I suspect water in UG parking is fairly common also. We had it in the keys. We also had an extremely large (bigger than pool, probably 50-100k gallons) concrete cistern under the buildings that stored rainwater for watering and the pool. On occasion it would bubble up through the patio overflow.
I'd be interested in board meeting minutes and correspondence. Our board hid & glossed over reports for almost 10 years, until the building department took away the CO of a unit with a failing balcony, and threatened to pull the whole building. Instead of repairing spalling concrete properly, they would just caulk over it.
Unfortunately our board was composed of owners that bought multiple units, and a realtor that held proxies for about 70 units, so they did everything possible to keep monthly costs down, as these units were rented out.
When our 8+ million dollar project was done, and values recovered, we bailed and sold.
From an email I sent in 2012:
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b) A 2003 report indicated that the post-tension cables in building C needed to be repaired/maintained. Why, almost 10 years later, is there still no maintenance program or fund for this?
c) 2005 xxxxxx reports that "The exposed concrete columns, beams, and slabs have experienced concrete deterioration......The cracking in the garage columns which are fairly protected may be revealing that the concrete has chloride contamination which is accelerating reinforcement corrosion. If chloride and carbonation testing has not been performed on the concrete structure, it need to be performed.... all expansion joints are in poor condition..... "
d) 2009 xxxxxx reports "The condition of the concrete at xyz Condominiums has dramatically deteriorated from our review and report issued June17, 2005. To my knowledge, none of the recommendations in the report have been implemented."
e) Was chloride and carbonation testing done as recommended in the 2005 report? Why were reserve funds not being budgeted from 2003 or 2005 until today? Why were the repairs and recommendations from 2003 & 2005 reports ignored? This has greatly increased the cost of repair to the owners of this association.
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