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To: sense who wrote (174172)7/3/2021 8:13:55 PM
From: TobagoJack  Respond to of 218916
 
Re <<Will be interesting to follow up on this... as the news starts looking elsewhere... to see what if anything changes in result of it... >>

(0) horrifying. I did take a course (god knows why) a course in college titled (Statics and Dynamics). Be use the course was an elective (I was learning to be electrical engineer focusing on computer structures) I skipped ALL the lectures, and only read the book and did old exams starting two weeks before the mid-term and the final. I did well in the course, could have designed the building support in an academic way, and have the building predictably fail, because I cannot possibly know what I am supposed to do in real life.

Such courses are serious snoozers.


(1) The condo when standing looked beautiful and the views of the ocean fantabulous

(2) fear, and so far spreading fear, by the people and presumably insurance companies and public bureaucracy should keep going unless / until the evacuations stop

(3) a hit on real estate value and mortgage backing for sure

(4) looking at some of the photos of the innards of the building basement / pool infrastructure, and the works look problematic - building management at fault for accepting the handovers over time, and the folks who did the work either didn't or knew precisely what they were doing, saving time and cost and delivering cr*p work



To: sense who wrote (174172)7/3/2021 8:48:00 PM
From: carranza2  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 218916
 
Fascinating.

Sloping of structures that receive water so that it doesn’t collect and do damage is an elementary design principle.

I had a series of cases involving the failure to slope balconies on several apartment buildings. Weepholes we’re not installed or we’re defectively constructed. Although other aspects of the design provided some measure of waterproofing, they failed prematurely. The repair bill was huge.

Lawyers did ok. Lol!