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Originally Posted by dad911
There are three more buildings nearby that look exactly the same. I may be wrong, but I believe it is a requirement for condo boards to routinely hire engineers for structural inspections. In our case(above), the reports were buried.
Local inspectors would not step in when they were 'making mistakes' during our concrete repairs. Even when hurricane glass was not being installed per mfg specs. I could only point them out to the engineer/inspector that was hired by the association, and because he worked with the contractor on other sites, he did not want go against them.
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Typical of so many things, I will bet there will be a lot of inspections happening now, and a big investigation. More lawsuits than we can imagine, and the sad deaths that could have been prevented.
Imagine living in any building that was built before that one, built by the same builder, and using the same techniques. It is obvious there are lots of similar buildings, and I bet they find a few that are overdue for repairs and maintenance.
There will be endless finger pointing and take a decade or more for any real changes to happen.