[kellyhound]

Rescuers pulled the body of a 23-year-old woman from under a collapsed apartment building in central Turkey on Saturday, state-run media said, as efforts continued to find a final person, believed to be her husband.

Three others were retrieved from the wreckage and being treated in a hospital.

The collapse comes amid renewed focus on building safety following the deaths of 78 people in a fire Tuesday that ripped through a 12-story hotel at a ski resort in northwestern Turkey. Investigators are examining whether proper fire prevention measures were in place.

Interior Minister Ali Yerlikaya said on Saturday that 79 people were registered as living in the four-story apartment block in the city of Konya, some 260 kilometers (160 miles) south of the capital Ankara.

Earlier, Yerlikaya said the last two people remaining under the debris were Syrian nationals. He added that the cause of the building collapse was not immediately known. “If there is a fault, negligence or anything else, we will learn it together,” he told journalists.

TV images showed emergency workers sifting through a large pile of rubble Saturday morning following the building’s collapse Friday evening. Anadolu Agency reported that four people were detained as part of the investigation.

The second anniversary of an earthquake that hit southern Turkey and north Syria, killing more than 59,000, is just two weeks away. The high death toll at the time was due in part to building safety regulations being ignored.

In 2004, a 12-story apartment building collapsed in Konya, claiming the lives of 92 people and injuring some 30 others. Structural flaws and negligence were blamed for the collapse.

[Mr.NoCredit]

I’m sure glad I didn’t have an apartment there. Sucks for those who did..

[houseoftechno]

Masonry and concrete compression failures are practically instantaneous. Since this is Turkey, moisture degradation is not likely. So the most likely cause is structural failure as stated in the OP. The compression strength of the masonry wall system was insufficient to hold up a 4 story building. Probably the walls were too thin, but could be substandard cinder block material.

[William May]

Originally Posted by houseoftechno ↗

Masonry and concrete compression failures are practically instantaneous. Since this is Turkey, moisture degradation is not likely. So the most likely cause is structural failure as stated in the OP. The compression strength of the masonry wall system was insufficient to hold up a 4 story building. Probably the walls were too thin, but could be substandard cinder block material.

Either that, or it was built by Turks, out of plaster cinder blocks, and cinder concrete mixed with plaster.

[HIGHTECHDUDE]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

Either that, or it was built by Turks, out of plaster cinder blocks, and cinder concrete mixed with plaster.

Hey, cheap immigrant labor, substandard materials and no permits are the backbone of society...

[William May]

Originally Posted by HIGHTECHDUDE ↗

Hey, cheap immigrant labor, substandard materials and no permits are the backbone of society...

Yeah, I really don't understand that philosophy. You have constant trouble with a poorly built apartment. I want them to last 100 years, hearing nothing from the renters except the gentle plop of the rent check through the mail slot.

You don't get much in the way of rent when your building has collapsed on top of all your tenants.

And even if he saved money during the construction, NOW how long will it be before he can have a building to rent again?

The building owner is an idiot.

[HIGHTECHDUDE]

Originally Posted by William May ↗

Yeah, I really don't understand that philosophy. You have constant trouble with a poorly built apartment. I want them to last 100 years, hearing nothing from the renters except the gentle plop of the rent check through the mail slot.

You don't get much in the way of rent when your building has collapsed on top of all your tenants.

And even if he saved money during the construction, NOW how long will it be before he can have a building to rent again?

The building owner is an idiot.

I'm guessing he'll have a new apartment built out of cracker boxes and used popsicle sticks in about a week...

[William May]

Originally Posted by HIGHTECHDUDE ↗

I'm guessing he'll have a new apartment built out of cracker boxes and used popsicle sticks in about a week...

Unfortunately, you are probably correct. Why do people never even want to TRY to make the world a better place, to do something with quality, and own something of value?