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Entire New 13-story building tips over in Shanghai
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| 30 Jun 2009
| Dan Nosowitz
Posted on 07/01/2009 1:39:39 AM PDT by Cronos
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ha ha ha ha
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posted on
07/01/2009 1:39:39 AM PDT
by
Cronos
To: Cronos
We don’t have 13 storey buildings here for a reason ...
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posted on
07/01/2009 1:45:50 AM PDT
by
BunnySlippers
(I LOVE BULL MARKETS . . .)
To: Cronos
Errr, foundations anyone?
After the earthquake in China, and the decamation of structures, methinks the Government would get a grip on building regulations.
You can see the mud on the bottom of the concrete base, what the hell, is building high rise in China something like this?:
1: Mow the grass for a nice flat surface.
2: Spray a bit of weedkiller to stop weed regrowth.
3: Knock up a bit of shuttering out of old floorboards, then pour concrete.
4: Repeat step 3 for every higher storey required.
[**note to self, NEVER buy property built in or by Chinese builders**]
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posted on
07/01/2009 1:57:17 AM PDT
by
bethybabes69
(Between you, and whatever you call God, there is no authority, only an illusion of it.)
To: All
And another thing, those buildings in the photo, behind the fallen one are identical, hmmm, I’m wondering how long before they succumb to the power of gravity?
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posted on
07/01/2009 1:59:38 AM PDT
by
bethybabes69
(Between you, and whatever you call God, there is no authority, only an illusion of it.)
To: BunnySlippers
The building originally had 14 floors, but that’s another story.
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posted on
07/01/2009 2:00:23 AM PDT
by
Hillarys Gate Cult
(The man who said "there's no such thing as a stupid question" has never talked to Helen Thomas.)
To: Cronos
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posted on
07/01/2009 2:01:17 AM PDT
by
Siouxz
To: bethybabes69
Where is the rebar? Where are the anchor plates? What a lot of fun to be a builder in Shanghai. No building codes that work, easy to payoff the building inspectors (apparently) and too bad for everyone else...
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posted on
07/01/2009 2:05:24 AM PDT
by
x_plus_one
("Salvation comes about though change in individual lives, not through the ending of unjust society")
To: x_plus_one
Unless the building contractor has the right friends he is likely to get a bullet in his ear.
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posted on
07/01/2009 2:13:46 AM PDT
by
Lucius Cornelius Sulla
("men of intemperate minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters." -- Edmund Burke)
To: Cronos
You gotta wonder what the people in these buildings are thinking, lol
To: bethybabes69
We spent some time in China (this has been several years ago)...but we were amazed at their construction methods. They did, at that time, heavily rely on manpower instead of machinery. A construction site would look like an anthill with people swarming everywhere on bamboo scaffolding.) We even saw big highways being built and very little construction equipment on site, just lots of guys with wheelbarrows and shovels.) The 600 sq ft bedroom addition on our home has a better slab and rebar that that 13 storey building.
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posted on
07/01/2009 2:24:05 AM PDT
by
dawn53
To: Cronos
that’s not a building, that’s a falling
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posted on
07/01/2009 2:26:31 AM PDT
by
KingLudd
To: Cronos
See? And after everyone was paid, it worked out just fine
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posted on
07/01/2009 2:31:14 AM PDT
by
MaxMax
(America's population is 304-Million. Obama must punish America for the other 4.7 Billion)
To: Cronos
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posted on
07/01/2009 2:32:11 AM PDT
by
VicVega
(Join Jihad, get captured by the US and resettled in the best places in the world. I love the USA)
To: Cronos
People bitch about building inspectors and codes in this country.
This is why we have building inspectors and codes in this country.
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posted on
07/01/2009 3:00:48 AM PDT
by
Tares
To: Cronos
Let me guess.....was it Made in China?
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posted on
07/01/2009 3:17:13 AM PDT
by
Red in Blue PA
(If guns cause crime, then all of mine are defective!)
To: Cronos
To: bethybabes69
I know an American couple living deep inside China right now. They reported no buildings in their city of one million people are over two stories high. Most of the buildings do not even use re-bar steel inside their structural concrete. This is one reason earthquakes shake many Chinese buildings into rubble.
To: Cronos
Considering how largely undamaged the building is, it must have tipped over in slow-mo. You can see the pilings sticking out of the base of the building, like a carrot plucked out of a garden bed. I’d bet the pilings simply were not deep enough to be stable in the earth.
I’d advise people living in the neighboring apartment houses to not all stand on the same side of the building at any one time. Their apartment house could tip over!
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posted on
07/01/2009 4:28:26 AM PDT
by
6SJ7
(atlasShruggedInd: ON)
To: Cronos
“Single story luxury apartments with sky lights in each unit for sale”
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posted on
07/01/2009 4:29:09 AM PDT
by
TheRake
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