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Burninator · 03-19-2010, 12:55 PM

City says Millrise complex uninhabitable

CALGARY - Residents of the four-storey apartment complex in Millrise hit by fire Thursday got the bad news this morning: they won't be able to move back in.

Tom Sampson, director of city of Calgary disaster services, told a meeting of residents on Friday morning the initial engineering assessment of the complex at 23 Millrise Drive is that the 159 units are not habitable because of fire or water damage.

"The structural integrity of the building has been compromised,” Sampson said.

“The challenge with this building right now is that we believe it is uninhabitable from this point going forward.

“The real question is, there's a lot of water in that building. There are places where there are up to eight inches inside units, and the load on the structure is high.”

Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/City+sa...#ixzz0ie7aaeuD

I think people on the south and east side of the building would have things they would be able to recover. I wonder how bad the water damage is on those sides of the building as well and how much of the building is salvageable. Obviously I can't see inside the building, but from the outside those two sides look untouched.

03-19-2010, 12:55 PM	#55
Burninator Franchise Player Join Date: Dec 2003 Exp:	City says Millrise complex uninhabitable CALGARY - Residents of the four-storey apartment complex in Millrise hit by fire Thursday got the bad news this morning: they won't be able to move back in. Tom Sampson, director of city of Calgary disaster services, told a meeting of residents on Friday morning the initial engineering assessment of the complex at 23 Millrise Drive is that the 159 units are not habitable because of fire or water damage. "The structural integrity of the building has been compromised,” Sampson said. “The challenge with this building right now is that we believe it is uninhabitable from this point going forward. “The real question is, there's a lot of water in that building. There are places where there are up to eight inches inside units, and the load on the structure is high.” Read more: http://www.calgaryherald.com/City+sa...#ixzz0ie7aaeuD I think people on the south and east side of the building would have things they would be able to recover. I wonder how bad the water damage is on those sides of the building as well and how much of the building is salvageable. Obviously I can't see inside the building, but from the outside those two sides look untouched.