Construction, Chinese Style
- Categories: International, News
- Date: Jun 28, 2009 06:15 JST
- Tags: Architecture, Bizarre, Buildings, China, Image Gallery, Made in China, Shanghai
The prowess of Chinese engineers has resulted in another Middle Kingdom marvel, in the form of this spectacular building collapse; so expert was the construction of the structure’s foundations that the collapse occurred cleanly and without much damage to the structure, breaking neatly at the base.
The structure itself was a 13-storey Shanghai apartment building, still under construction, built alongside a number of identical developments, the owners of which are likely eyeing their own foundations with no small trepidation.
Investigations into cause of the collapse are ongoing, though it hardly takes much insight to realise the likely reason.
Only one worker was horribly crushed when the structure fell, as nobody had yet moved in.
Such innovative construction techniques are said to be typical throughout China, a nation whose superficially impressive economic foundations also at times look as unstable and ephemeral as some of the buildings…
Via Itai News.
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Im just impressed that It managed to stay together so well after falling over.
So your saying that there half-smart.
Yup, Up from the foundation it seems like they did a good job. At least on the outside anyways.
Ahh... The wonders of chinese engineering.
Unfortunately, yes， chinese engineering
it's said that the building fail is caused by foundation problem.
y must this thing happen in china?
A new wonder after the great wall. XD
Who knows, maybe the Great Wall was just a giant stone tower that snapped off at the base and fell. XD
And knowing China, they probably said they did it on purpose.
In American, we'd just chalk it up as "New-Age Housing Complexes", where the "sideways feel adds a new dimension to our lives".
I love this country. XD
"y must this thing happen in china?"
If they build it, it will fall.
Successful failure?
They did a pretty good job on the railroad tracks in the US.
Chinese Engineering is an oximoron.
The railroaad tracks were built vertically, they fell too.
"there half-smart"
people in glass houses...
You want me to throw stones at your house?
bulletproof glass lol
a .50 cal SMG should do the trick.
smg? submachine gun?
bmg
.50 cal sub machine gun? Can anyone even handle firing three rounds continuously without breaking an arm?
It's funny because he made himself look like a moron. ^_^
Unless he's talking about the 15lb Thomson, AKA the Tommygun, in which case it's Classic.
at least they're smart enough as to not build the apartments so close together that it would create a domino effect if this were to happen
That would have been funneh.
yup. the building collapse because some dumbass didn't pile the pilings until the bedrock only half-way.
Just tell everyone the plastering over the cracks is alien language.
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/wp-content/gallery/cache/44054__468x_china-build-quality-029.jpg
Quote Anonon: "Yup, Up from the foundation it seems like they did a good job. At least on the outside anyways."
Yeah thats the only part the engineers couldn't take pictures of.
I can't help but wonder what would have happened if it had fallen over in the other direction. I'm thinking dominos here people xD
Well at least they can just push it upright again ^^
Convincing people to move in is another matter entirely.
LOL, if only that were possible.
Whoever was responsible for the shotty foundation work done on the building will most likely lose their jobs and/or end up in prison.
Consider this another textbook example of poor structural engineering at its worst.
When I see this sort of stuff, I always wonder:
* was it bad engineering?
* was it bad implementation (i.e., cheaper, weaker materials were used than what the design called for, and inspectors bribed/blackmailed into signing off that the proper materials were used)?
bad materials and slipshort work i guess
i agree with Wynn, typical chinese, when they get the money on their hands, rest is just random
Prison?
It's China, dude.
Guys responsible will be billed for bullet and shot.
LOL it's built out of cardboards. Reminds me of a board game back in my childhood called Hotel.
wait, so this WASNT a planned demolition? oh jeez...
haha i like the slip in of the 'horribly crushed man' in the middle of nonchalant descriptions, very classy.
always have to have a solid foundation.
but it fell rather neatly..
the owner is rather pissed im sure.
.....Wow....just wow.
It's like a horrible, real life example of a Buster Keaton short...
...Wonder how much the builders had to bribe the local Communist Party bosses?
