[oldschoolcalgary]

Originally Posted by FlameOn

Before and after

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Originally Posted by D as in David

Woman in the building was speaking to her husband on the phone when the collapse happened.

https://news.sky.com/story/honey-the...lcony-12342076

its very sad...unfortunately, there's a number of people that dropped that ball here and that will have to play out as they do the building forensic (as tough as that looks to be considering the state of the structure).

What caught my attention was the tragic phone call, which the caller says "the pool is caving in"... in the images the structure of the pool is still intact (though empty)...seems like a structural column(s) in the parkade failed and that caused a cascade effect on the remaining structure.

that's not an easy fix, and like some condos with limited reserve funds, the board might have tried to put off the repairs or tried mitigation as opposed to doing the major repairs that would be required.

40 year major inspection is crazy to me...that's going to be changed for sure...25 years would be more reasonable imo.