Posted on 06/28/2009 3:42:32 AM PDT by Dallas59
At around 5:30am on June 27, an unoccupied building still under construction at Lianhuanan Road in the Minxing district of Shanghai city toppled over. One worker was killed. According to information, a 70 meter section of the flood prevention wall in nearby Dianpu River and that may have something to do with this building collapse.
OOPS ... “No really, chief ... I DID check the specs ... “
The Wal-Mart aisles will be widening even more this year.
Construction crew will be exicuted.
How did it manage to come down without crumbling to pieces or breaking any windows?
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someone thought the load would anchor the structure ... would be interesting in an earthquake or windstorm
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Scripture teaches about building on sand .... down is down .. whether intact or in pieces.
That is, however, a very good question.
Perhaps we're being 'Shanghai'd' and this is really a "Return of Godzilla" set.(?)
“How did it manage to come down without crumbling to pieces or breaking any windows?”
I agree...something freaky about the pics. It looks as though the building was gently laid on the ground.
the foundation came along with the building
those are some pretty small pilings ... I thought it was piping
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We just returned from a tour of China.Almost everyone in the cities lives in one of these condo buildings.
Better pics here
If the soil is soft enough, and sandy .. I'd think the principle of the balanced salt shaker might be in play.
Shanghai is built on a river delta, that is just morning fog. The smog you are refering to is more visable during the afternoon. You can tell the difference by it’s brownish color.
No they won't. The crew belong to a wealthy group of businessmen well connected to government officials. The family will be paid 10,000 yuan (~1000 USD). A suitable "natural" excuse will be identified and the machine will keep turning uninterrupted.
Perhaps unreinforced tubular caissons were specified. They mave have been driven piles but I think they would not have with stood the stress of driving.
Very close magnified view of the ends reveals that they are at varying distance from the foundation grade beam plane and that thy are literally broken off. That seems to indicate they were at a sufficient depth to prevent overturn but having no tensile strength literally pulled apart when a bending force was applied.
Being tubular, there was not much room for reinforcing steel, but the complete absence allowed the failure.
1) In photos 2 & 3, are those the pilings? And are they simply nailed into the mud underneath?!?!?!
2) In photo 1, in the background is that Shanghai’s air pollution? Or summer humidity? Or both?
>>> those are some pretty small pilings ... I thought it was piping <<<<
Same thought here. And it looks as if they’re simply nailed into the mud “foundation”.
Perhaps unreinforced tubular caissons were specified. They may have been driven piles but I think they would not have with stood the stress of driving.
Very close magnified view of the ends reveals that they are at varying distance from the foundation grade beam plane and that thy are literally broken off. A portion remains in the ground. That seems to indicate they were at a sufficient depth to prevent overturn but having no tensile strength literally pulled apart when a bending force was applied by the wind.
Being tubular, there was not much room for reinforcing steel, but the complete absence allowed the failure.
Plenty of skylights. Saves on electricity.
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