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Originally Posted by TonyL
Consider this. It's a very realistic possibility that this tower could face a Cat 5 hurricane. Those top floors could see winds over 200mph and gusts to 225mph. This tower will need to sway 4 feet it more. The glass needs to be impact resistant. The lobby needs to be built for potential surge through. Any underground facilities will flood. Any generators need to be lifted above the max surge zone. I guess what I am saying is you need a developer on point with hurricane code and they need to understand it's not a question of if this tower will see 200 plus. It's when.
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All these items are covered in our codes. Impact windows are mandatory in Miami-Dade and Broward counties from houses to warehouses (there is a provision for shutter use with non-impact glass, however, that wont happen in a skyscraper. The flood reviewers requires tons of waterproofing (I've had to do it on my projects). Regarding the structure, Developers aren't going to build a failing billion dollar building. Structural Engineers ran their calculations early on in the design process.
