesspool of public corruption years ago.
Holy heck. Did that first floor guy who went down, saw this, then bugged out, did he call anyone, the cops, firefighters, anybody?
Yes, “Condominium.”
Father Time seems even more dangerous to tall beachfront buildings than hurricanes....
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/937723.Condominium
Welcome to Golden Sands, the dream condominium built on a weak foundation and a thousand dirty secrets.
Here is a panoramic look at the shocking facts of life in a Sun Belt community — the real estate swindles and political payoffs, the maintenance charges that run up and the health benefits that run out . . . the crackups and marital breakdowns . . . the disaster that awaits those who play in the path of the hurricane .
Suddenly, building inspectors start doing their job.
That is the way Government works!!!
Why did it take a week to get this out? And where is the video between the water pouring out and them seeing fire trucks. Looks cut. Collapse would be in between.
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