WSJ: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.Photos here.
I guess the moral is the Chinese can build rugged structures, but they don't know jack about foundations. It looks like one side of the foundation was built upon muddy goo, and the building just sort of slowly leaned over.
2 comments:
The land developer and the contractor(s) have probably already been executed.
Almost looks like they built the edifice out of LEGO™ blocks, the way it fell without any real structural damage.
Mr. Minatti,
I'd love to use this image in a presentation I am preparing for a business audience. It's on a technical topic, cloud computing, and I wanted a dramatic image to illustrate what happens when you don't think about the fundamentals.
Thanking you in advance.
Brook Reams
Brocade Communications.
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