Frustrations are boiling over at a Langley, B.C., condo complex, where residents are still dealing with the fallout of a construction collapse next door.

The building near 200 Street and 56 Avenue lost power on Christmas Day, when a large crack opened in the earth between the complex and a neighbouring construction site.

The electricity is now back on at Michaud Gardens, but that’s about all residents are happy about.

Unanswered questions and stress about the structural integrity of the building appeared to come to a head on Friday, when one resident was caught on camera throwing dishware from their unit at workers in the construction site next door.

RCMP had to attend the building.

“It’s been stressful. We’ve had some residents have kind of mental breakdowns. The morning of Christmas morning I stress vomited — that was my Christmas morning,” resident Adam Menzies told Global News.

The massive crack in the earth, just steps from the condo complex, is believed to have been the result of movement in a portion of a shoring wall constructed as a part of the excavation next door.

City of Langley engineers believe the collapse was weather-related, caused by rapid snowmelt and water accumulation.

The city did not make a spokesperson available for an interview, but said it was monitoring repairs.

Pennyfarthing Apartments, the company building a rental housing building at the construction site, responded with a statement.

“Under the direction of our geotechnical engineers, we trucked in gravel to stabilize the site temporarily while they design a permanent solution,” the company said.

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