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  1. Rolo89
    I'm more concerned about the safety of the thousands of high rises that are being left to those with vested interests to check if they're safe!
  2. Rolo89
    Yes it's very worrying all the buildings they've declared are perfectly safe from a quick check. There could be another earthqake at any time and these already weakened buildings might not fare so well.
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    It really isn't there could be a stronger, longer earthquake that hits the area at any time. If this happened during monsoon with a high water table the damage done to BKK could be so much worse. Condo sellers would tell you otherwise.
  4. Rolo89
    No. There can be a closer, longer and stronger earthquake hit BKK. If this is during monsoon could be really really bad for BKK. The other day was just a taster.
  5. Rolo89
    There could be a strong earthquake that levels most of BKK tomorrow with it being built on jelly. Or it could be in 300 years. No one knows.
  6. Rolo89
    Admitting 1% of checked buildings are unsafe and could collapse is huge. I wonder how many of the 200 they've deemed at amber risk are actually red and how many of 31'000 safe actually have no structural damage. Private companies would supress disclosing the real state of their buildings.
  7. Rolo89
    The assurance is to their shareholders, this has exposed just how risky bangkoks soft soil is from earthquakes over a thousand km away. Lets see how much high rise condos can sell for in the next few months and how much owners have to pay to fix the damage from the minor earthquake this time.
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    Sends alarm bells ringing. How can they have started on structural repairs from the day of the earthquake? These things need to be invesigated properly and a proper assessment would take place about a week after the event rather than right away.
  9. Rolo89
    Many are moving out of their high rises. Don't think this will be forgotten about and moved on from quickly. Lots have woken up to Bangkok is built on jelly and is very suspectable to earquakes far away.
  10. Rolo89
    Friends building has 5 out of 6 lifts closed due to damage, but the whole building has been signed off as perfectly safe in rapid time by an unnamed engineer. Said friend is staying away and wont stay in his flat on the 38th floor!
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    yes the building code since 2007 was supposted to mean there wouldn't be much damage at all with an earthquake like this, it was strengthened in 2021. Only a fool would buy a new condo now without having an independant assesment on the building.
  12. Rolo89
    Or the same earthquake 1000km miles away during the monsoon with the soft soil wet could distroy it. Tokyo was always called the city waiting to die, however that can withstand long powerful earthquake. Bangkok could be destroyed by a short one far away.
  13. Rolo89
    If even 10% of the buildings with significant damage are high rise condos then that's a huge problem for the Thai economy. They were already too expensive, if they're too expensive and poorly build it will be dire. The next earthquake could be 1 month away or 30 years away. Could cause so much more damage during the monsoon with the soft soil.
  14. Rolo89
    BKK building do need to be up to earquake spec - that's why in 2007 buildings were required to meet earthquake specs! It's soft ground and near earthquake zones.
  15. Rolo89
    You can't trust them. All they can say at the moment is from inital checks it appears to be safe, but futher more detailed testing is needed to verify there is no structural damage.
  16. Rolo89
    Good post. Certain people won't have any time for common sence posts like this (they've probably invested in condos build in the last 20 years that could be worthless or worth way less than bought for). In Japan quakes of similar magnitude might have made a glass fall from a table and be a minor inconvenience, but that's about the extent of the damage. Not left buildings uninhabitable for the foreseable.
  17. Rolo89
    Assessed! Freudian slip, they've assed it good and proper 🤣
  18. Rolo89
    Yes, the drips round the side show they've tried to do something to the compromised structure. Looks like a patch job you'd do on an outbuilding. Not a structure with 44 floors of high end condos. It needed to be assed properly and then have a sign off on any remedial works. No chance this has happened. People are were paying high prices for these condos which aren't anywhere near the standard you'd expect.
  19. Rolo89
    Not too far away from a park now open 24/7 so residents can sleep while their building is unsafe to be in.
  20. Rolo89
    Chinese are involved in the construction of so many projects worldwide. They're involved in building a nuclear reactor in the UK. What could go wrong
  21. Rolo89
    And you know exactly what they're doing? The building won't have even had a proper survey yet.
  22. Rolo89
    I feel re-assued now and will buy a unit there for 10฿ million 🤣
  23. Rolo89
    That'll be part of earthquake design to have the bridges snap away at one side to let the buildings sway. All the other new buildings with support columns cracked and supporting walls cracked are a big concern though.
  24. Rolo89
    I don't think it'll do any good. People have no confidence in the quality of all these new condos that were supposted to meet quake standards. A nail in the coffin for people thinking of investing in BKK condos.
  25. Rolo89
    Anyone working in property is going to have serious problems. And the whole Thai economy is tied to the property market and constantly selling condos. This could be far worse for the economy than the tsunami

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