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Old 06-30-2009, 03:17   #4
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Originally Posted by Richard View Post
Anybody ever see a 13 story building tip over without any extraordinary circumstances? Here's one which recently occurred in Shanghai, China.

http://www.stern.de/bdt/:Bilder-Tage...399.html?cp=12

Richard's $.02
It's a bit extraordinary, given the fact that the unit fell without fracturing into multiple pieces. It must be a monolithic pore with a very good re-bar grid. The Aluminum grid on the individual balconies stayed sq??

The big question(s),,
Why were the support columns not deeper??
When will the other three fail??
Did this engineer support BHO??

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