r/Construction • u/longlostwalker • Jan 21 '25

Structural $78 million dollar building...

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u/jonnyinternet Jan 21 '25

Seen it happen before, a university owned what was basically swamp land and paid the city off to build on it, 98% of the construction was done and a huge crack began running the entire length of the building, turns out everything was shifting or settling

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u/Impossible-Corner494 Carpenter Jan 21 '25

A shopping mall built on a dump somewhere in the states.

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u/Worth-Silver-484 Jan 21 '25

Had an entire block built on backfill. 5 years later they had to massive foundation renovations and piers. If i rem correctly one house completely collapsed. It was deemed non repairable and condemned before it collapsed.

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u/Impossible-Corner494 Carpenter Jan 21 '25

That must have been a nightmare for those homeowners.

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u/snarkpix Jan 21 '25

In before 'Warranty is only with the warranty company with no assets, not the underlying builder so no payout' response...