http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/world/asia/bangladesh-building-collapse.html?hp&_r=0

 

NEW DELHI — An eight-story building in Bangladesh that housed several garment factories collapsed on Wednesday morning, killing at least 70 people, injuring hundreds of others, and leaving an unknown number of people trapped in the rubble, according to Bangladeshi officials and media outlets.... http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/25/world/asia/bangladesh-building-co...

 

So much happening under our feet.  Daily collapses of roadways due to the severe bow stretch, severe rains, crunching and land subduction all predicted in Zetatalk and all happening now.  Last week in Utah a fatal road collapse killed a 14 year old girl and injured 2.  It's painful to watch the planet crumble but we all knew it was coming.

Buildings collapsing.........a daily happening too.  With responses about what's causing all these happenings ranging from, rain, human error, poorly constructed, yada yada.....BUT, that's not going to fly with people much longer.  As soon as Planet X peers out at us from the sky, people will remember all the things that have happened up to this point and finally somehow, they will connect the dots.  Some will be in extreme denial, others will be so afraid and look for someone to take care of them, and still others will stand up and be counted and prepare as best we could.  There's no wishing this away, there's only pushing forward to a better tomorrow.  While our infrastructure crumbles around us we need to learn to be more careful, tread softly, kiss your kids, love with all your heart.  We are IN IT NOW.

I live in a house built in 1850 and it isn't falling down.  Age does not mean collapse. 

100-year-old building partially collapses in Malone

By: Rachael Paradis

A building in Malone that has been standing for more than a century will no longer be a sight in the town. The building on Route 11, well known to many in the community, collapsed overnight. While no one was injured, our Rachael Paradis tells us why the town is in a rush to tear it down.


MALONE, N.Y. -- Neighbors in Malone stood in surprise, took pictures and even shared stories of a once popular tavern that started to crumble early Monday morning.

County Legislator Billy Jones said, "It's an old structure, it was a structure that was obviously unsafe."

The tavern/hotel was built in the early 1900'. It has been closed to the public for about 15 years and was condemned six months ago.

Franklin County Emergency Services Director Rick Provost, "We're unsure what occurred last night at 3 a.m. What we do know is this building has been on our list of buildings with issues."

Jones said, "Old things fall down."

Police closed off part off Route 11 to traffic and to people, out of concern the rest of the building could fall down. Some in the community voiced concern over why this building, along with others like it in the area that haven't already been demolished. Officials say it comes down to money.

Provost said, "The high cost of abatement for these buildings really makes it tough for the county or the village to take those burdens on."

Jones, "We just have to come up with a plan to start taking some of these building down so we don't run into this problem going forward."

The demolition is only expected to take hours, but cleaning up the area is a different issue. Officials say it could be weeks before the site is completely cleared.

http://centralny.ynn.com/content/top_stories/551123/100-year-old-bu...

 

 LAKE ELSINORE: Water leak causes street collapse

 

10:00 PM PDT on Friday, July 22, 2011

By GENE GHIOTTO
The Press-Enterprise

Temporary repairs to a section of Joy Street in Lake Elsinore are in place today after a 1-inch water line gave way, causing 80 feet of the roadway to collapse and the asphalt to buckle.

The leak, caused by a 6 to 8-inch diameter tree root, was reported late Thursday in a line that leads to several duplexes on Joy between Machado Street and Riverside Drive, and behind Machado Elementary School.

Water service was restored to the 34 customers early Friday morning, said Greg Morrison, spokesman for the Elsinore Valley Municipal Water District.

Water district and contractor crews spent much of Friday removing the damaged asphalt on the southbound side of Joy and laying down a temporary patch. The road was opened in both directions by late afternoon.

"That way the road will be open completely for the entire weekend," Morrison said.

Crews will return Monday and trench from curb to curb to permanently repair the 1-inch line.

On Tuesday, a paving company will remove the patch, put down new base and repave one side of Joy, Morrison said. Work on the other side will take place on Wednesday.

"That way on Tuesday and Wednesday we'll be able to keep on

 

http://www.pe.com/localnews/stories/PE_News_Local_D_spipe23.38e27e6...

Windhorst, Parsons Roadway Collapse: Cautious Testing Continues

County workers are testing for sinkholes but the work is proceeding methodically because of utility lines at the intersection, according to a Hillsborough County spokesman.

Several lanes at the intersection of Windhorst Road and Parsons Avenue in Brandon remained closed for the indefinite future as county workers tread carefully in determining what caused a section of the roadway to collapse July 19.

