Florida Bldg Collapse

[BigH]

Ron - will you get involved? Sympathies to those lost . . . It will be interesting to see what the forensics determine.

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/hu...way-after-building-collapse-miami-2021-06-24/

 

[Ron]

Not likely to get involved. Forensic investigation is being handled by government agencies. There might be some peripheral work when the lawsuits start flying!

 

[Mccoy]

Any recent hypotheses as to the causes of the collapse? Foundations involved or not? unfavorable subsoil conditions like sinkholes?

 

[BigH]

I haven't heard anymore . . . Ron?

 

[Ron]

There has obviously been a lot of speculation about the cause or causes. Foundations in that area are usually very stable as they know the soil conditions quite well. I was interviewed by a local news team for my perspective on the failure. My first impression from the videos was a column or beam failure in the parking garage. This would likely have been a result of chloride intrusion and rebar deterioration.

I don't know if that was the cause, but that would be my first approach to a process of elimination.

 

[Mccoy]

MMmmm, bad news anyhow, in Italy static collapse of buildings is not very infrequent but usually they are old masonry ones or there is the collapse of some underground cavities .