A Building Collapses From Too Much Excavation?

MindfulDesign

Check out this crazy video: http://www.trilitica.ro/sapaturi-adanci-in-mediul-urban/
What happened here??? Any thoughts?

Kaiser

Looks like a creative way to set the footers on the building next door.

Just fill, compact and go. I think someone gets a raise.

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Cdat

They were bringing down the old building. What's the big deal? It was done on purpose.

RizzoMaryland

I've heard of tilt up construction but tilt down is new to me.

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MindfulDesign

Wouldn’t they remove all the pipes from it if it was done on purpose????
Besides, why do you think it’s easier to take it out this way instead of before all the digging next to it?...

bansheeboy

doesnt sound intentional to me...

On a construction site, deep excavations with no support measures to stabilize the soil led to the collapse of neighbour building.
The Romanian Building Code has a set of rules to support the edges of deep excavations in urban areas with slurry walls or pilled walls made under protection of bentonite.
The next pictures are from a construction site in Bucharest, Romania, showing excavations of more than 40 x 70 meters (130 x 230 feet) perimeter and 12 meters deep (40 feet). The edges of the excavations are reinforced with both slurry walls and pilled walls going till 18 meters deep (60 feet).
The excavation will cover three underground parking levels. The above building is 7 to 11 stories with both offices and apartments. The building is designed to resist to important earthquakes. Romanian Earthquakes have a period of about 30 to 40 years and might often be more dangerous than 7.2-7.4 on Richter scale.
Our architectural & engineering firm designed the architecture, engineering and deep foundations for this building.
Maybe allover the place our clients have a hard time to understand the importance of a quality architectural and engineering design. The video featured here is one of the best examples of what irresponsibility can mean for a future building.
Luckily, the incident taped here led to no human looses or injuries. But, on the other hand, the building collapsed just because of lot of mistakes, and no earthquake or other calamity provoked it.

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