My high school friend lived in this apartment with his college girlfriend when it collapsed. He was a very cheerful person, kind, warm-hearted - he was the president of the student body government, then went on to go to UChicago with a bright future awaiting him... I'm two years younger and slept on the very exact dorm room/bed that he slept in in high school and I couldn't believe this when it happened. We miss him dearly every day.
@benwalter48429 ай бұрын
I am sorry for your loss mate. 😔🤧😟😢😖
@m.a.d.m.54253 ай бұрын
I saw the sight myself as a Miami native and my heart is with you. I want to protest for the location to be a memorial park. Not another luxury apartment. Sadly I’m across borders now.
@jorgevillavicencio4279 ай бұрын
I knew someone who had a condo on the 4th floor facing west. She sold it just over a year before the collapse. I spent many a weekend's there and parked in the underground lot. I can tell you that it was a mess. Lots of rust staining on columns and the roof of the lot. Evidence of several patching works was visible everywhere and puddles would form after rainstorms. I'm not an architect, but you didn't have to be one to realize that there was something very wrong with the building.
@jameswilson51659 ай бұрын
The fact that they had to sell the building to provide money for the lawsuits says a lit. And it isn't good.
@jorgevillavicencio4279 ай бұрын
@@jameswilson5165 James, one of the primary reasons why Sheila sold her condo at Champlain South was because nothing was ever done to remediate the problems that arose through the years. The condo Gestapo, as I like to call them, were collecting hefty monthly maintenance fees. If anything went wrong, all their crews did was throw plaster to patch up and paint over it. I also owned a condo in Ft. Lauderdale. Now, that building was a fortress. Built in 1971 and one block from the beach in the north side of A1A. Nothing was ever overlooked. I bought it in 1989 and sold it in 2003. We were hit with 3 big fees over the years to repair various structural problems. Today is a beautifully modernized building. Champlain Towers were grossly damaged by neglect and avarice. One billion dollars is hardly enough to compensate for the loss of life and property. Disgusting!
@williamhaynes70899 ай бұрын
@@jameswilson5165 - the land was collectivly owned by the condo unit owners, they could have rebuilt their unts on same land if they so choose.. the lawsuits were against the vendors and such + themselves. They are THE CONDO ASSOCIATION... The vote was obvisoly to collect as much money as they could and walk away... (Families of residents that died too)
@jameswilson51659 ай бұрын
@@williamhaynes7089 How much money did the dead collect? You just don't get it. Someone or a lot of 'someone' needs to be behind bars for this. That building fell because of greed.
@williamhaynes70899 ай бұрын
@jameswilson5165 what is the greed ? The people that owned the building lived there and chose not to fix it in timely manor.. building fell and many owners dided.. the family members of them are entitled to their estate.. there is no rich owner in NY type person in this... you going to put the owners that lived and voted no on repairs on jail? The city does not inspect private buildings unless you pull a building permit, etc.. the cts was doing the 40 year certification abd thats done thry a private building insoector abd given to city when completed.
@ChosenOne66669 ай бұрын
Back in the 1970's general contractors would bribe the city building inspectors to look the other way. It was very common.
@fluffydog42179 ай бұрын
Was gonna say this. I think we’re just waiting for someone to admit to this on his death bead and explain what he saw and didn’t report.
@ChosenOne66669 ай бұрын
@fluffydog4217 Miami was corrupt, and bribes were normal part of doing business
@sak_59 ай бұрын
Even today. Miami Dade inspectors are full of inconsistencies.
@tetchuma9 ай бұрын
Mass deregulation of safety regulations made it even worse and less transparent when problems did arise. Building owners almost always choose the cheapest bid for repairs, which means red flags are patched over, rather than be brought to the owners attention. That’s capitalism ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@kumbackquatsta9 ай бұрын
bribing has never stopped
@faraibee9 ай бұрын
Difficult video to make. Hats off to the B1M team.
@TheB1M9 ай бұрын
Thank you.
