jar546
Forum Coordinator
I found this to be very interesting and, of course, very concerning. Luckily none of the 53 high-rises in my jurisdiction are set up like this and all glazing meets the Florida Building Code.
I completely agree.Code compliance does not explain all problems.
We do not even know why the problem occurred and we are already determing who was at fault., and this is from somebody who would claim governmental immunity.I came away from the video disillusioned. Part of the building becomes detached and kills someone and the jurisdiction sits on their hands and allows the owner to determine a course of action. The street should be blocked to pedestrians and vehicles---the owners, architect and engineer should be lined up against the proverbial wall. Missing the differential expansion of glass panes that resulted in a the death of a young mother can't be mitigated by an award of $18,000,000. That deserves jail time.
The problem is a woman was killed. The method was a pane of glass falling from the building … hitting a woman and killing her.We do not even know why the problem occurred