Clearwater condo evacuated

[Phil1934]

50 years old. Splitting column in garage https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/l...beach/67-fff3bf58-3132-4462-8d4a-1c9bb356f25f

 

[Sym P. le]

It sounds as though they were doing some remedial work and got ahead of themselves. There is stuff missing from this story.

 

[JStephen]

"He said the crack was about a 'couple of feet wide' and was getting bigger before crews began stabilizing it."
Did they maybe mean "inches" or is this building really going two different directions?
A photo or two would be handy.

 

[Pinwards]

This version of the story has some photos. Pretty nasty crack, and certainly cause for alarm but not "feet" wide - feet tall maybe, and several inches wide.

Construction crews continued to stabilize condo on Sand Key after crack found in parking garage: CPD

Construction crews continued to stabilize the condo building on Sand Key after it was evacuated after a crack was found in the parking garage.

www.abcactionnews.com

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[Sym P. le]

So if the containment rebar is missing from that column, where else is it missing? What were they working on/with above the column to completely obliterate it. This story is much bigger than we know.

 

[Garbage1]

Problem solved, they used DEI temporary shoring system that supports beam all way to the near-midspan crack..........

 

[dik]

No column ties?

 

[spsalso]

I'm sure the original building inspector thought it entirely adequate. So, too, the government agency that employed and directed him.

Be assured they take these things Very Seriously.

I wonder if a PE was possibly involved in this project. Maybe. It could happen. Say, are there actually plans for this building?


spsalso

 

[MintJulep]

You guys just aren't looking close enough. There's plenty of reinforcement in there.

 

[MintJulep]

Looking at Google satellite and street view https://www.google.com/maps/place/1...try=ttu&g_ep=EgoyMDI1MDUwNS4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw==

The building to the South, and two buildings to the North look to be the same basic design.

 

[Sym P. le]

Plenty? Oh, I missed that one.

Is it possible that by removing the slab at the base of the column, the effective six inch (or so) increase in column height tipped it over the edge? Answer: no, they couldn't cut right up against the column ... although on the thin side that cleaved off it looks as though the slab was removed right up to the column edge. We need better photos.

Did they bump the column with a skid loader?

 

[TugboatEng]

I don't see any paint transfer in your earlier pictures.

 

[Sym P. le]

It looks to me that the column base was destabilized by removing the slab. I'm not sure what precautions should have been taken to avoid that. I don't see the footing either.