@iwouldntlikemeeither8 ай бұрын
Why people die every day
@Mikeknz789 ай бұрын
120m purchase price for the land alone and only 57 apartments. These are definitely not going to be cheap!
@mcbrideless20649 ай бұрын
Why would you think Miami beachfront property would be cheap?
@RealMTBAddict9 ай бұрын
Poor people don't buy these condos wtf
@pavelow2359 ай бұрын
Nowadays a 10 milion net worth is middle class, so....
@RealMTBAddict9 ай бұрын
@@pavelow235 lol no it's not
@mcbrideless20649 ай бұрын
@@pavelow235 Since when is top 1% the same as middle class?
@Melb19 ай бұрын
The people in the building right next door must have difficulty sleeping. Knowing what’s possible with a daily reminder staring right at them.
@williamhaynes70899 ай бұрын
They are rich, and the new building will usher in a higher class of people. CTS was a older lower priced building.
@mikeifyouplease5 ай бұрын
One of the more interesting theories about a contributing cause of the collapse was the renovation of several units, which added huge amounts of additional weight that the building was not designed to carry. These included large amounts of marble and stone on floors, walls, counters, and balconies. In addition, bathroom remodelings used extremely heavy bathtubs and large amount of incredible heavy thick glass walls for large shower enclosures. I even saw some videos that showed these additions to the units. The end result were condos that were incredibly gorgeous with high resell values. But it was extremely obvious that the amount of additional weight that the floors had to support was enormous.
@TOPDadAlpha9 ай бұрын
This report is very accurate from all public reportings. Being a South Florida resident myself, many of us follow this tragedy closely even to today. May the victims rest in peace.
@ColeSpolaric9 ай бұрын
I still persist that a big part of the problem was having the pool deck connected to the rest of the building. This was just like a critical failure bridge where one damaged part causes the whole thing to collapse.
@opinionatedopiner8 ай бұрын
Properly engineered load bearing columns should have prevented the collapse...even if the pool deck collapsed. The problem was, the columns on the collapsed side were under-engineered. A properly engineered building should have been able to absorb the pool deck collapsing preventing the chain reaction. And one side, that was properly engineered did. Textbook case of willful negligence by developers that wanted to save time and money.
@williamhaynes70897 ай бұрын
@@opinionatedopiner - but 40 years later, many building practices have changed.. plus the statue of limitations has long passed so even if you could find the builder, they are not liable now.
@vgernyc8 ай бұрын
From what I had read about the tragedy, the building's board which is made up of elected tenants, repeatedly refused to deal with the structural repairs needed. Even in the final days, the board prioritized the roof over the overdue structural repairs.
@Dog.soldier19509 ай бұрын
For anyone who has sat on a condo board knows what happens. Owners don’t want to pay for repairs and will push back vigorously. Finally the ground was sold to help owners/victims with their financial loses. You can’t pull that back
@williamhaynes70899 ай бұрын
considering they were responible for the cleanup and recuse costs... but Biden signed an executive order and passed that on to tax payers. The amount of money each owner got was a lot higher than it would be otherwise.
@skyscraperfan9 ай бұрын
The creepy thing is that there is an almost exact copy of the collapsed tower just a few blocks north. If they still don't have an idea why that tower collapsed, I would not feel safe in the twin building. As you mentioned, the collapsed tower got a new 40 year certification not too long before the collapse. So would you want to live in the twin building?
@theruleoffire9 ай бұрын
It was going under 40 year Certification it didn’t complete it. Re watch the video.
@AskMiko9 ай бұрын
It didn’t complete the 40 yr recertification and the other condo was built by a different company
@crustyminge9 ай бұрын
???
@lesliecas26959 ай бұрын
An engineering study had been done but the fixes had not been started. The cost was exorbitant.
