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 December 8, 2011 at 6:28am

Three hurt in building collapse

By our correspondent

LAHORE: Three labourers were injured when an under-construction building collapsed in the Shadbagh police area on Wednesday. According to Rescue 1122, labourers were busy in working on an under-construction building located near Amir Road, Shadbagh, when the building collapsed and three labourers were buried under the debris. Rescuers removed the trapped labourers from the debris and rushed them to hospital where their condition was stated to be out of danger. The injured were identified as Sattar Ahmad, 32, Babar, 20 and Makhdoom, 21.

http://www.thenews.com.pk/TodaysPrintDetail.aspx?ID=81214&Cat=2

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on December 7, 2011 at 3:27pm
Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on December 5, 2011 at 10:09pm

http://www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=489338&type=Metro

Balcony collapse kills woman, quality of construction probed

By Zha Minjie and Bian Yiwen | 2011-12-6 | NEWSPAPER EDITION

Dec 6, 2011

Little remains after the collapse of a sixth-floor balcony on which a woman was washing clothes yesterday.

A sixth-floor downtown apartment balcony collapsed from its base yesterday, sending a woman plunging to her death, police said.

The woman, aged 69 and surnamed Xi, was standing on the balcony about noon when part of it fell to the ground, city police said. The tragedy happened in an aged residential complex on downtown Maotai Road.

A female neighbor said she heard "a huge noise suddenly and thought something was collapsing."

She rushed to the scene and saw Xi lying on the ground. Then she saw the balcony "astonishingly missing from its original position" and the balcony on the fifth floor also damaged from the impact.

Most of the balcony of apartment No. 602 caved in and landed downstairs. Only the bottom still hung on the sixth floor, with a broken sink attached to it.

The victim was pronounced dead at the scene.

Apartment No. 502 below, newly sold, was undergoing renovation. Witnesses said workers were removing the windows that once connected to the bottom of the collapsed balcony.

Neighbors said Xi was washing clothes on the balcony when the collapse occurred. She lived alone.

"What a tragedy," said a friend, who consoled Xi's two sons, who rushed to the apartment in the afternoon and were soon carried away by friends, overcome with emotion.

Xi did not live full-time in the apartment, and she had returned from one of her sons' home about a month ago.

"I want somebody to tell me what's going on out there, right now," said one of the woman's sons, surnamed Yan, while local authorities and community staff met to discuss the aftermath.

It was the first such incident to occur in Shanghai in recent memory amid stronger inspections by the construction watchdog. District authorities started a probe for possible design flaws or malpractice during the building's construction.

Wang Jieshan, an official with Changning District Work Safety Administration Bureau, said the renovation work downstairs is being looked at as a possible cause.

But Yan expressed suspicion about poor building quality, as he saw there were no steel bars to hold the balcony from the base.

"Decoration (renovation) could knock out a balcony entirely in one second? I don't buy that," said Yan.

A senior construction engineer surnamed Bian also said the balcony should have steel bars as protection under building code requirements.

Long cracks could be seen on other balconies in the complex. Neighbors said the aged community has not been renovated.

Neighbors said they worried about their own safety as the authorities suggested that they not stay at home or balconies all the time. Safety checks on the structures will be carried out soon, officials said.

The complex of buildings, constructed in the late 1980s, has about 900 apartments.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on December 5, 2011 at 7:10pm

http://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/9402068.City_road_closed_after_buil...

Breaking news Cumberland Place in Southampton closed after partial building collapse

PART of a derelict building has collapsed into a major Southampton road.

Police have shut Cumberland Place after rubble from Grosvenor House, which is due to be demolished, fell into the road during the collapse, at around 11.30am, knocking scaffolding.

Officers have put diversions in place to allow recovery workers and structural engineers to assess the building, near the Grosvenor Square multi-storey car park.

It is not thought anyone was injured in the collapse.

Sue Harrison, who was working in an office opposite, saw the collapse. She said: "It was a real shock. There was a huge cloud of dust. We were all sure the whole building was going to come down.

"It could have ended in complete tragedy."

