quincunx, thanks for all the updates yesterday. It was nice to see all the projects in various stages of build out to completion.
Yikes. Disappointing that a new building has big problems like this. Makes you wonder can we build anything well anymore or why buy anything? Think8ng of that building that collapsed in Florida. Prob being too dramatic here.
StlToday - Engineers warn of ‘grave risk’ after luxury condos in St. Louis spring leaks
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/met ... 007f1.html
StlToday - Engineers warn of ‘grave risk’ after luxury condos in St. Louis spring leaks
https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/met ... 007f1.html
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Behind paywall. What’s happening?
These units were crazy expensive last I looked and I’m pretty sure this building got a much of free money from the city
These units were crazy expensive last I looked and I’m pretty sure this building got a much of free money from the city
One day this summer, an engineering firm visited a Central West End condominium building to investigate a series of water leaks.
What engineers found was worse. Behind the drywall, the five-story building appeared to be missing key structural elements that anchored walls to the foundation, meant to keep the building from collapsing in storms and earthquakes.
"These missing components present a potentially grave risk to anyone residing in or occupying the building," Maryland Heights-based G&W Engineering Corp. said in its report to the condo association.
Why you don't use non union construction...JaneJacobsGhost wrote: ↑Nov 15, 2024It was Ranieri
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This seems like something significant!! someone needs to lose their jobframer wrote: ↑Nov 15, 2024How did the City's inspectors miss this?
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^^The article made it sound like there's a lot of different people with differing priorities and maybe the tie downs weren't well defined in anyone's scope. And everyone trusts the contractors to self inspect a little too much. (As in every industry in our country just at present.) I don't believe the article mentioned this, but it could also be the inspectors are woefully understaffed. (I'd be willing to put money down on that.)
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My first thoughts that this was either missed in the permitting plan review and or/ inspection process. I don't want to pass the blame onto the city, but my experience with permitting within the city limits is that both sides are under-staffed and overwhelmed with what they have on their plate.
Obviously, the contractors have their own responsibility to build competently...but they'll squeak-by where they can and that's why we have the plan review within the building department and building codes.
Obviously, the contractors have their own responsibility to build competently...but they'll squeak-by where they can and that's why we have the plan review within the building department and building codes.