It's never done that before.
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This is intentional they build them on the ground then pull them up. Much less crane fees
That thing is in shockingly good shape
I know, right? They must have built it really solidly. Except for the whole falling down bit.
seems like they should have driven in some pylons before the foundation, of course, the REAL worry now is what about all those other ones?
You must build additional pylons.
I mean since it's a small percentage of ones that fall down. And this one's already falling down and taking up that percentage. I wouldn't even worry about the other ones.
They skipped on the foundations and the ground was soft. The rest of the construction was fine or at least good enough to outlive the footings.
forgot foundations are a thing apparently.
Maybe they build them laying flat like that and then get a bunch of Amish guy to raise it with poles?
It fucken WIMDY
It’s like they purposely spaces the buildings apart in such a way that they avoid a domino effect if one falls down like that.
What did that mean for the remaining instances of the same building? I imagine they were all built to the same high quality China is known for.
I think the oversight must clearly have been someone holding the blueprints sideways while they were constructing it
In that case, the building might actually be built to a very high quality? I've never seen a building do that. I would think it'd save lives.
Nice this (lengthy) article has a handy (if tiny) graphic of what the problems were:
The family of the migrant worker who died in the collapse, Xiao Dekun, received 775,000 RMB (approximately $113,000 USD) in compensation.[3]
13 were tried over the collapse, 8 others including local regulators and subcontractors had their licenses terminated and were fined 500,000 RMB (approximately $68,000). 9 investors were fired from their local government jobs for conflicts of interest.[4] The 2 top shareholders, Que Jingde and Zhang Zhiqin, were sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted on charges of graft, embezzlement of corporate funds, and negligence leading to a serious accident.[5] Zhang was also fined 5 million RMB (approximately 687,000 USD) and Que was fined 2 million RMB (approximately 275,000 USD).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collapse_of_Lotus_Riverside_Block_7
Found a wiki article about it cause I have to turn off my VPN everytime I accesses the wayback machine.
I mean given that the building still looks fine and did not just smash to rubble boy is that constructed well
"It was supposed to be a 30 story tall building, but they built it sideways."
Sideways Stories from Wayside School.
I was beginning to feel a little Mandela-y about this series. Thanks for confirming its existence.
Hold on now... Maybe the stories don't line up... Did your universe have one about the kids eating ice cream flavored like the other students' mouths?
China, I assume? They're quite famous for this shit.
Please tell me this is AI...!
Nope, this was real. It happened.
TL;DR for anyone who wants it:
the collapse had been caused by the foundations being undermined by a combination of dug-out soil being piled 10 m high against one side and the digging of a 4.6-m-deep underground car park on the other.
The danger had been reported to the construction company, who had failed to act on it
Also, the only fatality was a construction worker inside the building
Pretty standard stuff. Make the building, then stand it up. It’s how buildings are made.
But I hate that one side always gets dirty, it's friggin' hard to clean once it's all stood up. Can't they use mats when they start? SMDH
This is how the pyramids were built. Just build four triangles and raise them into position
Billionaire-class mass graves during covid?

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