Police have warned that Cumberland Place could be closed for up to two days as a result of the collapse.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on December 4, 2011 at 4:41pm

http://australianetworknews.com/stories/201112/3383280.htm?desktop

Deadly wall collapse in Indonesia
Eight people have died after a wall collapsed at a residential estate in Indonesia. This incident comes just over a week after a bridge collapse (pictured) there killed 21 people. [AFP]
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Eight people have died after a wall collapsed at a residential estate in Indonesia. This incident comes just over a week after a bridge collapse (pictured) there killed 21 people. [AFP]

Last Updated: 17 hours 42 minutes ago

Eight people have been killed after a high wall collapsed on a residential estate on Indonesia's Sulawesi island on Sunday.

The seven-metre-high concrete wall collapsed on several houses in an estate in South Sulawesi's provincial capital of Makassar, burying people underneath.

"Eight bodies were pulled out from the rubble. Eight other people were injured and sent to hospital," provincial police official Abdul Rahman told reporters.

It is not clear how many people are still missing.

The cause of the incident is not known, but one resident says it had been raining there heavily since Saturday.

Despite Indonesia's pace of growth, expected to top six percent this year, investors complain infrastructure is inadequate and that the nation is mired in corruption and red tape.

Last month, 21 people were killed after a 720-metre-long bridge - built to resemble San Francisco's Golden Gate - collapsed over the Mahakam river in East Kalimantan province.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on December 1, 2011 at 10:55pm

http://www.kwtx.com/home/headlines/Roof_Collapse_Traps_2_Men_Sends_...

Roof Collapse Traps 2 Men, Sends One To Local Hospital
Two men were trapped when a roof collapsed as they demolished a local building Thursday morning.
 

WACO (December 1, 2011)--Two men were trapped under the roof of a building that collapsed Thursday morning while the structure was being demolished.

One man was taken by ambulance from the scene at 3859 Chapel Road to Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center with undetermined injuries.

The second worker was not injured.

Both men were able to extricate themselves from the rubble before fighters arrived.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 30, 2011 at 4:57pm

http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20111130/NEWS01/31130000...|head

Photo: Marathon gas station collapse

The scene at the Marathon gas station at Haslett Road and Marsh Road in Haslett, MI Wednesday morning 11/30/2011 after a protective awning over the gas pumps collapsed in Tuesday night's snowstorm. Nobody was injured in the incident. / Rod Sanford | Lansing State Journal
The scene at the Marathon gas station at Haslett Road and Marsh Road in Haslett, MI Wednesday morning 11/30/2011 after a protective awning over the gas pumps collapsed in Tuesday night's snowstorm. Nobody was injured in the incident. / Rod Sanford | Lansing State Journal

 UPDATED 10:41 A.M. - HASLETT - When Matt Lentz got a panicked call from the night employee at his Haslett Marathon gas station Tuesday, he couldn't even make out what the man was saying.

 And even after the employee explained -- that the canopy covering the station's gas pumps had tipped over and collapsed under the weight of the s

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 30, 2011 at 4:54pm

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/11/another-building-collapse-cold-c...

Another building collapse: Cold comfort for survivors

On November 30, 2011 · In Metro

 

By Olasunkanmi Akoni and Monsur Olowoopejo
FOR most Lagosians, it was one disaster too many as they woke up on Monday to witness another shocking building collapse.

But thanks to Mother Nature, no life was lost but six people were not lucky enough as they sustained serious injuries. The incident happened when a portion of a factory, belonging to Haano Industry limited located at No. 144 Oba Akran Road, Ikeja beside Mapleleaf Press Limited, collapsed on the workers.

An eyewitness said the building caved in at about 11:15 am when the workers were loading frozen products from one out of the nine containers recently brought into the country.

It will be recalled that on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 a five storey building collapsed at No 11 Aderibigbe Street, Maryland, Ikeja, Lagos, but thankfully no casualty was recorded.

When Vanguard Metro, VM, visited the scene, it was gathered that the six individuals who sustained injuries were casual workers who were being paid based on the number of hours spent in loading and off-loading cartons of fish into the cold room. An eyewitness, Julius Anenei, said he could not ascertain the number of wounded persons but estimated it was up to 10.