@fischX9 ай бұрын
I would argue that this building style was common at the time
@stepheneson41079 ай бұрын
What is not being addressed by this video, nor in any of the comments I've read so far, is the increasingly suspect model of condominium management itself: Residents who are unpaid, amateur volunteers; and who often have a personal agenda when they join the board in the first place. All too often, as was evidenced in the meeting minutes of Surfside, basic maintenance is perpetually put off in the service of keeping Condo dues as low as possible. Governments (notably Florida's) respond by layering in more and more regulations, which in turn feeds a cottage industry of engineers, consultants, and attorneys who advise the boards on what is to be required of them. It's not sustainable.
@AS898-h3u2 ай бұрын
Yes exactly. I grew up near this building and my family has the same issue with this system all over miami, its a mess.
@zapfanzapfan9 ай бұрын
"Building Integrity" has been a good channel to follow for analysis of this and other troubled building projects.
@Lazy23327 ай бұрын
Yes! 💯
@sunshine83389 ай бұрын
Saw the short an hour ago, such an eye-opening video. Great work B1M, I'm a recent sub and have enjoyed the content very much.
@oscargeorge19 ай бұрын
While this story is a tragedy and I feel for the victims. It's time to rebuild. A memorial is definitely appropriate, but not on the entire site.
@vehicles_n_stuff9 ай бұрын
Honestly it would be better if it was so it would become public land instead of a mega-millions apartment building for the rich
@oscargeorge19 ай бұрын
@vehicles_n_stuff the only way to cover the victim payouts was to resell the land. The new building will enhance the area for sure.
@Merennulli9 ай бұрын
@@vehicles_n_stuffWe can't keep turning tragedies into reserved space. Making a checkerboard of uselessly small memorial parks in the shadow of high rises doesn't help anyone in general. And in general, the notion that you are owed control of land just because your loved ones died there is NEVER going to be a "just this once" case. Allowing the roadside accident memorials in spite of the hazard they cause has shown what a mess that becomes. This isn't exactly homes for the poor, but this wasn't the homes of the wealthy either. These were in the 600k range per unit, which is firmly middle of the middle class. They WILL have housing somewhere, so your plan, whether you realize it or not, is for a developer to take space from even lower income people to make your park that's only really useful to the people in that neighborhood already. Meanwhile the lower income people get pushed further into urban sprawl and long commutes. We have spaces to honor our dead. We have plaques to honor historical tragedy. But we cannot afford to let sentiment derail zoning and land use.
@RandomPerson-iz1qu9 ай бұрын
@@Merennulli I agree. People die all the time, it's one of the only guarantees in life. And we already have plots of land dedicated to their remembrance, they're called Cemeteries.
@PianoBlackTrimRep.9 ай бұрын
Looks to me like an inside job. No way a building would just collapse like that.
@Chris_Mc.9 ай бұрын
Constructive criticism, this could have been a one minute short video. It really contained very little information about the new building potentially going up.
@mattalbrecht74719 ай бұрын
It's called "click bait"
@bagheerab2789 ай бұрын
Seems like a lot of his videos are like that now. Very little detail info on the actual structures and how they're built, but a lot of other fluff.
@pepps7799 ай бұрын
If they want a memorial, they should try to negotiate with the current owner/developer to have a memorial garden, etc placed on the property. Basically, pitch it as a feature that provides value to future residents, instead of merely being something that provides value solely to those focused on a tragedy from the past.
@esj43739 ай бұрын
the middle east buyer billionaire probably could care less ! said the property could not be sold a american person
@Dandandandandandandandandanda19 ай бұрын
Heartless
@mikemancini3139 ай бұрын
There's going to be a memorial, just not at that location. It's supposed to be on the same street nearby the building.
@electro_sykes8 ай бұрын
honestly, I think they should build a memorial plaza & garden that opens up onto the beachfront from the new condo building
@mikemancini3138 ай бұрын
@@electro_sykesThat could work. I'd gladly see some sort of memorial on the site. I just hope the entire tragedy is a lesson about the dangers of deferring maintenance. Unfortunately, it happens all over the country and leads to horrible consequences.