The building itself was fine, if you look closely, lots windows remain on the building. Foundation was the problem. Chinese news said they were digging out a garage under the building.
THAT would probably be the problem, not engineering. You're not supposed to build a freaking apartment building and then dig a hole under it hoping the foundation stands.
In most cases, especially with new construction, if you're placing a parking structure underneath a mid-to-high-rise building, it would have to be done as part of the foundation work. Otherwise, you would have to stabilize the structure first, which they probably didn't do.
No problems with that building.
The structural frame of the building seems very rigid...................Oh, i didn't see the lower part.
there was no feng shui in this building
tsk tsk tsk...
I was thinking the exact same thing.
yea who needs foundations when u got
well placed doors and knickknacks all over the place!
I love this site as much as the next guy... but what's with these constant gratuituos swipes at china?
Japan ain't perfect either you know.
No country is, but a lot of people who read this blog are weaboos who think Japan can do no wrong. Artefact's got his market nailed.
That's only half right.
Artefact just finds newsposts in Japanese channels. The ones that the otaku types often read usually put a lot of focus on material to bash China and Korea.
So yes. You're half right in that weeaboos think Japan can do no wrong. But the other half is the Japanese news outlets also think Japan can do no wrong and focus only on the (often comedic) fuck-ups of foreigners (to them).
Ignoring the fact that Itai News mostly carries decidedly painful news from Japan? You just want to rail against "anti-Chinese" news, don't you?
Uhh, yes?
Wherever would you get that idea?
I love how no one ever mentions this kind of thing when Artefact is busy bashing Japan for it's stupidity or horrible crimes. Selective reading for the win.
pfft, i dont care. Just dont bash Korea, mother fuckers =3.
While it does seem like its anti other asian and pro Japanese, it is indeed a Japanese focused site (mainly Otaku japanese), so if you want a wider screen and also more accurate depiction of asian culture as a whole, there are other sites.
Though a little praise to Korea-Japan is always appreciated.
^ - my post
...what ManaYagami said.
Besides this kind of story just baffles me, whether it was from China is irrelevant; just look at those buildings, they won't last a decade.
@Anon#comment-208348: Why the hell should this site favour Korea? if something unusual happens there, it will get as much as attention as everything else.
I agree with Yaku.
You just won the Internets. Anything could happen in any part of the world, but this site is most of "Asia" (don't forget Russia) related news. You're welcome to read, or you're welcome to leave.
I agree with most of “Asia”
Actually, the constant complaints about China news is what really bothers me.
I've seen news from just about everywhere here on Sankaku, but every f*cking time there's news about China someone will complain about it being "constant news".
We had Russia, North Korea, US and tons of European news not long ago. Oh, and Japanese too... teacher abuse cases, all the stuff about Hentai banning.
But yeah, stories of building colapsing that way are something rare in Japan. It's not bias, you just have to admit that poor contruction quality not only on buildings but on other stuff are more common in China.
I for one am relieved there are news about China, even though most of them are not very good. Or we might just choose to ignore the poor conditions some people live there, and the absurd stuff they have to deal with everyday. Not that this accident is something common, but the sole fact that it happened is alarming enough.
The world, specially developed contries, feed on chinese poverty and lack of human rights. We'll end up paying a high price for that one of these days.
what the heck does the last paragraph have to do with everything else you said?
These posts likely mostly come from ethnic Chinese in other countries who likely nurse something of a persecution complex, hence their tendency to see racism. The actual Chinese who come here are mostly disgusted by what is occurring in their nation.
Well, that building has objectively collapsed.
China's building codes are objectively lagging behind most Western nations.
It's not that China can't build good stuff (e.g. the Bird's nest stadium), it's that the quality is completely inconsistent.
Take another example, buying cheap knock-off saxophones made in China; you might actually get a very good horn (it's happened and not so uncommon), or you might have a piece of worthless brass. It's a total crap shoot.
My understanding is that building codes in most of China, "for new construction" is pretty comparable to western standards. That isn't really the problem. The problem is more likely to be building inspectors and public officials that allow this ind of BS to go on while they line their pockets with money from bribes and the treasury.
