On Sun, 20 Aug 2017 14:17:34 +0100, John Rumm
wrote:
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It will be interesting to see the results of any enquiry to find out
if any mistakes / shortcuts were found in it's construction. Makes you
think more of the sort of building work you hear of in India or Spain
rather than England eh! ;-(

I think one can conclude that the design / construction was
inadequate...

I wonder if anyone will get it in the neck for that if proven to be
the case?

in reality a car should be able to crash at speed into the
side wall, and even break through it, but you would not expect the floor
to fail along the whole side of the car park or the side wall to fail
away from the impact site.

Agreed.

(I get the impression that cars hitting the sides of car parks at speed
is a quite common occurrence

I think the main support posts seem to, considering how often you see
them clad in steel, protected by some Armco or covered in car paint
stripes! ;-(

- you only need see the number of reports
of cars that manage to leap across streets from a high level and land up
in or on buildings the other side of the road. Usually drivers with
automatic transmission and a stuck throttle cable - they start it, think
"oh its making a bit of noise", ignore that, then slap it in gear
anyway. Next thing they know, it sets off like a scaled cat and does a
good Batmobile stunt!)

Or between the car park and a boat even. ;-(

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Cheers, T i m