Surfside official told residents building was safe, despite engineer's warning
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Re: Surfside official told residents building was safe, despite engineer's warning
#2I have no idea how these things work - so I'd really like some data on what percent of reports come back with similar warnings?
Was this like the only building in the city to have such a bad report?
Or do a sizable amount of buildings get warnings like this?
Re: Surfside official told residents building was safe, despite engineer's warning
#3I have no idea how these things work - so I'd really like some data on what percent of reports come back with similar warnings? Was this like the only building in the city to have such a bad report? Or do a sizable amount of buildings get warnings like this?
Public records requests might get us this first info.
It's probably not the only one to get such a report.
I'm sure those have already been filed with the state if they exist, we'll see a fancy visualization from a major newspaper.
Re: Surfside official told residents building was safe, despite engineer's warning
#4I have no idea how these things work - so I'd really like some data on what percent of reports come back with similar warnings? Was this like the only building in the city to have such a bad report? Or do a sizable amount of buildings get warnings like this?
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Re: Surfside official told residents building was safe, despite engineer's warning
#5Does anyone have a copy of the report?
Re: Surfside official told residents building was safe, despite engineer's warning
#6Does anyone have a copy of the report?
Re: Surfside official told residents building was safe, despite engineer's warning
#7I'm sure every day in the US there are many, many reports of structures with damage that needs to be fixed immediately (my house was one of them). Almost all of them don't collapse. Obviously there is a problem with the credibility of the reports because of conflicting incentives. Inspectors are usually from construction companies who want to get work, so they will always find something wrong with a building.
Edit: I don't understand the downvotes. Care to explain where you disagree? If thousands of daily reports warn of damage that must be fixed immediately and most are of no consequences (obviously) then the problem is that the reports don't accurately reflect the severity of the damage and the consequences of ignoring it.
Re: Surfside official told residents building was safe, despite engineer's warning
#8I'm sure every day in the US there are many, many reports of structures with damage that needs to be fixed immediately (my house was one of them). Almost all of them don't collapse. Obviously there is a problem with the credibility of the reports because of conflicting incentives. Inspectors are usually from construction companies who want to get work, so they will always find something wrong with a building. Edit: I…
This was an independent report done on behalf of the condominium by an engineering firm they chose to do the report.
Re: Surfside official told residents building was safe, despite engineer's warning
#9Re: Surfside official told residents building was safe, despite engineer's warning
#10I'm sure every day in the US there are many, many reports of structures with damage that needs to be fixed immediately (my house was one of them). Almost all of them don't collapse. Obviously there is a problem with the credibility of the reports because of conflicting incentives. Inspectors are usually from construction companies who want to get work, so they will always find something wrong with a building. Edit: I…
This was an independent report done on behalf of the condominium by an engineering firm they chose to do the report.
That does not contradict at all what I said. Why the downvote? Also, have you read the report?