It seems to be a continuing theme in China. The national government sets some fairly decent standards for safety and regulation (yes there are a lot of exceptions). However enforcement is mostly left the local officials who are very content to accept a bribe to look the other way.
reply to Artefact
No you are wrong. Even we do have a lot of problems, oh yeah they disgust me, but it's still not that bad, we have our good part, we don't need to make complaints here. I'm come from mainland, and thost ones you mentioned are more likely come from taiwan.
I mean, it seems some taiwanness are very good at looking into mainland's bad part.
Just clarify some predictable misunderstanding.
Of course, all criticism of the glorious People's Republic originates from those troublesome separatists. It is a good thing the PLA stands ready to put them in their place!
I'm an ethnic Chinese from Singapore. If the people from school & work are any indication, the general trend is that the young/young adults have a very low opinion of China.
Those above age 40 tend to like China however, probably because most Chinese schools glorify China and Chairman Mao back when they were schooling.
Most Taiwanese won't complain about bad news about China. They're likely to complain about China.
it's the same thing.
reply to Artefact
It's not just a 'Of course', it's the nature, for everyone.
For instance, you have your problems in your country, but you'll definitely ignore them or see them as not so important, as long as you don't want to feel like living in a garbage hole. however, people never have such mercy for other countries.
Philosopher wannabe..
don't start throwing the 'human nature' argument around unless you are going to use it correctly, it is kind of annoying..
your view on the behaviour of common people must be based on the minute logical abilities you possess, and some information your minute brain stole and processed from other sources. basically its narrow-minded.. People aren’t robots or machines, you cannot and will not be able to know and understand the many things they think about and will do.. So how can you then claim that all people are blind idiots who cannot comprehend what is going on in the country that they live in.. If there are problems in a country, then the populace will obviously be affected.. So do you think they will still be happy? I am guessing that you are and have been living in a relatively secure environment, but in case you didn’t know many millions of other people that reside in China are not.
and the problems in China are not on the same level as problems in most of the countries the users of this website reside in.. In case you didn’t know that.
You right, some people are living in very poor conditions, and lack of human right, but this is our problem, not yours, and you can't do anything for it, you have your problem too, but you just ignore it.
And this is chinese people, we appreciate what we have. it's not good to desire what we don't have yet.
someone who have the best life quality in the world is never going to understand us.
Dude, it's a news website, it's supposed to inform. So what if people exterior to your country are not affected by or can't do anything about its problems? Should we just stop reading or commenting about them? Should we pretend these "great demonstrations of modern architecture" are fine because they happened somewhere away from here?
Look, if something happened (and a lot of shit does happen)in my country I have a right to criticize it. If something shitty happens in yours... well, you probably get what I'm trying to say.
Fuck you, COMMIE!
NEVER EVER in a developed country in the last THIRTY YEARS a building that big fall apart just because a TOTAL FAILIURE in its foundations. NEVER.
Even in Spanish dictatorship (60 to 30 years ago), buildings where ten times safer than in last twenty years commie buildings.
So what? Where's your god? Where's your communist god? FUCK YOU COMMIES.
Communists don't believe in God lol.
Let me correct you, I don't remember the exact location where it happened, besides that it was in the U.K. and, less than 30 years ago. But the walls from a complex of buildings fell on the streets, because the constructor decided to use a cheaper way to attach them to the foundations of the building. From the explanation given by engineers, the walls were only touching the foundations and weren't fixed to them, so it was only a matter of time until they fell off.
And in Portugal, we have several similar stories to that one, like a shopping mall built in record time on 1994. It's roof collapsed on the opening day, since it couldn't support the weight of the water on a rainy day.
Not even the E.U. is safe from large doses of FAIL in it's constructions, so I don't understand why there are Chinese who are so butthurt for stories like this one. It's the truth.
I was going to mention that "architects and engineers the world over seem insulated from their crimes" when they preside over this sort of thing (the same sort of thing recently happened in Japan with their earthquake codes, and it happened throughout Europe in the last century's post-war building boom), but thought it unnecessary. We will always be accused of anti-Chinese bias by some...
