Search at Florida condo collapse site pauses amid concern about the structure that's still standing

[zuul]

Source: CNN

(CNN) Search and rescue work at the site of the collapsed condo building in Surfside, Florida, has been temporarily halted because of structural concerns about the standing structure, the Miami-Dade County mayor said.

"We are doing everything we can and will resume search and rescue as soon as we can," Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said Thursday morning. Families of the victims have been informed about the development, she said at a news briefing.

President Joe Biden's visit to Surfside will have no impact on the search and rescue operations today, Cava said.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/01/us/miami-dade-building-collapse-thursday/index.html

[Cracklin Charlie]

1. Surely the standing building has been evacuated?

They don’t need more tragedy.

[Hekate]

3. The search teams are very much at risk

[shenmue]

2. In my opinion, every large building should

have at least one crane, trained inspectors who come in now and then, and some dumpsters.

The managers were warned before this happened.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

4. Inspectors definitely, but why "at least one crane" & why dumpsters beyond normal use?

I'm thinking you may not have thought this through. Specifically, if you want to have a crane on every building so that when one in 10,000 collapses (or less) there will be a crane in place to pick up rubble, then think again.

Any crane on top of a building would come down with it. Any crane beside a building can easily be knocked down or pulled down by it. Any crane would also be subject to failure from corrosion or foundational problems. Any crane can fail and fall down on other buildings nearby.

Cranes would probably fail at higher rates than buildings.

[shenmue]

7. To help scoop up big things into the dumpsters

All right, maybe one every few blocks.

So it can get there quickly.

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

5. I'm surprised they dug that far

There were just temporary stanchions holding up what already looked unstable.

Families of those missing will have to wait longer.

[SmartVoter22]

6. Sad news for families & friends

To halt any progress must be a very hard thing to acccept, if one has a loved one, still unaccounted for.

This puts them all in a state of suspension with no idea what could come next.

I empathize for, and with, anyone affected by this tragedy of engineering.