Unsafe parking structure at Rocky Mountain Court

[Hockeyguy15]

Headline from the Sun website..

"Traffic court building evacuated after fears of parkade collapse"

No other info though, anyone know if this is in Calgary?

[Regulator75]

Gotta link?

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by Regulator75

Gotta link?

Not yet, it was just a breaking news banner on the front page of the Sun site.

[Bigtime]

http://newsroom.calgary.ca/pr/calgar...rn-236463.aspx

On Wednesday, July 11, The City issued as Order to Cease occupancy to the main floor businesses and parkade levels 1, 2 and 3 of Rocky Mountain Court due to an unsafe building structure.

The structure was deemed unsafe when the integrity of the level 2 parkade floor was compromised during renovations. Occupants on the main floor and parkade levels 1, 2 and 3 were directed to vacate these floors within hours as a precautionary measure to protect public safety.

[Slava]

My office is near Edmonton Trail and there were a lot of police cars and emergency vehicles headed downtown very fast. I was wondering why, but assume that this is related.

[Bertuzzied]

Wait is this the condo building??? my father in law has a unit in there.

[BlackArcher101]

Sounds like someone went too far with the jackhammer.

It doesn't mention that there has been a collapse and it's only the parkade levels and the main floor that are to be evacuated.

[Bigtime]

Also got to love Sun level reporting, apparently "Rocky Mountain Court" means "Traffic Court" to them. Sheesh, took me all of two seconds to find the correct info.

Edit: Yes this is the condo building. This was in the news a couple of weeks ago due to the massive special assessment that the condo board needs to implement to pay for these repairs.

[Hockeyguy15]

Originally Posted by Bigtime

Also got to love Sun level reporting, apparently "Rocky Mountain Court" means "Traffic Court" to them. Sheesh, took me all of two seconds to find the correct info.

I kept looking for traffic court and nothing was coming up, haha.

Edited the thread titile since there is no collapse.

[Bertuzzied]

holy crap. i know they were working on the parkades because we just paid like a $30k special assesment. I wonder whats going to happen now.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by fotze

You are going to write another bigass check. hehe

well not me. i guess it's better if the entire building went down.

[Rathji]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

well not me. i guess it's better if the entire building went down.

I feel the same about my father-in-law sometimes as well.

edit: I just realize it is possible you meant when he wasn't in the building, in which case, ignore me.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

well not me. i guess it's better if the entire building went down.

He'll just have to camp in a tent in that massive backyard of yours.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by Rathji

I feel the same about my father-in-law sometimes as well.

edit: I just realize it is possible you meant when he wasn't in the building, in which case, ignore me.

It's just his rental condo, so i don't really want him to die.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by Locke

He'll just have to camp in a tent in that massive backyard of yours.

Wow you guys sure like to run with it. I don't have a massive backyard, i just have a super wide lot where i have never heard one peep from my neighbors in 8 years because our houses are so far apart.

[FanIn80]

Originally Posted by Bertuzzied

Wow you guys sure like to run with it. I don't have a massive backyard, i just have a super wide lot where i have never heard one peep from my neighbors in 8 years because our houses are so far apart.

Well, not everyone can enjoy living their life on a secluded country acreage like you have.

[Hack&Lube]

My co-worker lives in that building.

I know exactly what they mean about the parkade looking unsafe. The last time I was down there I felt like I was in the collapsed ruins of a nuclear fall-out shelter or something.

[Regulator75]

Meh, just implode the eye-sore of a building.

[Bertuzzied]

Originally Posted by Hack&Lube

My co-worker lives in that building.

I know exactly what they mean about the parkade looking unsafe. The last time I was down there I felt like I was in the collapsed ruins of a nuclear fall-out shelter or something.

$30k special assessment to fix 1 floor of the parkade! i'm sure they will have to fix all floors eventually.

[Bane]

I have the misfortune of actually living in this death trap.

Last year at this time, contractors were resurfacing the all of the parkade floors. From what I've seen and heard, instead of cutting 4 inches deep, they cut 8 inches deep and punched holes clean through the concrete slab in places. The contractors and the engineer have been locked in a finger pointing "its their fault" legal tangle with each other ever since.

Given the building's chronic fire alarm problems (1:00am in the morning last night for example), elevator problems, plumbing problems, and previous sprinkler system problems, I'm surprised the whole building hasn't been condemned.

And while the City of Calgary's notice said everything above the 3rd level was safe, the only way to access those floors is by going through the main lobby which dead center in the unsafe area.