You do know the developing countries' competitive advantage is cheap labor?
The developed countries have for fucking years pushed for better enviromental standards and human right practices in developing counttries, especially China. (Clinton admin, WTO, WHO, UN, etc.) But guess what? The crappy countries of the world choose to do this shit to themselves. Most current international agreements amount to developed states just giving the developing countries FREE techonology so they don't destroy themselves. Even then, they usually don't use it.
So knock off the high and mighty attitude about China' stupidity being a world problem when it's really more of a retard stabing himself in the face.
reply to XsportSeeker
They don't really mention the region on the title, when it's not a chinese news, do they?
Specially when it's a bad news about china, most probably they'll use "xxxxx, china style" as title, isn't it an bias?
Those developed country did not feed china, just the opposite, china feed some poor countries those western countries rarely feed.
What's more, throughout my experence here, most bad news about china are come from chinese site, hey, we use it to alarm our incompetent government, not you!
They feed them the weapons they need to put their house in order, truly the Chinese are munificent.
Please forgive us for covering this, we didn't realise it was only for your incompetent government!
diskonline, I've gotta put you in your ignorant place, the USA is the world's largest aid donor to Third World country, not China. Go count the numbers.
Aren't we too busy feeding China to feed the others? I suppose we're also indirectly feeding the N. Koreans through Chinese donation to NK.
i'll have to put you in your ignorant place in return, cause i've never said 'china is the largest aid donor to third world country'.
you do not only 'aid' i think, you take over those poor ones as well.
if you thought you are still feeding us, then don't try to make us pay for your economic crisis any more.
If a building falls in China, and there's nobody there to laugh at it... the Communists win.
Have you actually been reading all the articles on Sankaku?? There are a plenty of posts that reflect Japan in a poor light.
There's the fact that china has a big chunk of the world's population.
There's also plenty of things about japan that are negative posted here. Teachers that are clearly actual pedos, for example.
Im an engineer, so when I say this I mean it. The people who built the foundation are fucking morons. The foundation is probably the easiest thing to build. Instead these dumb asses paid for pylons that were 7 feet long? Thats like a 100 foot tall building with 20 feet width. A building like that needs the pylons to go DEEP, due to center of mass and the huge moment arm. This was the dumbest mistake I have ever seen.
These last pics remind me of the ingenuity of people in the movie Idiocracy, especially the building that was tied together with steel cables.
The last pic looked like someone was putting gigantic runes onto them.
City scale black magic!
This is one of the funniest things I've seen in a while.
they should have left the construction to the polish XD
(O_O)
OMFH!
WOW...just WOW...
Please someone remind me on how China is an economic superpower again. Or how they're building the future.
They are writing some impressive numbers in those books of theirs.
Can those numbers cover up the fact that having a population of 1.5 billion is inherently unstable? What happens when you divide the gross national product of a first world country by that population size? Maybe CNN will come by to talk to people who will desperately try to keep from criticizing the CCP in any possible way like after that quake.
It always fascinates me how it's the China and not say India that will be world's next superpower.
The last two pictures: Half-assed repair job, or messages left by ancient astronauts?
READ THE BOOK.
It's Suzumiya Haruhi leaving a message for the aliens for Tanabata.
^ Exactly.
Haha, thought the same thing!
Good job guys
Bedrock - It's more than just a town in the Flintstones.
China is China.
I'm going to make sure never to hire any chinese if I'm building a house or any buildings.
Only be worried about that if you're in china. I know several people who are Chinese, and aside from one spoiled brat who was actually born here in the US they're honest, hard workers.
that is a piece of very hard work to build a building skipping the foundation for the sake of speed and cheapness
No wonder in my country everything that is fake/bad quality we refer to it as Chinese XD
Wow... funniest shit i've seen yet!
OMG! I have no words to comment this.
you got to be kidding........
Never imagined a building falling over like that would do it in one piece. Quite impressive.
Looks pretty well insulated as well, thick walls.
I'd be scared to live in any of those still standing though
I half expected the foundation to be put together with duct tape, spare 2x4, and the crushed hopes and dreams of rural Chinese.
