any one thing that could have led to it. it could ve been a multitude of circumstances that could have ultimately led to the collapse. there is still lots of evidence that needs to be uncovered before the investigators will hopefully be able to zero in on the cause. there are obviously people across the country, around the world even, who live in older apartment buildings who might be worried that this could potentially happen to them. do you think this is so rare, people shouldn t worry at all? or is there cause for concern this could happen again? um, failures like this really are truly an anomaly. across the board people are safe. buildings are not designed to fail like this. it really truly is an anomaly. there is going to be multiple circumstances that i m sure will be discovered during the investigative process that will help us.
were taken here, if any, and for the county s own buildings we ve launched a very exhaustive review of all of the buildings that are 40-year recertification time line. and we have identified them. we re inspecting them to make sure that we don t have any smoking guns in our own county buildings. respectfully, madam mayor, there is an impression out there, right or wrong, that florida s a state where real estate developers have a lot of power, much more so than any regulatory government body. what do you say to people who wonder about that? i know there is going to be changes in the law. there will be changes at the state and at the county and the city levels. and we have already started the initiation of some changes that we could take administratively. and i know our county commission is going to be taking action. we have the best building code possible based on hurricane andrew s lessens learned.
it s designed that way. but, i mean, it s the concrete elements, reinforced concrete buildings. it s the nature of the material. cracks will develop. it s not an uncommon thing to see cracks in concrete members. but things like excessive displacement and things like that could be signs that there is a more serious problem. again, this was a true anomaly. but those would be things to note as a more serious issue. i want to ask you, every building in florida needs to be recertified every 40 years. the condo that collapsed just hit 40 years. do you think that the recertification process should be more frequent than every 40 years? um, i can t really speak directly to the recertification process. i have personally never been involved in the recertification process of a building. but i do believe that as issues arise in these individual
hopefully we ll be able to learn from this to see what exactly led from this collapse. there were reports of this building shaking in recent years during nearby construction. 2018 inspection details significant cracks and breaks in the concrete. what are signs that people should look out for in their buildings if they re worried about potential safety issues? um, vibrations are a common thing that will be felt in adjacent structures, whether you re driving concrete piles with impact hammer or driving sheet piling. it is a common thing for those vibrations to transmit through the earth into adjacent structures. it is i mean, buildings are designed to move. the higher they go, they are designed to move. it s at a frequency that is usually not ever felt by the people that are in the building.
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