Worker seriously injured in condo demolition in Miami Beach

A project manager for a Fort Lauderdale demolition company was seriously injured Monday during the demolition of the former Marlborough House condominium building in Miami Beach, Miami Beach police said. The main north-south artery that ran through Miami Beach until Monday afternoon was also crushed by Samuel Landis, 46. Landis was taken to Jackson Memorial Hospital and remained in critical condition on Monday afternoon.

Miami Beach, Miami and Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Officers conducted a Search and Rescue operation but found no other casualties.

"All construction workers were counted and, as a precaution, they deployed search and rescue dogs and dead dogs," said Mayor Dan Gelber

purchased the 1963 13 story building at 5775 Collins Ave. and plans to replace it with a 19-story tower on the beachfront property. Thus, the demolition of Monday

As for what went wrong, Multiplan Real Estate Asset Management, the development company from Peres, referred questions to the contractor, Winmar Construction, Inc. In a statement, Winmar described the incident as a "We are working closely with the city authorities and agencies of the Industry to understand what happened during the demolition of the structure by Allied, "said Winmar Construction president, Luis Leon, on the occasion of the demolition. AlliedBean refused to make any questions about how his project manager found himself in critical condition.

Miami Beach Building Inspectors Confirmed that adjacent buildings have not been affected by the collapse, said the city in a statement. Air quality inspectors confirmed that all asbestos-related risks were properly addressed before the demolition, Beach police said.

Residents who live on Collins Avenue between 5875 and 63rd Street will be allowed access to their buildings. Those living between the 56th and 58th streets will not be allowed to return home.

The online building permit records show that the landlord applied for an implosion permit in August 2017. This permit was refused because Miami Beach does not allow implosions, the building manager from the city. Then the owner applied for a regular demolition permit, which was issued on April 18, 2018.

An online license correction report describes the demolition as "total demolition of the multi-family residential structure by conventional methods. No longer using the method of implosion. "

Once a demolition permit is granted, construction crews can demolish the building whenever they are willing to do so without notifying the building department," Salgueiro said. a letter sent to residents of a nearby building on July 20, the site owner stated that the demolition of "some interior components" of the Marlborough House building had already been completed and that the demolition of the main structure and other components could start. "" The demolition will continue to be carried out by conventional methods under the demolition permit issued by the City of Miami Beach, "said Derrick Chin, the owner's manager Miami Beach Associates LLC. letter. "The work may take a few weeks and part of the building remains until the work is finished."

Winmar describes himself as a "company A full service construction management and a general contractor partner "and works primarily in Washington DC and Miami. His projects have been inspected eight times by OSHA since 2012 with varying results.

OSHA did not find any violations on the Miami inspection project alone, working on the Shelborne South Beach in 2014. But on the last Winmar project inspection, in 2017, OSHA found three serious violations involving liquid oil and stairs and fined $ 13,942 on a Washington DC project. The OSHA inspection of AlliedBean has revealed no violations during the demolition in 2015 of the former clubhouse of Crystal Lake Golf Club and Country Club located at 3800 Crystal Lake Drive in Deerfield. Beach. The Fort Lauderdale-based company was formed in 2012 by Liliana Alavarez and Kevin Bean, who remain the two directors of the company according to Sunbiz.com.

The AlliedBean website says, "Our number one priority is our commitment to protecting the life and property of every AlliedBean project."