What are they going to do with it? Pop it right back up?
It does look like the foundation gave out but the Building didn't fall into pieces.
The funny thing is... They now have to break it up to build it again >___>;
and i thought the foundation work over here was crappy
WIN! That is epic!
Now all they need to do is make a tilt-a-building theme park ride. :D
Ooh! It'll be like China's Tower of Piza, only you can go down it on a sled! Lack of safety features for the win.
There was only one victim? Then I think all is okay.
That's China Quality.
HA HA!
Have you seen chineese cars crash tests? NOBODY WAS HARMED, just a chineese, sorry, a dummy.
Communism is shit.
Dictatorships are shit.
Statalisms are shit.
Wow, Rage against communism.
This Supose to be a peculiar post(or a catastrophic one), it's just about incompetence or a big mistake, nothing else so Calm down.
Anyway, Cuando sale Itoshi no Kanna capítulo 13?
I don't know if I should be surprised at the building not breaking or be surprised it's just bad engineering with a touch of luck
I can't read Chinese but from what i get from the diagram is that nearby buildings had either shallow bedrock under them or they drove deep pilings to reach it. This building they decided to drive short pilings into what is basically river deposits. Thus, something that may have been adequate for maybe a 5 or 6 story building (but I doubt it, to much organic material in the soils) was totally inadequate for the building that they built.
The result is you get made fun of in the international news.
I've never slept at an Holiday in Express, I just took the time and went and got a degree in Civil Engineering.
i'm not sure either, but from the looks of the broken spun piles and considering the fact that this is a mutiple identical apartment development, they probably wanted to save money and not auger/bore pile just for this block and try driving the spun pile just to the bedrock.. with little or no embedment in the weathered zone... plus, the failed slope right next the collapsed bldg with a clear slip circle failure in pic 013 could also mean although this was enough for the bldg vertically, (throughout its construction), when rainy season came..and the slope failed.. it couldn't stand the mere lateral force from the 2-3 m depth of soil.
tsk, china and its corruption making headlines as usual..
there's a million ways to corrupt in the bldg industry while keeping the building up (see the cracks with no reinforcements pic 024)..but this is apparently not one of those ways.
So the executive summary in either case is that it rained, and the pilings weren't able to resist the stress applied by the soft dirt and mud?
That diagram is in Japanese lol. Just a lot of technical vocabulary is written in Kanji. The building itself was fine. They screwed up majorly in the foundations (probably overestimated the strength of the bedrock). Anyway large cities like Shanghai usually have decent building inspection. The more LOL stories are generally from smaller cities and towns.
The buildings fine! the countries just backwards... or at least on it's side.
If one falls, everybody should follow. That's equality for you.
Constructing management is poorer than my country, absolutely. = =" (although it is smaller and less power than...)
This shouldn't be a surprise. Everything in China is cheaply made.
I wonder that why sankaku always spread derogatory information about China.I guess the reason why they do that is to discriminate against the communism.However,every developing country has its process of growing.
It's been in vogue to deride China for many years now. Sankaku is following the trend, I guess. Besides, who doesn't love being "holier than thou?" It's unfortunate, though, that China really is a terrific target for a good hue and cry. From anime/manga sites to the international political stage, the average response to China's mishaps are always "lol u suk" rather than, "here, let me help you."
We try hard only to portray China as a nation of thieving pirates whilst ensuring the glorious Land of the Rising Sun is not lumped together with the other yellow races, hence our unwillingness to report any of the calumnies the Korean controlled news media heaps upon Japan.
Anon, I'm pretty sure anti-America sentiment is stronger than anti-China if you look at the whole world. Since you're so obsessed with victimization, perhaps you should feel sorry for the Americans.