“We have to be really careful at that intersection because there are lots of utility lines in the area,” said Hillsborough County spokesman Patrick Murray. "We have a sewer line and a water line there and we have to make sure there are no other utilities, so we have to be careful drilling.”

At the scene, late afternoon July 22, barricades were seen at the intersection, with drilling under way.

Crew workers first believed a 16-inch sewage pipeline beneath the intersection might have caused the collapse of the 6-foot-square section of roadway on July 19, according to a county report.

But the sewer line was dug up and found to be intact.  Now the county is testing the intersection for sinkholes — but carefully, as Murray noted.  

Additional detours and lane closures are possible as crews dig up the line for inspection and any necessary repairs.

Motorists who must travel through the intersection are warned to expect delays.

http://brandon.patch.com/articles/windhorst-parsons-roadway-collaps...

Sewer collapse closes part of Lexington Road

At least one eastbound lane of Road near Etley Avenue and Cave Hill Cemetery will be closed during Thursday morning’s rush hour after a 48-inch brick sewer collapsed Wednesday evening.

Crews noticed a depression in the road before discovering the sewer had collapsed, and the area will be excavated Thursday morning, said Metropolitan Sewer District Executive   Bud Schardein.

He said it was too early to tell what caused the collapse, but age was a likely factor. That part of the sewer was built in the 1880s and could have been weakened from an unusually wet spring.

“With all the wet weather we’ve had this past spring, that has a tendency to undermine the mortar,” Schardein said.

http://www.courier-journal.com/article/20110720/NEWS01/307200099/Se...

Road collapse might have killed Colorado family

(2011-07-20)

(wpr) - Engineers say a large section of Wyoming highway where four Colorado family members plunged to their deaths might have totally collapsed in a matter of minutes.

It had been raining for hours Monday night when local authorities warned the Constantinides family, among others, about potential flood conditions near North Brush Creek Campground around midnight.

Not long afterward, the family's van drove into a washed-out portion of Wyoming highway 130 and was swept about 75 yards down Brush Creek. Laurel Constantindies and her three daughters died.

The husband and father, Alex Constantindies, who had grown up in Laramie, survived and escape the vehicle. He and a passerby later rescued Carbon County Emergency management Coordinator John Ziegler, whose car washed out while he was trying to assist in flood protection efforts.

Ziegler said he was "very fortunate" to have survived.

Bruce Burrows of the Wyoming Transportation Department says engineers are studying what happened to the roadway early Tuesday morning. He says preliminary assessments indicate the creek swollen with rain and snowmelt may have undermined the roadway over some hours and then gouged a 25-foot-wide, 9-foot-deep hole in a matter of minutes.

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wpr/news.newsmain/article/1/0/183...

Yunnan road test the opening day collapse resulting in four deaths and injuries

8, Yunnan” in the history of the most short-lived highway “a serious collapse destroyed sections of the site. After investigation, the highway there in time duration and other issues. Xinhua News Agency reporters Chen Hai and Ning She

Recently, Yunnan Province, Internet users post, said the new Xinping county secondary road test three estuary opening day collapse occurs, resulting in 2 dead 2 injured. Internet users have questioned this “the most short-lived highway” Why just fix it collapsed, was “too much rain” or “bad way”?

After the incident, Yunnan Provincial Department and the Transportation Department were dispatched to investigate a group of experts, the group that really belongs to all “natural disasters caused by heavy rainfall.”

collapse of the vehicle crash on

recently, Internet users “pass,” said Post, June 27, Xinping County of Yuxi City, three city secondary road test the opening of the estuary collapse occurred the next day, resulting in a vehicle passing through here turn under the cliff, killing two people died inside the car and two others injured, highway interrupted. For the cause of the accident, the local government is a single point of heavy rain caused by a natural disaster.

7 8, correspondent along the new road to the scene three, the road there are construction workers on the highway guardrail, drainage and other construction, from time to time some sections of earth and rock rolled down from the hills.

close to the scene of the accident, the construction set up roadblocks on the road side. In the new three road K25 +450 to K26 +480 road, the reporter saw a total of three road damage, including two collapsed, a surface crack. Road accident at the hillside, two-way four-lane have collapsed, a lot of rocks, soil and concrete was rushed into the street of the valley.

“red water collapsed roadbed”

Zhang Xinping County Department of Transportation Secretary BU has introduced three new roads through villages and towns in Xinping County 8 19 village committees, with a total mileage of 90 kilometers . Road along the fragile geology, disasters, floods and geological disasters have been more serious.

accidents mainly due to heavy rains led to a single point of soft roadbed, road ditches and culverts to be above the blockage, and finally the formation of water as a waterfall of impact, resulting in collapse of highway roadbed.

