Posted on 04/29/2021 6:35:06 PM PDT by BenLurkin
CCTV footage captured the moment the floor of the 75ft-long pool suddenly gave way, sending water flooding into the car park below, along with debris from the shattered base.
Luckily no injuries were reported following the terrifying incident in Vila Velha, in the southeastern state of Espirito Santo, on April 22. But 270 people had to leave their homes in the condominium and could not return for five days while a team of engineers carried out safety checks.
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We’ll never get the rest of the story, but my bet is that the building operator knew that the pool was leaking, probably for years. The original engineering design was probably fine, but corrosion (and the third-world tradition of skimping on the rebar) led to a sudden tensile failure. An insufficient design, with way too little rebar should have lead to a plastic failure, much earlier in the structure’s service life.
It used to be you could “go Galt”. Now, they fire you before you have the chance.
Look closer - it wasn’t the bottom of the pool that failed. The pool appeared to be side-anchored, structural stability was based on side hangers ... there was no bottom support.
I was a laborer at a high rise construction site in the 70’s in Northern Va that caved in after the pool on the top floor collapsed. Killed quite a few guys.
Yep. Lawyers will be busy.
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