Shanghai Building Collapses, Nearly Intact
In the weekend’s bizarrest news, a nearly finished, newly constructed building in Shanghai toppled over, killing one worker. As can be seen in the photo below, the 13-story apartment building collapsed with just enough room to escape what would have been a far more destructive domino effect involving other structures in the 11-building complex.I've been sent pictures from a friend who's an engineer. There was obviously a severe lack of planning when this happened:
According to Shanghai Daily, initial investigations attribute the accident to the excavations for the construction of a garage under the collapsed building. Large quantities of earth were removed and dumped in a landfill next to a nearby creek; the weight of the earth caused the river bank to collapse, which, in turn, allowed water to seep into the ground, creating a muddy foundation for the building that toppled.The pictures I received show the building's underpinning literally sheared off as though via a giant blade. It's both frightening and spectacular at the same time.
Here's what it look like:
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Long View
View of Base
And remember, these same people make your children's toys, clothes, and formula...
That is all.
10 comments:
Uhh, how do you say Ooops in Chinese?
Wouldn't that give you a warm feeling if you had an apartment in one of the adjacent buildings?
This happened quite some time ago - IIRC, I posted about it a year or so ago, andf it may have been old then.
Sure is spectacular, though.
Any Chinese guns in the safe?
Somebody should alert Tom Friedman!
Look out! They're taking over the world! Maybe that's how they plan on getting to Taiwan? On the back of a really tall building at the shoreline?
And these are the same people who built The Great Wall?!?
That has to be one of the worst foundation designs I've ever seen. My Tuff Shed probably has a better foundation. Looks like they used that high quality Chinese steel too.
@ atomsmasher:
You should warn folks before you post stuff like that- Dr. Pepper out the nose is unpleasant.
wv- pyrider ...... um that jsut sounds like a pornstar's name ....
On the other hand, the fact that the structure didn't collapse and pancake under side loads says reams about either profligate use of poured concrete or a morbid Chinese fear of earthquakes...
I saw the big high def pics on another blog.
Those cement piers are hollow and I'd say all of them combined don't have as much rebar in them as ONE of ours would be required to have.
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