As engineers survey the site of last week's roof collapse at the Turnagain CrossFit gym, an Anchorage official said thick ice that had accumulated on the roof far exceeded the maximum weight under the city’s design and construction standards.
The roof of an adjacent business collapsed on Sunday morning nearly two days after the fatal collapse at Turnagain CrossFit in South Anchorage. Photographed on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023.
Ross Noffsinger, acting building official for the municipality, said Tuesday that “tremendous” ice buildup above the gym, apparently caused by sloping on the roof, may have been the biggest factor in the collapse. The city is waiting on an engineer’s structural report that should provide more information about the building. The report is being done by a private sector engineer that works for the building owner, SBV Leasing.
Chuck Dunn of Dunn Contractors has workers removing snow and debris from the roof collapse in South Anchorage. Photographed on Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. “I’m hoping engineers learn from this, the city learns from this, so we can actually figure out the failures” of the building and prevent future incidents, Dunn said.
Dunn said the work had been properly permitted and completed, and he doesn’t think the roof collapse had anything to do with the settling of the building.On Wednesday, Dunn stood outside the two gutted areas of the building where the roofs had collapsed, speaking with reporters.
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