Someone mentioned in the remarks section about the weight of EVs. Also mentioned that there may have been too many cars on the roof, exceeding the weight allowed.
Not surprised.
Of course, when I toured NYC 4 or 5 years ago I saw few EV's, but that might have changed. NYC might have a bunch of folks with EV's now even though EV's are horrible in cold weather.
Was it the same female engineering team that built that pedestrian bridge?
If you look at one of the pictures of a section that didn’t collapse, it shows ~8-10 parking spaces with another ~8-10 cars parked in the driving isle.
That could easily double the weight on the floor, probably pushing it to the design limit.
Before I retired some years ago, I parked in a 5 level parking garage. A few years before I retired, public parking was moved from the top floor to the ground floor and long term parking was reduced so that just a few cars would need to park on the top level. I am guessing criminal activity and gross incompetence is involved with this collapse...
“Someone mentioned in the remarks section about the weight of EVs.”
The suitcase sized batteries add thousands of pounds to what would have once been considered a compact car.
A new Tesla Model X weighs 1,200 pounds more than an all steel 2000 BMW 740i.
As more and more people get EVs, the weight would have never been imagined by parking garage designers. Think of 20 - 30 Evs in an old parking garage.
We will see more of this.
The roof looks old judging from the cracks along with the rusted rebar in the broken concrete.
I wonder how they will get all the undamaged cars out of the building?