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   YurkshireLad (yurkshirelad@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 28-Feb-2025 10:10:13 JST YurkshireLad

   Holy crap. #ottawa #canada

   https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/slater-laurier-parking-garage-ottawa-collapse-closure-1.7468706

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     Dianora (Diane Bruce) (dianora@ottawa.place)'s status on Friday, 28-Feb-2025 10:10:12 JST Dianora (Diane Bruce)

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     • Alison Meeks

     @YurkshireLad Finally a good shot of the top floor. The snow removal folks did the wrong thing here. Instead of removing the snow load they pushed it into a corner. You can clearly see a pile still on the roof. That's a lot of weight.

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     Snow piled into one spot is the cause. https://informedinfrastructure.com/92182/guidelines-to-prevent-damage-to-parking-structures-during-snow-removal/

     "Do not pile snow on the deck surface. Piles of snow can exceed the rated load capacity and cause cracking in the concrete deck surface."

     @alison

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     Alison Meeks (alison@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 28-Feb-2025 10:10:40 JST Alison Meeks

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     • Dianora (Diane Bruce)

     @Dianora I've since seen a couple videos of it and yes the snow piled all to the side was clear enough. @YurkshireLad

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     Alison Meeks (alison@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 28-Feb-2025 10:10:40 JST Alison Meeks

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     • Dianora (Diane Bruce)

     @Dianora Holy just saw this. @YurkshireLad

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