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

http://www.allvoices.com/news/9730810-details-emerge-in-deadly-road...

 

 

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Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 28, 2014 at 10:32pm

http://mobi.enca.com/building-collapse-delhi-kills-10-officials

Building collapse in Delhi kills 10, including 5 children

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FILE: A dilapidated apartment block collapsed in New Delhi on Saturday, killing at least ten people including five children. Picture: AFP Photo / Sajjad Hussain

NEW DELHI - A dilapidated apartment block collapsed in New Delhi on Saturday, killing at least ten people including five children in the country's latest building disaster, reports said citing police officials.

Rescuers scrambled to find survivors after the four-storey residential building crumbled, with scores of people feared trapped under the debris.

"Ten people including five children and three women have been killed in the building collapse while two persons have been injured," Delhi police commissioner Madhur Verma told the Press Trust of India (PTI).

"Rescue operations are still on and debris is being removed," he added.

The decades-old dilapidated building in a congested north Delhi neighbourhood started crumbling on Saturday morning.

"This is a 40-year-old building. They have illegally built floor after floor," Rajesh Bhatia, a senior municipal official told NDTV news channel.

The injured have been rushed to hospital while the government has ordered an inquiry into the the cause of the accident, PTI reported.

Building collapses are common in India, as lax regulations and the demand for cheap housing often spurs construction that uses substandard materials and adds unauthorised extra floors.

Earlier this year more than 15 people had died in the western state of Goa when a residential building collapsed.

Comment by Mark on June 28, 2014 at 12:47pm

Building collapses in Washington

http://www.wcti12.com/news/building-collapses-in-washington/26562880

WASHINGTON, BEAUFORT COUNTY -

At 8:50 P.M. Wednesday a one-story tobacco warehouse collapsed at 400 North Bridge Street in Beaufort County.

Officials in Washington say that no one was hurt as a result of the falling structure. At the time, there wasn't any businesses occupying the building.

NewsChannel 12 was told that this collapse was not a result of a fire.

Investigators were on the scene Thursday morning along side police and fire officials, to determine the exact cause of why this building fell.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 27, 2014 at 6:54am

http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/11302416.Second_sewer_collaps...

Second sewer collapses - this time in Canford Heath

Bournemouth Echo: Albert Road, which is also closed because of a collapsed sewerAlbert Road, which is also closed because of a collapsed sewer

ROAD diversions have been put in place while staff from Wessex Water carries out emergency repairs on a collapsed sewer in Poole.

Workmen were called to Culliford Crescent at the junction with Chedington Close in Canford Heath at 8.30am yesterday morning.

A spokesperson for Wessex Water said: “The sewer underneath Culliford Crescent has collapsed and we are doing everything we can to investigate the extent of it and repair it as soon as possible.

“We are hopeful that the work will be completed in two weeks, however this could be extended depending on the severity of the collapse.

“Road diversions have been set up for local residents and we apologise for any inconvenience caused to residents.”

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 26, 2014 at 9:21pm

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/houston/article/People-trap...

People trapped after building collapse near Katy

By Dale Lezon | June 26, 2014 | Updated: June 26, 2014 2:10pm

Rescuers Thursday afternoon rushed to a residential area in west Harris County after a garage reportedly collapsed, sending dozens to the hospital.

Photo By Cody Duty/Houston Chronicle 

Rescuers Thursday afternoon rushed to a residential area in west Harris County after a garage reportedly collapsed, sending dozens to the hospital.

Rescuers Thursday afternoon rushed to a residential area in west Harris County after a garage reportedly collapsed, trapping more than one person.

The incident happened about 1:30 p.m. in the 300 block of Park Mill near Park Brush, according to the Houston Fire Department.

Officials said it was unclear how many people were possibly trapped or what led to the collapse.

More details will be reported as the story develops.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 24, 2014 at 4:49am

http://rekordcenturion.co.za/21553/building-collapsed-injuring-two/

Building collapsed injuring two

Police are investigating the cause of a collapsed building after two people sustained moderate to serious injuries on Monday morning.

PHOTO: Netcare 911

Two people sustained moderate to serious injuries when a building collapsed in the early hours of Monday morning, paramedics said.

According to police, the Iphi Ntombi building randomly collapsed at 02:30 on Pretoria Road in Midrand. “Police were patrolling around 02:30 on Monday morning and they heard a loud noise. Upon investigating, they found a collapsed building,” said police spokesperson Captain Disebo Selepe.

Two people sustained injuries ranging from serious to moderate. According to paramedics, the injured people were treated on scene. “Both patients were treated on scene before they were transported to hospital for further medical care,” said Netcare 911 spokesperson Santi Steinmann.

Police are currently investigating the events that led to the incident. “The police are still at the building to investigate what caused the collapsed. A case has been opened but with no charge, as police are trying to determine the facts,” said Selepe.