Reading comprehension must not be your strong suit. I can guess that partial reading must be the culprit behind your claim of an "[obsession] with victimzation," but here's another little error with your comment: Sinophobia is much more prevalent than anti-Americanism. Even Russia, long considered a staunch ally of China, has long held territorial disputes with China along its eastern Siberian borders. Looking at its immediate borders, one would find few nations that could consider China a close ally (Taiwan, the Koreas, Japan, Mongolia, and Southeast Asia all hold a grudge against the middle kingdom, despite recent political and economic transactions). European news media outlets will stop at nothing to deride China like everyone else (naturally, China has done absolutely everything it can to incur their wrath), while American sentiment has usually been positive -- the W. years can actually be considered an anomaly in this regard. Most of America's enemies are small groups, though many. China's opponents are entire nations, political/economic bodies and international organizations.
认真你就输了
认不认真你都输，讲屁话得怎样都输
这楼建的太悲剧了，怎么说都没有用了
只能自己承担了
説嫃哋莪呮湜葮煉葮煉渶娪……芣過適個溇確實蕜涺，難嘚踺適庅堅實，卻洇潙哋樭探恻哋措誤（诂計湜偸笁諴料），卙臸嗐屍①個亾……
火星文自重。。。。
Umm... my thoughts exactly?
省得老外开翻译引擎嘛……
ac参观团路过
ac参观团路过
Well, how about the 'derogatory' reports on Japan, Korea and other countries? I know that every developing country has its process of growing, but it is no excuse for corruption and continuing mistakes on a large scale. That is why it is important that there are people who point out these problems. Acknowledging that the problem exist is the first step in solving it. Or do you rather prefer that people ignore these problems and turn a blind eye towards them? Don't you think that will only ensure that the problem continue?
Super Glue...lol..
Keeps the children busy in the factories >.>
13 story buildings are unlucky. This might also have been a secret investigation to find the body of Hoffa which might have been rumored to be under it.
+1
Thats explain everything
Anyone notice something peculiar about that picture. Look at those concrete tubes sticking out from the bottom of the building. I may be mistaken but those appear to be concrete footings for the foundation.
What is peculiar is that there is no steel rebar sticking out of them. Shouldn't the footings be steel reinforced? Maybe someone here knows more about construction and can set me straight on that.
MEDIOCRITY: Takes half the time and people won't notice the difference until it's too late.
i wonder if this is one of the reasons why in china ground floor flats are more expensive and sought after than the higher up ones....
u know, im an architect and all i have to say is:
EPIC FAIL
Those who can't even design a sturdy building should just shut up on how to control other countries policy on freedom of expressions.....
Wahahahahhhaa
The land gave way
http://www.sankakucomplex.com/wp-content/gallery/misc-images-xxv/china-build-quality-013.jpg
Can't say its a foundation problem. More of the land.
Also, I'm more interested in how loud the bang must have been.
Very interesting.
Sssshopped~!... lul couldn't resist -_-;
Pretty amazing that the actual building survived pretty much intact. Looks like it was more of a poor choice for the location rather than construction. From the diagram, it would seem that the rest of the developement further away from the river should be fine, just the unlucky sideways building was located poorly. the developers probably didnt feel like relocating the site and wanted to make more money, This has always been a problem with contractors everywhere, just that this is on a way bigger and more embarassing scale.
I'm a mainland immigrant living in ths US myself, and I admit, I lol'd quite a bit. That is until I read some of the stupidity in the comments section. Seriously though, take some time to analyze the actual facts rather than making rash comments like "lol China Sucks".
All in all, the article itself was pretty funny, however some of the comments I saw are just sad.
It can't be sadder than those "In Soviet Russia" comments, but hey I haven't seen Russian patriots (some of them can be very violent) threatening to kill Artefect yet, so take it easy. China is not the most victimized country in the world, even though many Chinese want it to be so that they can have the exclusivity in ranting.
Lol China Sucks. :P
No one cares about the single worker who was crushed....OH GAWD JUST IMAGINE!! All of a sudden after hours of hard work, you suddenly feel a weird vibration. Looking up, you see the HUGE apartment slowly tipping over towards you...poor guy D:
+1
finally a human being wrote something
poor worker...
I wonder if his last thoughts were, "oh man, I knew I should've called in sick today.."
American construction is number one
lol! even those buildings which are still standing looks horribly unstable. :/
No one was in there, would have been a hell of a roller coaster ride.
