The Florida Condo Collapse

Anyone care to venture a guess on what caused that condo in South Florida to collapse? My guesses:

  • Sinkhole
  • Gas explosion
  • Meth lab
  • Substandard construction
  • Bad design
  • Water weight
  • We’ll never really know what happened
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  • I read a suggestion it had been “sinking slowly for years.” I believe it’s right on the beach so unlikely to be the type of ground subject to sinkholes, more likely built on sand/mud and the piles weren’t deep enough

  • Grey Shambler Link

    Seems by news reports they were aware it was sinking for decades.
    Wonder if that was noted in the lease?

  • Drew Link

    Noted with additional insight with the passage of time since this post

    Design and maintenance/monitoring protocols. But it was always the most likely.

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