Bu there are rules that highway design, construction and supervision units are selected strictly in accordance with the bidding system, procedural compliance and found no serious design flaws, quality of construction or supervision of omissions.

collapse occurred Sections of the construction unit project manager Jiangzu Long introduction, the unit will subcontract work to the successful construction services company, the project head of engineering equipment and materials, and is responsible for management and technical guidance, service company only the labor force, which is not labor sub-subcontract, the state permitted by law.

he said, in strict accordance with design drawings for construction, engineering, quality is no problem, Lu Jisong soft infiltration and erosion is mainly caused by the floods.

no quality problems, experts say

afterwards, Yunnan Provincial Department and the Transportation Department were sent experts to the scene. The Group believes that: section of the incident transverse slope steep terrain, poor geological conditions, heavy rainfall increased the hydrostatic pressure, the formation of collapse, is a heavy rainfall-induced natural disasters.

Yunnan Provincial Communications Department who participated in the survey, experts say, from the survey of the situation, roadbed, retaining wall strength and so meet the requirements and found no quality problems.

subsidy investigation in time duration for the fight

accused of the most short-lived road not approved the first building, not the acceptance that the opening test

Reporter learned that the investigation, three new road opened in October 2009 to build, and design in May 2010 before the Provincial Communications Department has been approved, there is “not approved prior to construction” and “time duration” issue. Not hand over the road in case of acceptance of test traffic violations, and plans to be held on 30 June the opening ceremony, canceled after the accident.

construction personnel, three new road along the geological environment is complex, time is short, heavy task in building a post, Xinping shouted “make a big quick-drying 60 days,” the slogan of the progress of the projects Forced , post workers overtime work.

what makes engineering so catch it? Reporters learned that, in addition to travel to meet the requirements of the masses, more important reason is that for national road toll for the abolition of two grants. According to the policy, the new secondary roads shall be June 30 this year, opened to traffic, or can not enjoy the state’s two highway toll abolition of subsidies.

http://www.cnkeyword.info/yunnan-road-test-the-opening-day-collapse...

Details Emerge in Deadly Road Collapse

Cheyenne : WY : USA | Jul 20, 2011
 
Engineers say a large section of Wyoming highway where four Colorado family members plunged to their deaths may have totally collapsed in a matter of minutes. Bruce Burrows of the Wyoming Transportation Department says engineers are studying what happened to state Route 130 over South Brush Creek... FULL ARTICLE AT KSAZ

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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on October 21, 2011 at 7:13pm

http://www.kansascity.com/2011/10/20/3219253/man-hurt-in-scaffoldin...

Man hurt in scaffolding collapse

One man was taken to a hospital today after three workers fell about 20 feet when scaffolding gave way outside a Kansas City office building.

Kansas City firefighters were called around 11:35 a.m. to the building at 63rd Street and Rockhill Road. They reported that the men were working outside the building and fell onto a roof above the ground.

The man who was taken to the hospital suffered non-life threatening injuries. The two other workers declined medical treatment.

 

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on October 21, 2011 at 12:44am

Landslide forces highway closure

 

MONTREAL - A 30-metre stretch of Highway 133 in Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu is closed after a landslide caused the road bed to collapse Thursday morning.

The Sureté du Québec was called to the scene around 10 a.m., said spokesperson Geneviève Bruno.

“There were no collisions and no cars that went off the road,” she said.

The SQ immediately closed the stretch of highway and redirected traffic.

According to Christine Savard, regional director for public security in the Montéregie and Estrie regions, one of three homes along the road facing the damage was evacuated. The stretch of road runs parallel to the Richelieu River, but it's unclear if the proximity to the water had anything to do with the landslide. Both of the two lanes that run along the bank of Richelieu River appeared to have sunken and crumbled according to TV footage, leaving hydro polls suspended from their wires at the water’s edge.

Savard said specialists were on the scene Thursday evening, and that the highway would remain closed indefinitely. The roadway is maintained by the transportation ministry, and repairs to a serious crack in the road were underway when it collapsed, Savard said.

"Our concern was the security of the residents" she said. "The one residence affected is not in danger, so the family has been notified that they can go back to their home."

