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MikeandDow

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  1. Concrete sample would/ should have been taken at the point of pour first a slump test is taken then test cube;s are taken for 7 day and 28 day compression test this is to measure the compression strenght of the Concrete usually refer to in MPA the longer concret cures the stronger it gets concrete after it is cured, the strenght can be measured with a instrument called a glegg hammer There are time constraints in a pour normally a slab should be poured in one go if this does not happen you can get what they call a cold join if the concrete fails for any reason the above poster is correct out come the jack hammers
  2. oh wow !! you can predict when a earthquake strikes
  3. just use the correct word Cost-cutting involves reducing expenses to save money, while corruption is dishonest or illegal behavior, often involving abuse of power for personal gain.
  4. Definitly a little off they being co conspirators to manslaughter
  5. no they dont !! lots of newbies around ?? cost cutting is not coruption /fraud and this firm committed it say what it is ?
  6. Cost cutting !! dont you mean coruption !! they were contracted to build the tower with specified materials they did not, that is fraud/coruption not cost cutting
  7. somebody say SAFETY there is no safety in Thailand !! They are using volunteers engineers to inspect damage building but they dont tell you that they call handymen engineers in thailand building inspection should be by a fully qualified structure engineer and not a first year student neither,
  8. That is the Thai way form a committee have a free lunch and do nothing !! instead of as you say grab truck loads of people and shift it, they are now saying they need special gear, is a shovel special gear, because the danger of cave in ?? ok as you get close easy off but these trapped people can not wait
  9. Do you really think heads will roll !! you know we are in Thailand ! there will be a big hoo haw !! and thats it back to normal, no improvement, no getting rid of coruption, no forward thinking Thai can not do that!!
  10. What part of dangerous construction was the building in putting cladding and windows interior fit out, the structure was completed in april 2024 the concrete had a year to cure
  11. SMS is the wrong system to use the more sms you send to slower the system gets the new system is WEA wireless emergency alerts but think it will not be ready untill end of year its the same system as amber alerts
  12. Its par for the course be forgotton in a few weeks back to normal life is cheap in asia
  13. its a mistake in the news post of course there is a comprehensive blueprint how else would you build
  14. its obvious you have no idea when pita was nominated for PM there was a vote the senate was included in the vote Pita lost the vote and did not become PM Now the senate term has expired and will not be voting again for PM, the senate can not vote for pm again it was only because of the junta that the senate was included (now they will be an indirectly voted by candidates from 20 professional and social groups too 200) this incorrect
  15. the point is there was a vote nobody was BLOCKED the poster was incorrect
  16. Rubish !! The final tally was 324 votes in favour, 182 against and 199 abstentions, among the 705 members participating. The Move Forward Party (MFP) leader needed 375 votes — a simple majority of the 749 combined House and Senate seats — to win the office. they DID VOTE but he did not get the votes to win nobody blocked any thing
  17. so you know what date it is then no fun grumpy
  18. beer shortage thing of the passed in oz they are building a 3300 klm pipeline to transport beer from perth to the eastern states across the nullarbor plain
  19. it may have been known longer than that !! but there was no mechanism to mandate it, untill it was incoparated into the building code which was2021 which is to days standard and the design of the building should have been quake proof which it was not the design is not recommended for quake proof
  20. Even a handyman is called an Engineer in Thailand there is a need for some type of certification that a Inspection has been carried out by a qualified structural engineer not olny hotels but condo and any build that has been damaged
  21. Are you kidding me (Reality is, it is 14 years since any major problems on a national level due to flooding ) dont know were you have been hiding there is major flooding in Thailand every year read the news open your eyes Department Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, the flooding in 37 provinces, mostly in the North and Northeast, impacted 181,870 households between August and September. The natural disaster also killed 49 people and injured 28 others It was also considered the severest flooding in almost 100 years among 200 households in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district, where floodwater caused residences to be inundated and covered in mud, resulting in damage of around 4 billion baht.
  22. In Thailand a handyman is called an Engineer good luck!!
  23. They DID NOT have permission to enter the site, been reported in the news several times
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