12-story building in China -- OOPS!
 

http://tinyurl.com/ycvgolp
or
http://www.engineering.com/Library/A...fall-over.aspx

Where's that plumb bob....?

12-story building in China -- OOPS!
 

On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:19:55 -0800 (PST), the renowned "Denis G."
wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/ycvgolp
or
http://www.engineering.com/Library/A...fall-over.aspx

Where's that plumb bob....?

Interesting all that "left over" rebar just lying the

http://www.engineering.com/Portals/0...-fall/img9.jpg


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12-story building in China -- OOPS!
 

"Denis G." wrote in message
...
http://tinyurl.com/ycvgolp
or
http://www.engineering.com/Library/A...fall-over.aspx

Where's that plumb bob....?

I got bigger turds than those pilings.

12-story building in China -- OOPS!
 

On Dec 25, 8:42*am, Spehro Pefhany
wrote:
On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:19:55 -0800 (PST), the renowned "Denis G."

wrote:
http://tinyurl.com/ycvgolp
or
http://www.engineering.com/Library/A...5/articleType/...

Where's that plumb bob....?

Interesting all that "left over" rebar just lying the

http://www.engineering.com/Portals/0...uilding-fall/i...

Best regards,
Spehro Pefhany
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"it's the network..." * * * * * * * * * * * * *"The Journey is the reward"
* * * * * * Info for manufacturers:http://www.trexon.com
Embedded software/hardware/analog *Info for designers: *http://www.speff.com

That could have been stockpiled for the underground garage that they
were preparing to build. Probably it wouldn’t have mattered, but I'm
not sure why they use "hollow pilings.” I can’t imagine that the
concrete saved would amount to much money. Maybe Henry Petroski
(failure analysis engineer/author) will include a discussion of this
incident in a new book. It’s a good sign that China seems to be more
open to embarrassing news, but they’re still very far from being an
open society. Probably someone will be jailed or shot.

12-story building in China -- OOPS!
 

On Dec 25, 10:42*am, "Steve B" wrote:
"Denis G." wrote in message

...

http://tinyurl.com/ycvgolp
or
http://www.engineering.com/Library/A...5/articleType/...

Where's that plumb bob....?

I got bigger turds than those pilings.

Yes, but do they have structural rigidity?

12-story building in China -- OOPS!
 

"Denis G." wrote in message
...
On Dec 25, 10:42 am, "Steve B" wrote:
"Denis G." wrote in message

...

http://tinyurl.com/ycvgolp
or
http://www.engineering.com/Library/A...5/articleType/...

Where's that plumb bob....?

I got bigger turds than those pilings.

Yes, but do they have structural rigidity?

Probably as much as those pilings, looking at some of them.

12-story building in China -- OOPS!
 

On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:19:55 -0800, Denis G. wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/ycvgolp
or
http://www.engineering.com/Library/A...5/articleType/
ArticleView/articleId/410/Ever-see-a-12-story-building-just-fall-over.aspx

At least no one was living in it yet (at least one _hopes_ there was no
one living in it yet).

Anyone want an apartment? It's only seven feet wide, but it's twenty
feet high!

--
www.wescottdesign.com

12-story building in China -- OOPS!
 

On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 14:53:58 -0600, Tim Wescott
wrote:

On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 06:19:55 -0800, Denis G. wrote:

http://tinyurl.com/ycvgolp
or
http://www.engineering.com/Library/A...5/articleType/
ArticleView/articleId/410/Ever-see-a-12-story-building-just-fall-over.aspx

At least no one was living in it yet (at least one _hopes_ there was no
one living in it yet).

Anyone want an apartment? It's only seven feet wide, but it's twenty
feet high!

This is about a year old. Look at all the window treatments and
blinds already installed - I think they evacuated in time, but it was
occupied.

Those footings would have been inadequate even without the hole on
one side. spoils on the other, and a lot of rain to soften everything
up. IMHO a good strong earthquake would have taken it down.

Betcha they called in an army of manual laborers and salvaged out
all the unbroken windows, then the contents, then took it apart brick
by brick, saved all the rebar and crunched the concrete bits into
fresh aggregate...

-- Bruce --