She said it was too early to begin drawing parallels to a landslide in nearby St. Jude which swallowed a house and killed an entire family in the spring of 2010.


http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/Landslide+forces+highway+closur...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on October 20, 2011 at 3:17am

Sussex Drivers Worry Dune Erosion Could Lead to Highway Collapse

Updated: Oct 18, 2011 
DNREC says the dune bordering Coastal Highway Route 1 near the Indian River Inlet was eroded by Hurricane Irene. A pump helps to renourish the beach on the north side of the inlet. (Photo: WBOC) DNREC says the dune bordering Coastal Highway Route 1 near the Indian River Inlet was eroded by Hurricane Irene. A pump helps to renourish the beach on the north side of the inlet. (Photo: WBOC)
INDIAN RIVER INLET, Del. - Some drivers worry further beach erosion could end with a state highway collapsing into the ocean.
 
The distance between Coastal Highway Route 1 and the Atlantic Ocean near the Indian River Inlet is down to about 15 feet at high tide. For some drivers, that's too close for comfort.
 
"Can you imagine coming over here at midnight and there's no road on the other side," said Bill Winkler Sr. of Ocean View.
 
Winkler, who previously worked for a coastal engineering firm, snapped photographs showing the decreasing distance between the shore and the road over the last week.
 
Winkler said he contacted his state representative worried another rain storm could result in road collapse or washout.
 
"If the water continues, it will collapse the road and this will be shut down," said John Stewart of Ocean View.
 
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control says Hurricane Irene eroded much of the dune on the north end of the inlet. On top of that, a pump system used to renourish the north side was down for about a month because of mechanical issues.
 
"We had some breakdowns that are normal for the conditions that we work in," said Dan Brower, DNREC Project Manager. "Those repairs have been made and pumping has resumed."
Engineers working near the site with the Delaware Department of Transportation also expressed concerns about erosion earlier this week, department spokeswoman Tina Shockley said.
 
The Indian River Inlet Bridge is several dozen feet from the eroded shoreline. Construction crews are building the new bridge next to the existing crossing.
 
The inlet stops the natural, northerly migration of sand along the Delaware coast. To compensate, crews pump sand from south to north through a pipe that travels along the inlet bridge. Brower said pumping usually runs four days a week from Labor Day to Memorial Day.
 
This year, the pumping stopped around the second week of September. DNREC had to replace a radiator on a water intake and the starter and electrical system on a crane, Brower said. Pumping resumed about a month later around the second week of October, Brower said.
 
"The environment you work in is salt air. It's highly corrosive," Brower said in a telephone interview. "It's abrasive. It takes its toll on the pumps. It takes a toll on the diesels that power the pumps."
 
Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on October 19, 2011 at 5:38pm

Workers hurt as factory collapses


factory collapsed

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Emergency workers attend to one of 14 construction workers injured at a building site in Viking Way, Germiston. Photo: Chris Collingridge

A construction team narrowly escaped death when a column supporting the roof of a Germiston factory collapsed, injuring 14 people.

On Tuesday morning, the sound of screeching metal and the crash of tons of bricks brought nearby business owners and workers running to a factory under construction opposite Rand Airport.

Fourteen construction workers were hurt, four of them critically, when the mid-section of the factory they were building caved in.

The accident caused tons of steel and bricks to fall, burying some of the construction team under the debris.

It appears that a column holding up the mid-section of the building collapsed just as 12 of the workers were pouring concrete on the roof of the section, which was not secure.

Donovan Strecker, who works at a nearby hangar, was one of the first on the scene as he happened to be driving by at the time of the collapse.

Strecker had first noticed a medic, who apparently worked near the accident scene, running blindly into the road towards the building. The man had been in a panic and had been trying to alert the authorities about the accident. “He was on his phone and (also) trying to remove some of the rubble,” Strecker said.

Soon afterwards, rescue workers from Netcare and Emergency Management Services arrived on the scene, where they began to dig out the trapped workers.

It took almost an hour to stabilise all 14 workers, who were then taken to hospital.

According to Netcare 911 spokesman Jeff Wicks, the four critically injured men had fractures and other serious injuries caused by the falling objects.

Two of the four were taken to the nearby Union Hospital and the other two were went to Milpark Hospital.

Later Wicks reported that the four men were in a stable condition and had no life-threatening injuries.

The less seriously injured men were taken to Union Hospital for treatment. Many of them were released shortly after being examined.

Elize Viljoen, who works at a nearby hangar, said construction had started two or three months ago.

Signs for the construction team’s structural engineers, All A Steel, were plastered on the fence in front of the site.

