Report: New police station on rise in Fort Lauderdale has 8 critical safety issues

A blistering report calls into question the safety of Fort Lauderdale’s new police headquarters currently under construction.

The draft report, an 80-page peer review obtained this week by the South Florida Sun Sentinel, finds eight critical safety concerns with the three-story building.

A major design flaw was already discovered last year. In March 2024, hairline cracks began forming along the entire length of a support beam on the top floor. A roof slab on the three-story building’s northwest corner was bending, causing cracks in the concrete…

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