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Are we safe from a collapse of condo towers in Quebec ?

Words of experts looks at the collapse of high-rise buildings like that of Surfside in Florida in the summer of 2021. Are we safe from such a tragedy in Quebec ? 

 

On June 24, 2021, the twelve-story Surfside building, the Champlain Towers South, in Miami collapsed. The toll is heavy: 98 dead and many injured. The Champlain Towers South was built in 1981 and had 136 condominium units. Is this possible for condo towers in Quebec?

In this web radio, journalist Francois G. Cellier asks the question and raises various issues:

  • The challenges of the gradual deterioration of part of the Quebec housing stock where the average age of condominiums is 30 years.
  • The risks and liability of real estate brokers in sales without legal warranty.
  • Law 16, condominium fees and evictions.

So many subjects covered brilliantly with experts Marc-André Harnois, General Manager of the Association des consommateurs pour la qualité dans la construction (ACQC), Valéry Couture, condominium manager and founder of the management company Condo Stratégis, Maître Richard Leblanc, condominium lawyer in Outaouais RPGL as well as Claude Guertin, engineer and director of ProspecPlus Génie-Conseil. An exciting and informative web radio interview (in French).

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