Nearby business owners said All A Steel had worked on several buildings in the area, but no such accident had occurred before. The company was unavailable for comment

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/workers-hurt-as-fact...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on October 19, 2011 at 5:36pm

‘Miraculous’ escape for Mucklagh priest

Mucklagh Priest has narrow escape after a tree fell on the Toyota Prius he was traveling in at Mucklagh, Tullamore, Co. Offaly yesterday. Picture: Ger Rogers/HR Photo.

Mucklagh Priest has narrow escape after a tree fell on the Toyota Prius he was traveling in at Mucklagh, Tullamore, Co. Offaly yesterday. Picture: Ger Rogers/HR Photo.

AN Offaly priest had a ‘miraculous’ escape when a tree collapsed and destroyed his car as he drove through his parish on Monday afternoon.

Still shaken from the experience, Mucklagh Curate Fr John McEvoy said, “I must be the luckiest man in Ireland. I shouldn’t be here.”

Fr McEvoy’s Toyota Prius was written off when a large tree branch struck his car as he drove through Mucklagh at about 2pm. “The impact pushed the car out into the middle of the road,” Fr McEvoy explained.

He wasn’t aware of the tree falling until it hit. The collapse caused considerable damage to the car and deposited a large chunk of wood on the passenger seat. “It’s unbelievable, that’s all I can say,” Fr McEvoy remarked.

Luckily there was no other traffic on the road at the time, “if there was anybody behind they would have gotten it worse than me,” he explained.

“It could have been a different story and maybe it should have been a different story, but whatever intervention is up there I’m still here,” he said, adding, “it’s miraculous.”

Describing the event as incredible, Fr McEvoy said he escaped from the car with just a scratch on the back of his hand.

“It is unbelievable, the two ambulance personnel are still shaking their heads. They came out more or less expecting to have to cut me out of the car,” he said.

Fr McEvoy was able to get himself out of the car without assistance. He was checked over by the ambulance men before returning home to say a few prayers and he quickly returned to his parish duties.

The car was removed from the scene which was cleared after about an hour. Fr McEvoy said the “car is no more” but “I don’t care

http://www.offalyexpress.ie/news/local/miraculous_escape_for_muckla...

Trees falling out of the blue now.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on October 19, 2011 at 5:32pm

Humane Society president dies in Ramapo shed collapse

Police and firefighters investigate a shed collapse at a home on Route 306 in Ramapo Oct. 18, 2011. Homeowner Ray Mundy, director of the Hudson Valley Humane Society in Pomona, died in the accident. ( Peter Carr / The Journal News )
Police and firefighters investigate a shed collapse at a home on Route 306 in Ramapo Oct. 18, 2011. Homeowner Ray Mundy, director of the Hudson Valley Humane Society in Pomona, died in the accident.
Police and firefighters investigate a shed collapse on Route 306 in Ramapo on Tuesday. Homeowner Ray Mundy, president of the Hudson Valley Humane Society in Pomona, died in the accident.

RAMAPO — Raymond Mundy, the longtime president of the Hudson Valley Humane Society, was killed Tuesday when the roof of a shed he was renovating collapsed on top of him.

 Mundy, 68, had been seen by neighbors working on the building, which sat adjacent to his large, white home on Route 306 in the unincorporated section of Ramapo. The road was closed for several hours for an investigation. 

 Ann Marie Gaudio, executive vice president of the Hudson Valley Humane Society, knew Mundy for more than a dozen years. 

"Everyone who knew Ray is devastated," Gaudio said. "We lost a superior human being. We lost someone who really believed in empathy — empathy for animals, empathy for people. The man had a heart of gold."

Mundy had called his wife, Judy, on Tuesday afternoon to tell her he was going out to work on the shed. She found Mundy pinned under the collapsed building when she returned from work later in the day.

Several neighbors expressed sadness about Mundy's death, with one recalling how Mundy had helped turn on electricity for him after the Jewish Sabbath began. Another neighbor, Zishe Miller, said Mundy had happily let others place lights along a path that passed through his property and served as a shortcut connecting neighborhoods.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on October 19, 2011 at 5:25pm

Partial building collapse in Palestine

Posted: Oct 18, 2011 1:26 PM

 
 
 
 

PALESTINE, TX (KLTV)- Road closures are in effect after part of a building suddenly collapsed Tuesday in Palestine.

It happened around 11 a.m. downtown--near the intersection of Houston and E. Oak Street.

People who live and work nearby said they could feel the ground shaking for blocks.

"It was this real deep rumble. The building shook, the lights flickered.. It was scary," said Chris Gouras.

