Posted on 07/03/2021 2:43:33 PM PDT by Libloather
The building was known to be seriously defective three years ago.
If you watch the video referenced in Post 37 you’ll see massive chunks of concrete were falling out of the garage ceiling several minutes before the building collapsed.
It was destroyed by years of deferred maintenance.
I am of the mind it was a perfect storm of multiple issues and failures, some known and some speculation at this point, that came together and culminated in the horrific collapse.
Yes, the deferred maintenance! Also, the poor design of the pool deck that was not properly sloped or waterproofed; possibly, although not yet proven, that there was not enough rebar as called for in the build drawings; subsidence – the building was slowly sinking; and reports from residents that during the construction of the new and much larger building next door, their building was shaking and making strange noises. Not sure what effect that had or what that was from but perhaps when they were driving piles for the foundation of that building.
FWIW, I was working in an office building near where an interstate exchange was being built and huge pile drivers were brought in to drive the support pilings for the elevated roadway, and the building I was in shook so hard that parts of the ceiling tile came down one day and we soon saw cracks in the columns of the parking garage. Not long after the elevator kept getting stuck between floors. Engineers were brought in the assess any possible damage and cleared it, but I never felt comfortable riding the elevators or using the underground parking after that.
So, you have a 40-year-old building that had documented structural issues going back to at least 2018 that the engineering firm said was likely to accelerate that still had not been addressed, a design flaw, subsidence and possibly other YTBD issues, it is pretty clear to me what happened.
And that was not a “deep state” controlled demolition for reasons only a dedicated conspiracy nut could come up with.
And “BORF” is gone.
About time!
Oh, sorry!
What a mistaka to maka.
Of course, I meant 9/11.
Just another senior moment.
No biggie!
But that would have been a heck of a story. :)
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