#structural-safety

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fromSun Sentinel
1 week ago

Amid construction boom, experts urge for monitoring of sinking South Florida towers

In June of 2024, the 28-story Marenas condo hotel in Sunny Isles Beach installed sensors to monitor how the next-door construction of the St. Regis Residences could potentially affect their own building. At 750 feet, the two-tower St. Regis is set to be the tallest building in Sunny Isles, steadied by 200-feet-deep pilings. Soon after construction of the St. Regis foundation began earlier this year, the sensor at the Marenas picked up vibrations that caused concern among Marenas' board members.
Real estate
fromNew York Post
1 month ago

Experts fear notorious Billionaires' Row supertall could rain 'chunks of concrete' on NYC if cracks not addressed: report

Billionaires' Row
New York City
Renovation
fromArchDaily
2 months ago

Renovation of NJU Kindergarten / Atelier Jian-Jia

Renovation must reorganize the disorganized, unsafe kindergarten site by integrating spatial layout and strengthening or reconstructing failing buildings.
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