Gouras lives right next door to the Ivanhoe number 15.. The building that's roof collapsed.
He says the rubble coming down made so much noise he had no idea what he was hearing..

"I ran out and opened the door and all I saw was rubble and the dust from it blowing away," he said.

Some said they thought a train de-railed. Others said they wondered if it was an earthquake.

"It was like 20 transformers blowing all at once," Gouras said.

"The building official was actually driving by when it collapsed and was just less than a block away. He saw a big cloud of smoke and turned around to come back and look at it," said Fire Marshal Alan Wilcher.

Officials said they aren't sure what caused the collapse right now. They're waiting for the wind to die down so they can send a ladder truck up to investigate.

"It looks like it's weather related. It looks like maybe the torrential rains we had here the last couple of days played a part in it, but we don't know for a fact until we can get up there and look at it," Wilcher said.

They said some water is leaking from the building but they don't know yet if that contributed to the collapse or is a result of it.
Whatever the reason behind the collapse, Gouras said he is glad everyone is o.k.

"Very grateful. The only thing that happened was one of the pieces of stone up top went through the window," he said.

And as scary as it was, Gouras said he knows things could have been a lot worse.

http://www.ktre.com/story/15722141/partial-building-collapse-in-pal...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on October 18, 2011 at 4:30pm

14 hurt in airport building collapse


The sound of screeching metal, screaming workers and the thud of tons of bricks hitting the ground was what sent nearby business owners and workers throughout Rand Airport Park running to the road where an entire construction team was almost killed.

Fourteen construction workers were injured, four of whom critically, after the mid-section of the factory they were building caved in, sending tonnes of steel and bricks flying, almost burying some of the team on Tuesday.

A column holding up the mid-section of the building collapsed as 12 of the workers were pouring concrete on the seemingly insecure roof.

Donovan Strecker, who works at a nearby hangar was one of the first on the scene after he happened to be driving by just after the collapse. Strecker had first noticed a medic who allegedly worked on the premises running blindly across the road towards the accident scene. “He was on his phone and trying to remove some of the rubble,” said Strecker.

Shortly after, the bevy of Netcare and Emergency Services arrived on the scene, where they began to unearth some of the trapped and injured workers. It took almost an hour for the stabilisation of all 14 workers.

According to Netcare 911 spokesman, Jeff Wicks, all four critically injured men had numerous fractures and other injuries after being hit with large amounts of debris. Two of the men were taken to the nearby Union Hospital, with the other two taken to Milpark Hospital. The other 12 were also taken to Union Hospital for treatment.

Elize Viljoen, who also works in the area, said the construction had started just two or three months ago. Signs for the construction team’s structural engineers, All A Steel, were plastered on the fence in front of the site, and according to nearby business owners they had worked on numerous buildings in the area. - The Star

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/gauteng/14-hurt-in-airport-b...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on October 17, 2011 at 11:46pm
Five die in Malaspils building collapse...
Five die in Malaspils building collapse
The building collapse took place in the central Latvian town of Malaspils....
MALASPILS -- Five people have been killed and seven people injured when a building collapsed in the central Latvian town of Malaspils. President Andris Berzins said the collapse was "one of the most tragic accidents in Latvian history." The three-storey residential building collapsed on Sunday for reason still unknown. The Fire and Rescue Service has said a gas leak and subseq...  Full story...

http://www.baltictimes.com/

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on October 14, 2011 at 6:07pm
 
CRASH: The damaged building on Voortrekker Road and Prince George Avenue in Brakpan. Picture: Velempini Ndlovu
 
 
A law firm in Brakpan, Ekurhuleni, is assessing the damage after part of its office building collapsed.


The damage to the building caused a dentist and a well known financial institution to close down, as they were also affected.

The residents and witnesses said they were shocked by a loud bang around midday on Saturday when a part of the building on Prince George Avenue and Voortrekker Road fell down. The building was being renovated to create space for shops on the ground floor.

A representative of Tollip, Cowling and Janeke Attorneys said: “At the moment we cannot do anything. We have no phone lines and no internet.”

The representative said they were assessing the damage caused by the collapse of the floor.

Gustav Fourie of the construction company that was working on the building said the first floor collapsed while they were renovating.

“Luckily no one was injured,” he said. “We are busy clearing the rubble away and then it will be determined what caused the collapse.”

Fourie said that when they were done with their work they would make the building, which was built in 1905, “more beautiful than it ever was”.


http://www.thenewage.co.za/31953-1008-53-Building_collapses_in_Brakpan

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