On 19/08/2017 20:44, ARW wrote:
On 19/08/2017 19:17, NY wrote:
"Andrew" wrote in message
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Actually, looking at that silver people carrier, I suspect it rammed
into the wall in reverse which is which why its wheels are hanging
over the edge. That retaining wall has an L shaped bottom which
looks like it was attached to the precast flooring sections with
rebar. where the man is attacking with a breaker is the top surface
so you wouldn't expect to see any rebar there.

Whatever weakness had built up in the structure because of concrete
'cancer' was exposed by the sudden impact.

Ah, now it becomes a bit clearer why there are vehicles with their rear
wheels hanging (or else almost hanging) off the floor. I'd thought that
the wall was flush with the vertical pillars and horizontal beams on
that floor, and that therefore the collapse had also made vehicles roll
backwards. But looking at the floor above, it extends another metre or
so, so part of the floor has snapped off, back to the level of the
horizontal beam.

The silver Transit-type van doesn't appear to have any damage to its
rear end, which you'd expect if it had hit the wall hard enough to snap
it off.


Looking at other news photos it looks like the car park was already
under renovation and that would be the most likely cause of the collapse.

eg

http://www.nottinghampost.com/news/g...tre-ncp-350253

Yup, this image shows it better:

http://i4.nottinghampost.com/incomin...0817JT1-16.jpg




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Cheers,

John.

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