08.11.2010

Over she goes

This story or rather these photos, are for our contractor readers, while they are not related to cranes, telehandlers or Access equipment we could resist publishing them after one of our readers sent them to us.
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Yes that's right the building is horizontal

The building was erected someone in China on hollow concrete piles, once complete the builder excavated an underground garage to one side of the building. Heavy rains undermined the foundations causing the new building to tip and over she went.
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It remained largely intact

Fortunately the space between the 13 storey blocks was sufficient to avoid a domino effect. These are just three of a whole set we received along with drawings.
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Spot the hollow piles - no rebar!

The morale think before you dig.