The bad news is that there were known structural issues in the building that collapsed last week in Florida. The details are in the article below. Lawsuits will follow for sure.
It is a reminder that structural integrity of a bridge or building is not based on your timetable to fix the identified issues. You don’t always have years to address the problems.
While we continue to defer maintenance on our critical infrastructures and apartment buildings, time marches on and the impacts of salt, water, age and structural design faults will take their toll.
I also think this instance of a well-known failure will make engineers doing inspections “pucker up” a bit and make sure that urgency is part of their reports when they find major issues. They will not want the blame put on them for a failure to act on the information provided.
