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All the Walmarts around seem to be leaking as well. Shouldn’t the engineers and architects take these measures into consideration when building these structures?

I really can’t believe contractors build the same in every state…this is Maine, we get snow and oftentimes HEAVY snow. I’m a 62f and I understand this.

They do. If roofs are leaking that means drainage issues. Given the freezing/thaw, not surprising that flat roof drainage is being backed up. also, flat roofs have a rubber-tar sealing compound in place of shingles, so makes me wonder about the age and what gaps occurred in the sealing.

edit to add https://www.pressherald.com/2023/01/26/third-storm-in-a-week-brings-more-outages-flooding-messy-mix/

>Deputy Chief Brennan said both Scarborough stores’ drainage systems were working, but were apparently overwhelmed by the weight of accumulated snow, saturated by the rain that fell overnight.

snow or rain is fine, when you get one then the other, it weighs a shit ton and goes nowhere fast.

yes, but heavy snow isn't necessarily the same as snow + rain. and its not contractors, but the architects that specify the live and dead load expectations for structures. so makes me wonder how much the weight is there, and what kind of drainage is in place.

however, for leaking, that suggests the rubber-tar compound on the roof has a few gaps.

I agree with you but I was born and raised here, and the issues continue.

Yeah, and it always will. Price, quality and build speed are corners of a triangle that affect the end deliverable for pretty much everything. And of course, price is always as cheap as possible. So if you design and build to minimums, you’ll get recurring issues like this

Question is Are dealing with these cheaper than building the extra slack into the original system? If yes, then why spend extra money when it’s going to cost more in the end do “build right”?

Exactly!

Surprised this did not happen sooner. Now where are the children going to play soccer?