@RandomPerson-iz1qu9 ай бұрын
The public has so much unconscious trust in apartments since they're so globally ubiquitous, but this tragedy has been so difficult with me to wrestle with. I'm a huge advocate for cities as the future, but I have to admit that the idea of ONE building holding the lives of dozens of families isn't so appealing anymore....
@SaintDuma9 ай бұрын
When grappling with this sort of thing, remember that for every incident like this, there are 12+ buildings in some cities from the late 1800s that are still in great conditions that shelter hundreds of people. There are millions of mid-rise buildings from the 40s that hold dozens of families. We have been building dense buildings like this one for as long as we have been able to, and a tragedy like this is so rare as to prompt hundreds of KZfaq videos about it. It's horrifying, and we should take important building lessons from, but it is also a statistical outlier.
@Dexter037S49 ай бұрын
There's a reason why Brutalism is still used
@manuelr.58049 ай бұрын
that new building, apt are gonna go for 40mill per unit probably 😂😂
@faustinpippin92089 ай бұрын
120m for land / 57 units = 2.1 mil just for the land, so yea lol
@stevec00ps9 ай бұрын
jeffostroff's channel has been following this collapse since it happened and goes into massive amounts of depth on what might have happened.
@DanFrederiksen9 ай бұрын
The problem was the old building, not building new. The state of the old building was very evidently very poor so there was a failure to take problems seriously rather than anything really being missed.
@RellupNorth9 ай бұрын
Unknowingly went to this site traveling A1A and let me tell you it was reminiscent of 9/11 and the WTC site afterwards. Very humbling and sad to know they were still trying to find people under the rubble and would sound the bell when they found a body. God bless the families and all that were effected. That will always stick with me
@isakjohansson71347 ай бұрын
The condos were demoed too
@paxundpeace99709 ай бұрын
You could have said a bit more about the building or construction that replaces the tower that collapsed. No word about the Architecture firm already contracted for plans.
@terrancesampson51419 ай бұрын
It is actually Surfside Beach which is one of miami's metropolitan area beach town.
@isaacnewton35149 ай бұрын
This tragedy doesn’t get enough attention.
@CompuBrains279 ай бұрын
Calling this an "unspeakable" tragedy seems strange to me. You're speaking about it, and it's a good thing too. We should speak about preventable tragedies like this one so that we can work on preventing them in the future. There should be nothing controversial about building our structures to last and be safe doing so.
@theruleoffire9 ай бұрын
Are you kidding me seriously. You are exactly what’s wrong with this planet.
@theruleoffire9 ай бұрын
Your brain is fried bro.
@QuestionMan9 ай бұрын
Tragedy upon tragedy is how quickly people forget the loss from disasters of the past. I feel sad when I hear the disgruntled railing against building codes and regulations-often even people I know and love. Life is precious. Anything else must be relative to that fact.
@CityLifeinAmerica9 ай бұрын
We can't have a memorial in spots every time a tragedy happens. Imagine memorials just every other door instead of buildings, because that is what would happen.
@williamhaynes70899 ай бұрын
the victims and familes sold property to get money to move on with life... if they wanted to do a amemerial they would have done so instead.
@nnasab9 ай бұрын
The problem is salt water from the floods. It get absorbed by the concrete piles and rots the concrete and rebars from inside The only cure is to when they build the structures add additives to concrete mix, just like bridge piles in salt water. It will cost a little more when they’re building.
@jhmcd29 ай бұрын
The problem most likely was, when salt water gets into concrete structures, it can turn acidic and actually eat the columns from the inside and disolve the rebarb. Its why ensure the casing of the concreet is so important. The concreet used in a lot of Miami and south Florida buildings is substandard by todays requirments for dealing with salt water. It wasnt even the best back in the 50s when many of these buildings were constructed, but was allowed. The problem was, if the casing was cracked all the way though they were supposed to do a sonar study (I forget the exact term) to analyze the beam to ensure the rebard was still intact. This was not only never done, but was pushed off as it would be expensive. There were other test of course but that was the easy one. This is why the building most likely collapsed. Now these test were ordered for practically every building in south Florida and the HOAs need to have the money to cover repairs. Next to none have it. As for the new building, I hate it when something that was affordable gives way for more housing for the rich, but I've priced a Florida condo recently, the HOA fee was more than the mortgage and was expected to increase within a few years. I suppose the rich are now the only ones that can afford to live on the beach.
