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7 Builders Killed when 19-meter-high Library Under Construction Collapses
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7 Builders Killed when 19-meter-high Library Under Construction Collapses

007-02-12 22:38
NANNING Three more workers injured in a library collapse in south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region have died in hospital, bringing the death toll to seven.

The accident occurred on Monday afternoon when the 19-meter-high library building under construction at the Guangxi Medical University collapsed.

At least 14 workers fell from the building. Three died at the scene and another died later in hospital.

Seven other injured workers are receiving treatment, of whom three are in critical condition.

The cause of the collapse is being investigated.
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Re: 7 Builders Killed when 19-meter-high Library Under Construction Collapses

Weight of the concrete too much for the structure is my guess. Lowest bidder got those workers is what I would imagine.
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Re: 7 Builders Killed when 19-meter-high Library Under Construction Collapses

Looks like they didn't do a soil compaction test. Possible sink hole or unstable ground.
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Re: 7 Builders Killed when 19-meter-high Library Under Construction Collapses

http://edu.people.com.cn/GB/5397234.html
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Re: 7 Builders Killed when 19-meter-high Library Under Construction Collapses

maybe not waiting for the concrete to cure? You can see as the floor falls, that the concrete just pulls right out of the vertical posts, and the rebar is just left in place, sadly wondering where it's friend, the cement got off to.
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Re: 7 Builders Killed when 19-meter-high Library Under Construction Collapses

That concrete does collapse in like it's soggy to my eyes.
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Re: 7 Builders Killed when 19-meter-high Library Under Construction Collapses

Well clearly that building was only rated to hold 13 people.
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Re: 7 Builders Killed when 19-meter-high Library Under Construction Collapses

Well, that accident saved a lot of books
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Re: 7 Builders Killed when 19-meter-high Library Under Construction Collapses

WHERE WAS THAT MADE AGAIN!
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Those poor bastards had no where to run....
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