Posted by KMILBURN on 12/1/2008, 11:20 pm, in reply to "CAP r.e.i.t. building garage collapses many buildings at risk"
City inspectors do inspections of underground garages all the time. However there are not enough inspectors to investigate all the parking structures in the city and inspections are complaint driven. So if you don't complain about your building, your building probably won't get inspected.
From the floor up to 36 inches you will notice that a lot of parking structure columns have a special paint (usually black in colour) - if that 36 inches of the column has concrete that is crumbling, pitting, is missing pieces,or if you can see the steel rebar, then an inspector should be called and an inspection should be done by MLS.
It's tragic that a tenant died in the CAPREIT case in Montreal.
I wonder when those two parking structures were last inspected? 38 years ago when they were built?
--Previous Message--
: Most buildings use salt to prevent ice on
: driveways and parking but this causes lots
: of damage to the concrete below.
:
: This lead to the collapse of a concrete slab
: in the underground parking.
:
: All our buildings are at risk but this is
: not usually inspected for.
:
: This would be a great project for the FMTA
: to champion for us.
:
:
: Man dies in parkade collapse
: Rubble from roof traps one person in vehicle
:
: Rene Bruemmer And Kevin Mio
: Canwest News Service
:
: Thursday, November 27, 2008
:
: One man is dead after the floor of a parking
: garage in a 14-storey apartment building in
: Montreal's borough of St. Laurent collapsed
: onto the level below Wednesday.
:
: Residents said they had complained for years
: about flaking cement, rusted support beams
: and leaking water in the garage. The
: building is owned by Toronto company Cap
: Reit.
:
: Firefighters worked for hours to free the
: man, described to be in his 30s, but just
: after noon determined he was killed in the
: collapse. Members of the heavy rescue squad
: were setting up jackposts to reinforce the
: ceiling and using jackhammers to break
: through the concrete en-casing the car. Its
: lights were still on.
:
: "The next step is to check other cars
: to see if anyone else is trapped," said
: Aime Charette, chief of operations for the
: Montreal fire department.
:
: Officials were calling residents of the
: building and employees of the courier
: company to check to see if anyone was
: missing.
:
: A slab of concrete approximately 30 metres
: by 30 metres square -- the equivalent of
: one-third of a football field --suddenly
: collapsed just before 9 a.m., sending
: concrete and cars plunging onto the level
: below. Firefighters couldn't say how many
: cars or people were underneath at the time
: of the collapse.
:
: The search, including using infrared
: equipment and a sniffing dog, continued late
: into the day, but Charette said no one else
: was reported missing.
:
: "It just pancaked," Charette said.
: "One large slab fell in, and on the
: sides more concrete collapsed along with
: it."
:
: According to witnesses, the victim was an
: employee of Messageries Rush Extreme, which
: uses the garage as a meeting point to
: exchange packages for deliveries. Several
: other employees of the company were in the
: garage at the time, but they were able to
: escape unharmed.
:
: They reported hearing a large cracking
: sound, then the floor above suddenly caved
: in, crushing their cars.
:
: A 911 call was made at 8:47 a. m. from
: Garderie & Maternelle Dalpe, a day care
: located in the building. Staff quickly
: evacuated the 30 kids in the day care, and
: firefighters evacuated the entire apartment
: complex attached to the garage.
:
: Residents clustered outside were demanding
: answers. Several had complained for years
: that the garage was in a dangerous state of
: disrepair, rusted rebar poles evident along
: with a strange smell.
:
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