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Independent peer review finds design issues at Fort Lauderdale police headquarters; engineers say problems are fixable
Summary
A third-party peer review identified 16 design and documentation items for the new Fort Lauderdale Police Department headquarters, including concrete shear-wall and column foundation concerns; reviewers and city officials said the issues are remediable and remediation plans and contract negotiations with the original engineer are underway.
An independent structural peer review of the Fort Lauderdale Police Department headquarters released to the commission on June 3 identified multiple structural, serviceability and documentation items that require resolution, but reviewers and city staff said the issues are fixable and remediation is in progress.
Weiss/Janney (WJE), the third-party reviewer, summarized 16 findings covering three categories: life-safety items that relate to extreme-event margin-of-safety (for example, shear wall capacity under extreme wind loading), serviceability items (deflections, movement compatibility with building envelope/glazing) and missing or unclear documentation for future engineers. WJE's associate principal told…
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