13 Story Building Topples Over In Shanghai, China
Monday, January 25th, 2010Check out the photos below, of a 12 story apartment building in China which tipped right over. This incident reportedly happened in June 2009 in the city of Shanghai, and resulted in the death of one construction worker.
The following is being reported as the cause:
(1) An underground garage was being dug on the south side, to a depth of 4.6 meters.
(2) The excavated dirt was being piled up on the north side, to a height of 10 meters.
(3) The building experienced uneven lateral pressure from south and north.
(4) This resulted in a lateral pressure of 3,000 tons, which was greater than what the pilings could tolerate. Thus, the building toppled over in the southerly direction.