@AntoinneBarnes9 ай бұрын
dude, i live ten or so blocks form the chaplain tower .... i just wanna saythanks for telling the story accurately!!!
@randoir18639 ай бұрын
The most important things we learn are thru failures . As sad and devastating as failures are of this kind , hopefully more scrutiny will be put on who builds this new building . Putting off repairs is a recipe for disaster in itself and should serve as a warning for all other building owners in the area .
@GeekyMedia9 ай бұрын
Respectfully and tastefully done B1M team
@g00rb4u9 ай бұрын
Tasteful? @6:35 "if you enjoyed this video" blah blah "subscribe". Pretty tasteless if you ask me.
@GeekyMedia9 ай бұрын
@@g00rb4u they literally do it for every video. It didn't even occur to me that it could've seemed distasteful - it doesn't to me, but each to their own.
@koohami9 ай бұрын
B1m inspired me to build my own house. Plz do a project in the bahamas
@appleinfl9 ай бұрын
Imagine paying millions to live on top of a mass grave.
@GazMoby9 ай бұрын
Another fantastic video as always 👍
@MassiveBuild9 ай бұрын
How well you explained, dear friend. It can really be a good replacement for this project for Miami
@Calciferisme9 ай бұрын
Life goes on
@philipmurphy29 ай бұрын
It's a interesting video, Hats off to the B1M team
@alanclark6399 ай бұрын
While there may not be a definitive ruling by NIST - I've seen enough in the available KZfaq investigations to make my decision. Incident waiting to happen - specbuilt block, chuck it up and pack'em in - make over after make over without a thought given to the original design and poor maintenance. Recipe for disaster. What I've heard about the NIST operation so far - fills me with suspicion - tell me of a British construction job where the spec for rebar is 3/4" coverage!!! Ridiculous. We have the elevated section of the M4 motorway shrouded in netting and festooned by aftermarket post stressing cables and untold numbers of other building where the concrete coverage of min 2" has not been sufficient to prevent water ingress and corrosion of the reinforcing mat or bars. I cannot believe a pukka engineer can stand up in America and speak for NIST and spout such rubbish. That building was a stone's throw from the sea for chrissakes!
@alparslankorkmaz29649 ай бұрын
i hope that authorities learnt their lesson and won't make the same mistake again in Miami.
@williamhaynes70899 ай бұрын
The condos owners dont need the government to tell them to fix their building... they can collect the money from each other and take care of any time they desire (before it falls down) So i dont blame Miami government for this issue
@alparslankorkmaz29649 ай бұрын
thank you for clarification 👍@@williamhaynes7089
@fredashay9 ай бұрын
I know what happened! A wasp built a nest in one of the pitot tubes...
@williamhaynes70899 ай бұрын
They should have installed Ram Air Turbines to power the cameras next time, there were cameras everywhere but the footage seems gone
@Argosh9 ай бұрын
"With no obvious initiating event for the collapse", you know, except for the well documented chain of neglicence that ensured the obvious damage from the construction next door was never addressed...
@VcrThunder9 ай бұрын
it might be problematic if we are to build luxury apartments on places of great tragedy. it kinda sets the message that these losses will only benefit those with higher income as the units they replaced were probably far cheaper. and I get that real estate is valuable. but that might lead to the eventual demolition of other similar more affordable units because they are unsafe, only to be replaced by more high-end luxury apartments, Instead of fixing the structures. leading to more gentrification. I do realize that the units in the building were not probably the cheapest units, to begin with, but it seems the new building will have fewer units and they will be bigger, driving up the cost
@theruleoffire9 ай бұрын
Bingo. Finally someone with real thinking.