According to reports, the collapse happened several hours after an alleged ATM bombing at the building. Many residents felt tremors after hearing a big bang which sounded like an explosion.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 22, 2014 at 7:31am

http://www.africanexaminer.com/collapse-building-imsu-students-esca...

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The twin lecture hall which collapsed on Friday

Collapse Building: IMSU Students Escape Death, as New Lecture Hall Gave Way

Saturday, June 21st, 2014

Less than three months after the multi-million naira Princess Hotel, Okigwe, being constructed by Imo State Government collapsed, scores of students of the State University (IMSU) Owerri, on Friday narrowly cheated death when a storey building lecture hall and office complex gave way in the campus.

The twin lecture hall which is at the completion stage, is being constructed by the state government as one of the measures to solve accommodation problems in the institution.

An eye-witness account, had it that the building collapsed in the afternoon when students and staff were moving around for the day’s businesses.

However, African Examiner’s findings revealed that the structure, caved in from its base after the POP ceilings were fixed.

It was gathered that cracked signs awoke the students, who reside by the building as a result, hurriedly rushed out after which the building came down.

When our correspondent visited the scene, the building was cordoned with signs of caution and danger to avert further disaster.

Although, no life was lost, yet the development was again blamed possibly on the use of substandard materials.

In her response, a woman who operates a stall near the collapsed building, confirmed to our correspondent that crack signal before the collapse was thesaving grace for the students who escaped unhurt.

When African Examiner contacted the institution’s Vice Chancellor, Professor Ukachukwu Awuzie for comment, he confirmed the incident but said he was not in a better position to make further statement relating to either the contractor or the building.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 18, 2014 at 9:07pm

http://www.silive.com/westshore/index.ssf/2014/06/house_collapse_in...

House collapse on Todt Hill on Wednesday morning (with photos)

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- An unoccupied house collapsed with no reported injuries on Todt Hill on Wednesday morning and that resulted in a large response by the Fire Department.

Ocean Terrace was closed to traffic for a time between Butterworth and Coverly avenues.

The homes on each side were evacuated as a precaution after the third floor fell into the second floor at 527 Ocean Terrace, according to Fire Press. The 60-by-80- foot, 3-story dwelling was described as abandoned.

The Fire Department responded with about 12 units and 60 members for about two hours beginning shortly after 4 a.m.

Fire officials said that the recent heavy rains may have been a fac...

National Grid and other workers are on the scene cutting off utilities to the home. The city Buildings Department has been notified.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 16, 2014 at 10:44pm

http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/06/16/4-construction-workers-...

4 Construction Workers Injured In Foster City Partial Building Collapse

FOSTER CITY (BCN)__ Four construction workers were injured Monday morning when a building they were working on in Foster City partially collapsed, according to a spokesman with the California Division of Occupational Safety and Health.

Fire crews were dispatched to the partial collapse at a building site on Triton Drive around 10:30 a.m., a Foster City Fire Department dispatcher said.

Two workers suffered moderate injuries in the structure collapse and two others suffered minor injuries, according to Cal/OSHA spokesman Peter Melton.

Melton said he did not know which company the injured employees were working for at the time of the collapse.

Cal/OSHA investigators were en route to the scene just before noon, he said.

Information about the possible cause of the building collapse was not immediately available.

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 15, 2014 at 2:46am

http://jamestown.twcnews.com/content/news/744541/road-collapsed-in-...


Road Collapsed in Alden Overnight

  • Updated 06/13/2014 08:05 AM

 

ALDEN, N.Y. -- Heavy rain and flooding washed out the ground beneath a road in Alden, causing it to completely collapse overnight.

Utility crews were on scene at Getman Road assessing the damage.

They say a gas line is exposed, and the damage could take months to fix.

The road is expected to be closed while crews assess the situation.

Drivers are encouraged to avoid the road in the meantime.

- See more at: http://jamestown.twcnews.com/content/news/744541/road-collapsed-in-...

Comment by Starr DiGiacomo on June 9, 2014 at 2:33am

http://www.focusnews.com/?q=detail/national/1/425699

Four trapped as building collapses in Chandigarh

Mon, June 09, 2014, 03.11 AM IST

Chandigarh, June 9 (IANS) At least four people, including two firemen, were trapped under debris after a building collapsed in Chandigarh's commercial hub of Sector 17 Sunday night, police said. It is feared that the trapped people may have died.

The building, which housed the government-run National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology (NIEIT) had caught fire Sunday evening after a blast in the air-conditioning unit that was being repaired.

Rescue officials at the site said that efforts were being made to locate the trapped people.

Being a Sunday, the computer centre was closed for staff and trainees.

Police said that a major portion of the building collapsed from the raging fire. Several fire tenders from Chandigarh and adjoining areas were pressed into service to contain the blaze.

The local administration later called the army for rescue operations.

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