Integrity of High-Rise buildings in Palm Beach County to be analyzed

Palm Beach County Commissioners discussed Inspections of High Rises

I watched the Commission Meeting and was impressed with the thoughtful approach all took to develop rules regarding inspections of our older and higher buildings in Palm Beach County with half of them built before 1980.

No one really knows what happened to the 12 story building in Surfside; it is all speculation at this point. Consequently, the Palm Beach County Commission will continue to analyze the state of the high-rises here and send a letter to owners to inspect their buildings

County commissioners said they want to follow Miami-Dade and Broward counties’ footsteps to require regular inspections of high-rise buildings, likely more often than 40 years. But they will let a working group — made up of the League of Cities, municipal building officials, fire marshals and engineers — hash out details and options such as which buildings should be regularly inspected and how often.

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Building Certification Mandate will be lucrative Business for Engineers

Push for statewide building recertification mandate gaining momentum

"As the death toll continues to rise from the condo collapse in Surfside, state lawmakers on both sides of the aisle say they’re ready to push for a statewide building recertification mandate when they reconvene in Tallahassee in the next couple of months."

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