Three residents of an Iowa apartment building that partially collapsed are still unaccounted for, police said, as city officials responded to questions about who might be responsible.
DES MOINES, Iowa — A structural engineer report issued just days before an Iowa apartmentindicated a wall of the century-old structure was in imminent risk of crumbling, yet officials did not order residents to leave and said Thursday they relied on the engineer's assurances that the building remained safe.
Police Chief Jeff Bladel said transient people also often enter the building but there is no indication anyone else was inside and missing.The city on Wednesday night released documents, including structural engineering reports, that show city officials and the building's owner were warned that the parts of the building were unstable.
“The brick façade is unlikely to be preserved in place, but it can be brought down in a safe, controlled manner,” the report stated.Rich Oswald, the city's director of development and neighborhood services, said officials relied on assurances from the structural engineer hired by the building owner. The engineer stated the building wasn't in imminent danger of collapsing on residents.
County records show Davenport Hotel, L.L.C. acquired the building in 2021 in a deal worth $4.2 million. City officials ordered repairs after they found seven fire code violations on Feb. 6, including trash and other items stored in stairwells, a lack of lighting in hallways, and a failure to test the fire alarm system as required. They were told three weeks later by building maintenance officials that “none of the work was completed,” a record shows.
A city notice dated Feb. 2 said the wall was gradually failing and cited “visible crumbling of this exterior load bearing wall under the support beam.” The notice also said the exterior brick veneer had separated and allowed rain and ice to cause damage, and that the electrical and gas equipment on the outer wall had to be protected from the failure.
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