China QUALITY
yup, just like those cheap "made in china" electronic stuff with a warranty of 1 month.
everything is made in china. that makes it possible for you to RMA those motherboard you keep roasting for 1:1 replacement. Otherwise, they'd check, recheck and double check the motherboard first, to see if you used it even 1 mhz higher than it's supposed to be..
Obviously the people who built the foundation sucked but the building itself is pretty sturdy :p
Whoa... I didn't realize the Biereco opened shop in China.
Now we know who fucked up the Tower of Babel. I guess that's why the Chinese were punished the hardest, being given a language that requires thousands of symbols instead of 26 simple letters.
actually 26 simple letters are pretty much a lazy way to make words
I would move out from the neighbouring building immediately.....
I would move out from China immediately
simpe FAIL...
OHHH NO WAY!!1 BUILDING FAIL >.<
Stop Legoland build, it's solid but have no stability.
The cement on the walls of the buildings looks like Cybertronian language.
In China buildings flatten you.
china will need to borrow japan's gundam to pull the building back up
Nah, the minuts it sets foot in China, its breaks too.
Quote of WIN.
Both fail and awesome on a lot of levels.
What do you call this..
Construction companies taking shortcuts to maximize profits and government officials taking "campaign contributions" to look the other way never happens in other countries in the world:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W_Mississippi_River_bridge
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Dig_ceiling_collapse
Nope never happens.
Lol, took me pretty long to realize that the last two pictures aren't actually apartment walls scribbled with white paints...
And the damn thing fell clean...
Instead of talking about how Sankaku seems to be putting China down and all that crap, you guys should realize that we had a victim here. Isn't that more important?
0_0
You're actually right about that. I wanted to say "Hope nobody was hurt/died.." but i thought that apartment actually collapsed right before it was occupied..
This reminds me of Malaysian's Highland Tower collapse in 1993 which cost 48 lives. My good friend was killed in that incident. The way the building collapse look remarkably similar to Highland Tower incident.
Luckily no one is staying in the Shanghai building.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_Towers_collapse
... If only i could rent them , i would have wanted them to bring them our government's corrupt "palace". Yeah!
I lol'd hard at the pictures of those buildings with a million patched cracks
Made in China
pfft.. a lot official figures are made in china.
anime/game/manga figures**
looks like a dominoe. no foundation
Chinese can make decent products if they didn't try to pinch every penny out of it. China = Cheap end of story. Oh save half money by only halving pillars for foundation.
If this was Old America (1950's and before) they would have over engineered the hell out of it, and then doubled it just to be on the safe side. Unfortunately America is turning just as cheap.
Architect failed...
Well at least the Chinese have something they're good at... Destroying things...
uno stacko
Made in China
TIMBERRRrrrr!!!
the last 2 pics are shoppd
hahahaha
fuck china
dammit~you guys wanna suck my balls~fuck!
hahahaha
internet trolls
no wit, yet so funny. hahahahaha
wow you are brave to fuck this country. but before you can nuclear weapon will be fucking you first.
ac参观团路过
This is why earthquakes are a lot scarier to me in China.
Oh modern China, will you ever find new ways to erode my heart and soul?
Lol, from that picture, I'm guessing they failed to anchor into the bedrock. Skipping the preliminary investigation = fail.
The building itself is fine
It fell clean, and not even one piece of glass was broken O_O
AC参观团+1
make fun of dead earthquake victims
racism is here to stay.
long live the land of the rising sun
Tora Tora Tora Tora
Pearl harbor gone.
They weren't kidding when they said Chinese quality control sucks ass.
Looking at the diagram and the pictures they did not drive support pilings to the bed rock nor did they use enough re-bar in them.
All if these are going have to be knocked down and rebuilt properly if at all.
A river bank is a very poor location for a high rise building.
If they insist on developing that location low-rise buildings such as condos might be the only option.
There's a reason why only certain parts of NYC have tall buildings it's called geology.
There goes my apartment....
Now I'm wondering who actually built the tower of Piza
So what, they used plastic bottles for steel supports now?