Virginia Lawyers Weekly

A building official in Richmond says a deck that collapsed and injured 21 people wasn’t properly permitted or constructed.
Commissioner of Buildings Arthur Dahlberg says his office found no building permit on file for the second-story wooden deck attached to an apartment building near Virginia Commonwealth University.

About 50 people were standing on the deck the night of Nov. 7 when it collapsed during a party, wedging dozens of people against the building.

Eleven of the injured are VCU students. All are expected to recover.

Dahlberg says the roughly 20-foot-by-20-foot deck was secured to the building with too few bolts and bolts that were too small. Rust and rot also likely contributed to its instability.

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