@Zelielz19 ай бұрын
As long as there are other apartments for sale where people can go, it wouldn't be much of a short term issue. Also, people who live in homes and apartments next to the beach get juicy offers for their property, they don't leave just like that...
@VcrThunder9 ай бұрын
you do realize that you are describing gentrification perfectly? @@Zelielz1
@Lazy23327 ай бұрын
This 💯💯💯💯
@Lazy23327 ай бұрын
Nevermind that the twin towers were not rebuilt on their lots and that their lots were turned into a memorial. It blows my mind that anyone would WANT to build a new luxury building RIGHT on top of people who lost their lives????
@nachtmacher62379 ай бұрын
Thank you 😊
@mothiurNCL9 ай бұрын
1:00 looks like Gaza in the thumbnail. It's sad and tragic for one building with that many deaths, it's devastating that the USA President not only goes and support destruction of civilian buildings with people in them, they also send billions of dollars every year.
@MrWokyman9 ай бұрын
@BuildingIntegrity has a great series of videos on the collapse
@JDLoff9 ай бұрын
@TheB1M Will there be an update video on the Jeddah Tower? In September (2023), the Middle East Economic Digest (MEED) reported that Jeddah Economic City had restarted the project and that a call for tenders had been issued for a contract to complete construction of the 1,000-meter tower. Thanks in advance for your response.
@allglorytogod129 ай бұрын
Never is too soon. To build another condo on this site is in poor taste. The land value or desirability of this area should have zero influence on what is done with this property. Make a memorial park and let the victims rest in peace.
@mikemancini3139 ай бұрын
I mean, there's going to be a memorial park. It doesn't have to be in the exact location. It's supposed to be right nearby on the same road.
@BobTheBuilder129 ай бұрын
There should be a memorial but absolutely they should rebuild. Symbolic of recovery from tragedy. One WTC prime example of respecting the lost.
@Lazy23327 ай бұрын
Yes… but also don’t forget that they did not rebuild on top of the twin towers lots…
@user-ne2bb5nh7t9 ай бұрын
All condos in FL are now going to have to maintain large reserves of money so that they can fix issues as they arise to help prevent this. Association fees for many people are now increasing drastically as they are now reflecting the true cost of maintaining a large building.
@ohhgodineedmoore28459 ай бұрын
Oceanfront condos should not exceed 3 stories
@mikemancini3139 ай бұрын
@@ohhgodineedmoore2845Well, if that rule existed, housing shortages would skyrocket... Also, people build up because it requires less land which is more environmentally friendly. That doesn't make sense at all.
@zackakai51734 ай бұрын
@@mikemancini313 that could be solved by the government forcibly divesting the corporations that snatch up housing to scalp of said housing, but of course that would be "SoCiALiSt" so the government won't actually do that.
@theruleoffire9 ай бұрын
With a 1 billion dollar settlement for the families they all could have pooled together rebuilt, gotten their homes back create some sort of memorial for those they lost. But instead sneaky judge gave that opportunity to a foreign investor. That is absolutely ridiculous. And all i read in the comments is people complaining that the families of this tragedy want some sort of memorial to remember this sick and tragic event that should have never happened if people actually did their jobs correctly. But it seems it’s all about the money. There needs to be an independent investigation into all of this. Because people knew and did nothing and people died. This is absolutely maddening. And at the end of it all these foreign investors will profit billions at the end, which will make the families payment seem like pennies.
