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06-27-2009, 08:17 AM
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SHANGHAI: A 13-floor apartment building under construction collapsed Saturday morning in Shanghai, killing one worker.
Witnesses said the whole building started to fall down at about 5:30 am on Saturday and a 28-year-old worker surnamed Xiao from Anhui province was buried in the collapse and killed, the Xinhua news agency reported. No other casualties are reported.
A 13-floor apartment building under construction collapses in Minhang district, Shanghai Saturday morning June 27, 2009, killing one worker. [Xinhua]
Zhang Supong, a witness across a river to the collapsed building, said his family and neighbors were shocked when they felt the earth shake in the morning.
"It was just like an earthquake," he told China Daily, adding there was no visual damage in his apartment.
The authorities have ordered suspension of the construction and a thorough investigation of the collapse.
A man, who is in his 30s and declined to be named, told China Daily that he just bought an apartment beside the collapse building and with this accident, he would terminate the contract with the property developers.
The apartment building is at a premium location in Shanghai, about five metro stops from downtown areas, and is sold at a price of 18,000 yuan per sq m.
Local media reported on Friday that some cracks appeared on the anti-flood bank near the collapsed building, but the cause of the cracks was also uncertain.
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06-27-2009, 08:24 AM
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#2 | | I bringith the lowerballerith
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damn..the building just toppled over on its side. Luckily the apartment wasn't filled with residents
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06-27-2009, 08:42 AM
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That's what happens if you don't do research into what ground are you driving those legs into....
Shanghai is a big swamp....pile drivers that work elsewhere are likely to NOT work there at all.
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06-27-2009, 08:44 AM
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#4 | | I *heart* Revscene.net very Muchie
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man its like somone just walked over and pushed it over
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06-27-2009, 10:03 AM
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shit that's like a lego blk that just fell over
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06-27-2009, 10:08 AM
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#6 | | WOAH! i think Vtec just kicked in!
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makes you wonder if the 2 buildings beside is safe too
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06-27-2009, 10:30 AM
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#7 | | Banned By Establishment
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Just cheap chinese contractors.
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06-27-2009, 11:15 AM
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#8 | | F**K YOUR HEAD
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Hope they have insurance...
I wonder if they'll reuse the windows and wood etc. Looked like the building was almost done too  | |
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06-27-2009, 11:19 AM
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#9 | | HELP ME PLS!!!
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This is what happens when you're too cheap.
Everyone cheaps out, no one wins.
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06-27-2009, 11:22 AM
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#10 | | What hasn't Killed me, has made me more tolerant of RS!
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looks like GODZILLAAAAA!!! paid them a visit.
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06-27-2009, 11:23 AM
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#11 | | is best wrench
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it just tipped over a bit, its still good its still good!
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06-27-2009, 12:49 PM
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#12 | | Banned (ABWS)
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"13th floor" wasnt too appropriate , building collapse
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06-27-2009, 12:56 PM
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#13 | | I subscribe to the Revscene NWS thread(s)
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1 + 3 = 4
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06-27-2009, 01:42 PM
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wow that looks fucked up, literally just fell over
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06-27-2009, 03:42 PM
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#15 | | Banned (ABWS)?
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Leaning tower of piza gone wrong...
So what now? lift the thing back up and just try again? or Restart? lol
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06-28-2009, 01:52 AM
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#16 | | I Will not Admit my Addiction to RS
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they just gonna pull the tower back up and glue it down again  | |
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06-28-2009, 07:15 AM
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#17 | | My dinner reheated before my turbo spooled
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It's China...no surprise here...
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06-28-2009, 07:47 AM
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makes you wonder if its because of china building techniques to western building design...
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06-28-2009, 09:00 AM
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#19 | | 14 dolla balla aint got nothing on me!
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lol, stand it back up
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06-28-2009, 09:26 AM
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#20 | | I *Fwap* *Fwap* *Fwap* to RS
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the apartment looks still in pretty decent shape for falling over. wonder how there gonna fix this. If i was an investor in any of those apartments id be dropping and running far far away from those buildings
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06-28-2009, 11:35 AM
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#21 | | RS.net, helping ugly ppl have sex since 2001
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just be happy that they didnt decide to build the apartments so close together that it would cause a domino effect =P
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06-28-2009, 12:33 PM
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#22 | | RS controls my life!
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damn.. look at those pile drives... they look like they were only 10ft in the ground or somthing..
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06-28-2009, 06:05 PM
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#23 | | I WANT MY 10 YEARS BACK FROM RS.net!
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^ those could be just sewage pipes..lol
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06-29-2009, 10:40 AM
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Wow... that's amazing for it to just fall over like that... and for the building to look so intact afterwards as well.
Epic engineering fail... and it doesn't pay to go to work early!
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06-29-2009, 10:44 AM
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Well you can tell the building was engineered correctly the way the building is twisted as it hit the ground.
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