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re: NYC Skyscraper Might Collapse: Evacuations Ongoing. 5 Floors Caved
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:07 am to TheOcean
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:07 am to TheOcean
They should assemble a team of the greatest minds America has.
A group of black women should be able to mitigate this disaster easily.
I’ll sit back and watch.
A group of black women should be able to mitigate this disaster easily.
I’ll sit back and watch.
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Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:09 am to TheOcean
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the former headquarters of the Pfizer pharmaceutical company
Vaxxed
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:19 am to TheOcean
DNC researchers are overtiming right now to see how TRUMP was involved.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:20 am to SloaneRanger
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LOL, who is going to live in the residential conversion of a building like this? It’s not going to be anyone well off. Will be a shite show.
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It's not condos for the uber wealthy but it will be people well off enough to pay Midtown luxury rate of around 6k for 1BR and 9k for 2br apartments in 75% of the building.
It's been in the news a bit over the past decade for developers trying to negotiate tax breaks that come with offering 25% non-luxury rate apartments without the affordable apartments.
And also a publicized battle over whether a famous giant mural is removed instead of destroyed and who has to pay for it to be relocated.
The developer is David Werner Real Estate along with a handful of big real estate investment capital groups.
This post was edited on 7/7/26 at 11:22 am
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:22 am to TheOcean
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spotted structural support beams beginning to buckle on the 21st and 22nd floors
I guarantee it doesn't collapse like this
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:28 am to BigLSUNut
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WTH does caved in mean? A cave in is a collapse. I didn't see a collapse. Perhaps they mean the floors are sagging.
if i had to guess the floors caved in. columns are built first then the span across the horizontal beam with the floor. in a steel beam building, the span bar joists then put the decking down, the pour a 3-6" concrete floor. on a concrete building they form and pout the columns, then deck the floors and support to the deck below with "trees" while the pour the floor. once it has set up they remove the wood deck and the "trees"
my guess is the joist were over loaded and 5 floor of joist and decking collapsed
EDIT:
image of a steel i-beam structure with bar joists and metal decking floor support:
This post was edited on 7/7/26 at 11:33 am
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:29 am to TheOcean
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former headquarters of the Pfizer pharmaceutical company
Of all the tenants, it had to be this one.... if it goes, at least the OT has another 24 years of material to fuel itself
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:31 am to tigeraddict
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my guess is the joist were over loaded and 5 floor of joist and decking collapsed
I just pray burning pieces of debris don't hit the building, otherwise the entire thing will collapse as if, eh, never mind...
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:33 am to tigeraddict
Some genius working on the renovation probably cut out some shear walls or lateral bracing.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:35 am to TheOcean
Commercial live loads are greater than residential so someone removed a load-bearing object without shoring the secondary members. Similar situation with improper shoring like HR NOLA. The chances that it's incompetence or someone trying to cut corners are 50/50.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:36 am to TheOcean
They wanted an open floor plan.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:40 am to LSUBoo
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Some genius working on the renovation probably cut out some shear walls or lateral bracing.
or overloaded a floor section with pallets of sheetrock and door frames.....
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:41 am to TheOcean
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former headquarters of the Pfizer pharmaceutical company
erection dysfunction
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:49 am to TheOcean
Construction project, huh? I expect to see more of this as we transition to an administrative way of carrying out everything. Projects are "managed" with a bunch of clerical exercises striving to meet various key performance indicators that have little to do with actual work being done on site.
I even read a "general contractor" here state that he's got a project manager making sure tiles are laid straight on a house build. Imagine paying a PM, instead of just hiring a reputable tile layer.
Everything is a clerical exercise to these people.
I even read a "general contractor" here state that he's got a project manager making sure tiles are laid straight on a house build. Imagine paying a PM, instead of just hiring a reputable tile layer.
Everything is a clerical exercise to these people.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:50 am to TheOcean
What all woman contractor got the job?
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:56 am to bgtiger
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What DBE contractor got the job?
fixed it for you by expanding the risk category
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:56 am to TheOcean
that video 
dudes are inside staring at the buckling metal frame, filming with their phones and going "oooooh"
NO MAS. GTFO immediately.
dudes are inside staring at the buckling metal frame, filming with their phones and going "oooooh"
NO MAS. GTFO immediately.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 11:58 am to TheOcean
Somewhere, the architect and structural engineer with their stamps on these drawings are freaking the frick out.
Posted on 7/7/26 at 12:02 pm to TDsngumbo
It might if they have to implode it for safety.
I’m struggling to understand how the structure can be salvaged if buckling on 21st and 22nd floor
I’m struggling to understand how the structure can be salvaged if buckling on 21st and 22nd floor
Posted on 7/7/26 at 12:03 pm to BigLSUNut
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WTH does caved in mean? A cave in is a collapse. I didn't see a collapse. Perhaps they mean the floors are sagging.
I’d imagine, perhaps, structural beams holding still but maybe sections of flooring coming down internally
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