@rjgarage8107 ай бұрын
The thing is that many people that will buy these condos either from the US or outside is that they will not realize it is in the very place the other building collapsed
@williamhaynes70897 ай бұрын
or even care
@BradWilson19699 ай бұрын
I hope that your numbers don't suffer, but these new KZfaq rules have me watching fewer videos, and not bothering to comment or give thumbs up very often even when I do. In the end it's you creators who suffer while KZfaq tries to use you for every last penny of profit that they can get. Best of luck! 😎
@L33tSkE3t6 ай бұрын
I know the collapse and subsequent loss of life was quite tragic but, we as a society must move on from these tragedies as a crucial part of the grieving process. It’s why the real estate at Ground Zero, although after a nearly decade and a half having passed, was replaced with ONE World Trade, as well as the 9/11 memorial and museum were built. The reason something like that has a memorial and something like this won’t. Is because 9/11 was a nation tragedy and although there is no denying that this was a tragedy, it doesn’t justify the same level of memorializing and although it would have been nice for them to be planning to build more affordable housing, there is such a high demand for housing that, rebuilding is really the only financially justifiable action. I know it’s sad but, it’s the truth.
@draco_27279 ай бұрын
Had to be luxury, never a truly affordable housing project.
@Sveta79 ай бұрын
Oh come on, people are way to soft, this is a one in god knows how many disasters like this in the world, what if Turkey couldn't rebuild every building because of the earthquake and had to turn the city in a giant memorial... 🤷
@akaviral54769 ай бұрын
Having it turned into a luxury apartment complex is a pretty big slap in the face of the community. Not only is it not going to be a memorial for one of the worst collapses in American history, but it also disregards the needs of the people living there. We've seen what New York goes through when its architecture is only built for luxury and how that pushes the average American further and further from opportunity. Miami will be no exception.
@seanthe1009 ай бұрын
Where have you been?! Everything in Miami is being constructed as luxury
@opinionatedopiner8 ай бұрын
We don't need an "official report" when we already know the cause. A week after the collapse it was pointed out by various engineers that all of the structures load bearing columns on the collapsed side were built too small. The other side that didn't collapse, had the proper load bearing columns that prevented that side of the building from pancaking.
@arlen_958 ай бұрын
People should have gone to jail for life for that completely preventable collapse 😡
@mark34649 ай бұрын
Yes, I think so. I don’t think it should be built on.
@chonkymonster6719 ай бұрын
In the end the video doesn't say much about the new project
@jamesknapp649 ай бұрын
Pretty lacking video, wish they'd go more into details for the new structure and why on 54 apartments, and 12 stories and challenges building on the coast.
@greatwhiteevox10089 ай бұрын
Frustrating that it wouldn't have more Residents than before and offer the same prices for lower levels as the previous buildings to offset the rise in living costs and gain theirs profits for the higher floors. Displaying on a first floor an engineering display of how the building is made to not repeat the tragedy, as well as have an area for families to come visit the sites even if it's a floor halfway up the structure with open air and place to leave flowers or whatever.
@patrickl61859 ай бұрын
Agree if it's anything like here (Australia) it should have more residences with mixed cost and a memorial space garden incorporated.
@downundabrotha9 ай бұрын
I find it disrespectful for those lives lost that a Billionaire jumped at the idea of building over where they died. Disgusting behaviour of the mega rich.
@thru_and_thru8 ай бұрын
Living on top of a grave site? No thanks. RIP to the poor victims
@ashishpatel3508 ай бұрын
the owners killed themselves by neglecting maintenance.
@Majora967 ай бұрын
Why build a memorial on site? That would be such a waste
@EdwinWiles9 ай бұрын
The first thing that popped into my mind was "sinkhole".
@Yay2959 ай бұрын
Surely a sinkhole would have been readily apparent if that was the case though?
@Sashazur9 ай бұрын
If there had been a sinkhole it would have been obvious when they cleared the wreckage.
@EdwinWiles9 ай бұрын
I thought it would be too, but if it's below the concrete pad at the very base, it might have caused tipping that put unusual stress on the columns. Not far enough to be obvious, but enough, probably combined with other flaws, to trigger the collapse.
@richardque49524 күн бұрын
And who going to lived there? The whole place is haunted .
@eddiem4619 ай бұрын
The fact that we need tragedy to learn is hard, but tragedy is the greatest lesson unless repeated then it’s incompetence.
