(06-15-2023, 05:06 PM)panamaniac Wrote:(06-15-2023, 02:33 PM)ac3r Wrote: The building sucks. Who could have guess?
Guess that they would be sold a batch of faulty windows? Nobody, would be my guess. But yes, the building sucks.
But they didn't say that though. The entire article is just reiterating their speculations: that they do not believe it was a structural issue and that they believe that it's a manufacturing issue. It very well could be and just looking at them, I can take a good guess that is indeed the case since I deal with building materials and their designs each day in my work and I've seen this happen. And it's indeed less likely to be structural because as a building is being built, it's consistently analyzed and surveyed to ensure it's being built correctly.
It's my guess that they just used very poor quality materials here and that they started peeling very rapidly. It could have been exasperated by some additional influence like excessive heat (ambient temps and/or even just sun being reflected from other buildings) or moisture levels. I would not put it past IN8 making the executive choice to pick bottom shelf building materials to save money, then they ended up with something that is either just a crap product or came from a manufacturer who does not have sufficient quality control. Would be interesting to know who the manufacturer is because then we could look at the section drawings for the particular product and company history, but it's such a non-issue anyway. Just kinda funny that known low quality developers and architects have a brand new building melting.