*A section of the Haano Industry building after it collapsed

He informed that the building which was still under construction was being used as a cold room, adding: “We were surprised to hear a loud bang and we quickly rushed out from the factory, only to discover that it was the new building that had caved in. We quickly called for help”.

Another eyewitness said that loading started about four days ago and that “yesterday, nine containers containing 1400 cartons of fish with each carton weighing 25kg were brought into the cold room”.

Another eyewitness, who simply identified himself as Matthew, blamed the collapse on the use of substandard materials by the contractor, saying a warehouse meant to house cold room should not have been constructed on a deck but on the ground floor.

“This is because the pressure from each of the cartons will be too heavy for the deck to bear and this is what I believe must have led to the collapse of the building,” Matthew stated.

VM also gathered that following damages to the personal effects of some of the workers, a shouting match soon broke out between them,  the company management and the safety officials. It only took assurances to restore what was lost to calm the aggrieved workers.

According to the Safety Manager of the company, Mr. Osazu Kingley: “The collapse occurred at 10:15 am. We were busy working when we suddenly heard a loud noise at 10:00 am and immediately the building caved in. We quickly evacuated our men from the scene. But for the safety measures we took, we would have recorded serious casualti

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 29, 2011 at 3:46pm

http://www.iol.co.za/news/south-africa/kwazulu-natal/family-dies-as...

Family dies as walls collapse

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Nkanyiso Cindi, 8, looks at his mothers car, which lies in a ditch at their home in Newlands West, after Sunday nights heavy rain. Picture: Bongani Mbatha

It was around 9pm on Sunday night when Nokukhanya Nsibande opened her door because heavy rain had flooded her home.

What she saw filled her with horror – a family being buried alive as the walls of the room they slept in collapsed inwards.

Nokuthula Hadebe, her daughter Keketso Matseletsele, 7, and Hadebe’s boyfriend lived in a room they rented at Nsibande’s house in Clermont.

The room had been extensively damaged by the rain.

“The wall collapsed in front of me. I ran to the wreckage and tried to pull them out. Keketso was still moving at the time. The rain and debris were too much and I called for help when I realised I couldn’t do it alone,” said Nsibande, before burying her head in her hands and weeping. Keketso’s father, Moses Matseletsele, who received the news of his daughter’s death four hours later, was in shock.

At Puntan’s Hill, three-month-old Philasande Mhlongo drowned when the shack she was sleeping in filled with rainwater. Philasande was lying on her bed while her father, Qaphelani Mhlongo, was outside, removing sand which had fallen on the shack.

“I went back inside to fetch a spade and discovered my child drowning in the water. I rushed her to hospital, but she had already died,” he said on Monday.

At Umlazi’s H Section, Lindiwe Zulu died when a tree and sand fell on her shack while she lay asleep with her partner.

The man, who would not be named, said he awoke to find himself outside the shack.

“I must have been pushed outside (the shack). I was shocked when it happened. I tried to save her, but the sand was too much,” he said. Emergency workers removed Zulu’s body from the wreckage at 3am yesterday.

A weather expert said that the above-normal rainfall was expected to persist and strengthen before dying down in the new year.

The weather phenomenon La Nina is believed to be behind the heavy falls.

“One can extrapolate that to the local floods increasing,” he said.

Gloomy, wet weather was predicted for most of this week.

While the Co-operative Governance Department confirmed five deaths from the heavy rain, the eThekwini municipality reported the figure as 10.

In Durban, there were 19 reports of flooding and destroyed shacks at Quarry Road and Puntan’s Hill. Many traffic lights around the city were also not working yesterday.

At the Durban Country Club, golfers arrived to f

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on November 29, 2011 at 3:41pm

Gangway Collapses On HMS Belfast

http://londonist.com/2011/11/hmsbelfastcollapse.php

Reports are coming in of an accident on HMS Belfast. Photos from the Thames attraction appear to show that the main gangway has collapsed into the river. The walkway had been undergoing repair. The cause of the collapse is not yet clear.

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