@ArthurvanH0udtАй бұрын
Idon't get it. IMHO it is not change the way you built (of course it needs to be up to standards) but it is the way you maintain the building after it's been delivered. Especially in a sea climate keeping things up to par can be rather costly.
@GustavoMdMc9 ай бұрын
that building was an eyesore I can imagine it had many enemies, and the owners had no wish for remodeling it so accidents can happen
@MM-fe9mz9 ай бұрын
Its unfortunate the land swap idea wasn't pursued more seriously. To "sell" the land of the community center a little distance north of this site then build a new community and memorial on the champlain towers site.
@williamhaynes70899 ай бұрын
tax payers didnt want to pay for that i suppose
@MM-fe9mz9 ай бұрын
@@williamhaynes7089 it didn't even get that far. And replacing the community center will still have to be done at some point since it's old.
@nancyclemo16827 ай бұрын
Love your channel!
@dom.76739 ай бұрын
Soooo they're basically building over a graveyard...cuz that has always ended well.
@jimthar179 ай бұрын
Nobody is BURIED there Poltergeist. Relax. Millions of buildings have been built on places where MILLIONS of people have died.
@zackakai51734 ай бұрын
This is real life, curses aren't real and ghosts aren't going to magically rise up and doom the new structure. Although time will tell if greed and negligence do that.
@dom.76733 ай бұрын
@@zackakai5173 You seem really fun Zack
@바보Queen9 ай бұрын
kind of a waste to build a memorial
@ladycrillz4 ай бұрын
Kind of dumb to build a building over a place with that many lost souls. HAUNTED
@mikewilliams64678 ай бұрын
Hang on. $120 million for some land, to build 57 apartments on? Is the market so strong there as to command ~$5 million per apartment?
@johnhawks50359 ай бұрын
Could that possibly be uglier?
@jflow089 ай бұрын
It appears they leveled everything but kept the pool. I wonder why 🤔
@via458 ай бұрын
If someone decides to live in that gravesite then who knows who's there.
@micvasselin63699 ай бұрын
Purely on the making of the video: why do you use an old TV set for something that happened two years ago?
@Suominoinen9 ай бұрын
Im so happy to see it being fixed with something modern and hopefully stable in the future
@jeremys72319 ай бұрын
Misleading title. Mostly about the collapse
@Wawalsh12349 ай бұрын
Come on, we all know the cause…
@wgsmit022 ай бұрын
wow that place looked like hell before it fell
@Kai...9999 ай бұрын
Did anybody face prison time for that? Im sure a lot of the civil engineers are dead but somebody needs to pay for that egregious loss of life. People died in the most horrible way.
@williamhaynes70899 ай бұрын
Many of the owners died in colapse... the same people that voted 'NO" to repairs that could have prevented this were the residents.. Its sad that saving a few bucks in short term turned out to be deadly.
@glynnhebert75739 ай бұрын
That is sacred property and should not be touched.
@orishaeshu10849 ай бұрын
No it’s not
@jasperliao64309 ай бұрын
can you do video on shipyard and candle stick san francisco
@1verstapp9 ай бұрын
perhaps do a less-incompetent build for the replacement. perhaps also do some maintenance this time.
@tomhanxs9 ай бұрын
Are they trying to recreate the event?
@ajsarabia9 ай бұрын
What are those sparkling lights in your video?
@keithsnider19589 ай бұрын
Building high rises on a sandbar. What could possibly go wrong?
@williamhaynes70899 ай бұрын
built properly nothing, maintained improperly lots of issues as you saw.
@Chicago489 ай бұрын
Inspection Every 40 years? It needs to change to 20 years.
@electro_sykes8 ай бұрын
I think the park across the road may become a memorial
@MsJeffreyF9 ай бұрын
How much is each one of those condos being sold for? Like given the $120million just for the land, they surely couldn't sell for less than an average of $3million a condo!?