Calgary, Canada Apartment Building
Calgary, Canada Apartment Building
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From CBC, "Residents of an apartment block in Calgary's Kensington area came home Thursday afternoon to a sign on the door that said "do not occupy" and officials telling them they had 15 minutes to pack some belongings and evacuate the building.
Emergency crews were called to the seven-storey Kensington Manor in the 300 block of 10th Street NW for a call of a "possible imminent building collapse," a fire spokesperson said.
The building had previously known structural issues that had to do with its balconies."
Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/kensington-a...
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Emergency crews were called to the seven-storey Kensington Manor in the 300 block of 10th Street NW for a call of a "possible imminent building collapse," a fire spokesperson said.
The building had previously known structural issues that had to do with its balconies."
Link: http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/kensington-a...
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RE: Calgary, Canada Apartment Building
RE: Calgary, Canada Apartment Building
So far no photos or technical descriptions of the problem have been released/leaked.
The current Google Maps Picture shows construction workers and fences around the parkade. And a porta-potty so you know they were working there a while.
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RE: Calgary, Canada Apartment Building
But that may be a red herring: The news stories show pictures of people walking casually under this area.
2009 May, stuff peeling off the ceiling:
2012 September, ceiling has been refinished:
2014 April, ceiling peeling again:
2015 April, partly parkade fenced off:
2015 September, parkade ceiling cut away, workers on scaffolding busy under the second-storey floor:
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RE: Calgary, Canada Apartment Building
So in the last 3 years: exterior facade repairs, interior slab replacement...
In the 1970's and 80's, Calgary, like many North American cities, had a lot of residential apartment and condo buildings constructed with UNbonded post-tensioning, several of which suffered from extensive corrosion problems over the years.
Not sure if Kensington Manor is post-tensioned. IF it is, then the late 60's PT systems used rather crude methods of corrosion protection to tendons.
RE: Calgary, Canada Apartment Building