Bedrock in South Florida? That’s funny!
Lot of pilings driven into the sand/muck.
According to this article, the sand in south east Florida is only a couple of feet deep, with limestone below. In the fourth paragraph down.
You’re both right
Yes building pilings are sometimes driven into mud sand or clay....quite deep I might add....bed rock being pretty deep
But Miami area does have coral bed rock in abundance
You see it at the surface particularly in coconut grove by the Mutiny hotel and dinner key
Bedrock where I grew up in Jackson Mississippi was 125 foot down on average
And check out surface spoils around al the phosphate quarries
It’s not muck by any means
It’s the caliche around south Texas hills....crumbly white rock ....from coral or shell
We used to dig trenches down there on pipeline work....coral wall trenches...you could dig it but it was tough...and you’d go to eat lunch and I’d WellPoint system wasn’t on to keep it dry we’d have a ten foot deep clear trench of ground water
If it was hot......and I’m doing grunt work
I’d jump in....lol
A 25 story concrete and rebar condo would just sink.
A strong wind would capsize it.
Bottom Line...
I watched beach condos get built for 40 years.
Never saw one collapse or roll over.
Until proven otherwise, this was a terrorist bombing against the many Jewish American residents.