Top 10 Collapsed Buildings Construction Fails

[@zully756]

Thanks for info

[@eleven5167]

Here in Kenya buildings collapse all the time... There's a loophole in building approval ...

[@ArchitectRussell]

Oh I didn’t know that about Kenya

[@calvoh9715]

A building should have forewarnings before collapse. An underdesigned building will behave like that, i.e better steel rebars to be inadequate but not concrete inadequacy. Due to ductility of steel, cracks will appear before total collapse, hence ample time for people to evacuate. The problem with Africa as a continent is the structural industry is riddled with so much corruption and no regard for professionals input. The laws are there, but the enforcement part is the problem, due to endemic and ubiquitous corruption in construction sector, from approvals to construction process. Here in Kenya, building collapse are also so much common.

[@ArchitectRussell]

Yeah it was interesting that places like Nigeria actually had the laws and procedures in place similar to UK. But like you said, there are problems enforcing it .

[@MercyHeavenly-m4f]

40 year old building in Miami is not that old and it's not supposed to collapse and kill 98 people. You're kind of less critical on this one.

[@ArchitectRussell]

They did find that some of the reinforcement was not installed correctly as per the drawings but that was just the pool deck area. I don’t believe that was part of the contribution to the building collapse. It was mostly a maintenance issue. The water near the sea contributed to the deterioration of the structure which is not foreseeable really during those design stages. This was before the environmental concerns around the world. Damage was found out by maintenance but should have been earlier. They did notice it and were making repairs at the time of the collapse. But not the concrete first they were doing the roof or something rather than prioritising the concrete. So I don’t think there was actually much wrong with the building really unless you could say the structural engineers didn’t take into accounts rising water. I think mostly it just wasn’t looked after and address quick enough.

[@MercyHeavenly-m4f]

@@ArchitectRussell Thanks for the feedback.

[@calvoh9715]

@@ArchitectRussell the pool area maybe had some water seepage into the surrounding columns, which caused rebar to corrode with time. This may cause collapse in that area where the columns were compromised.

[@TZ69]

After watching this video i got kinda nervous about going to work because my building were i work has 51floors and i work on the 48 floor in NYC 🫣🤒😫 I don't know what kinda a bulidings they are building nowadays cuz on top the building there's a swimming pool and this is in Brooklyn NY 🤔

[@ArchitectRussell]

We live in a scary world don’t we.

[@calvoh9715]

Rooftop swimming pools are kind of crazy but that is what clients want nowadays. A good waterproofing for the pool area and constant inspection for any water leakages is good for the general health of the building, because water seepage corrode the rebars and makes concrete fall apart and down you go, sandwiching the occupants.