Collapse of the Space Building
2013 building collapse in Colombia
Collapse of the Space Building
The collapse of the Space Building occurred on the night of 12 October 2013, when Tower 6 of the Space Building, a residential apartment complex, collapsed in Medellín, Colombia, killing 12 people. Local authorities evacuated the rest of the building to avoid an imminent new collapse. The cost of the building was more than Col$40.6 billion (2013 value). On 20 January 2014, researchers from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of the Andes determined that the building should be partially demolished, since the lack of structural capacity of the building's columns did not allow them to support the normal loads to which they were subjected. According to the inquiries that were carried out after the collapse, if the building had been designed with all the requirements of Law 400 of 1997, Tower 6 would not have collapsed. On 27 February 2014, Tower 5 of the Space Building was demolished but the necessary mechanisms for the complete demolition of the structure were not met. On 23 September...
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