Construction suspended after Chao Phraya bridge collapse

By The Nation

 

 

CHAI NAT: -- Transport Minister Arkhom Termpittayapaisith on Sunday ordered a one-month suspension of the construction of a bridge across the Chao Phraya River in Chai Nat’s Muang district, following an incident on Saturday when concrete section collapsed and seriously wounded four workers. 

Arkhom also instructed officials to check on 17 other large bridges as a precaution against a similar incident occurring.

 

The suspension was ordered to make way for a police investigation and a structural assessment by engineers, which would require 30 days to complete, he said. 

 

Council of Engineers secretary-general Amorn Pimanmas said his agency would dispatch an engineering team to inspect the scene on Tuesday. 

 

He said the collapse of bridge’s neck section could include an insufficient number of scaffolds to support the bridge’s weight, incorrect assembly of scaffolding, the use of the wrong materials in making the scaffolds or subsidence in the soil underneath the scaffolding. 

Other factors could be flaws in the bridge design or in construction supervision, he said.

 

 The team would inspect the scene and summon the supervising engineers, he added.

 

The workers were inside a cement truck parked below the construction site when a 240-tonne concrete slab fell onto the truck. Three of them were in critical condition on Sunday.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30328158

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-10-02

And these people want nuclear power stations and manage submarines? 

  " The suspension was ordered to make way for a police investigation ...."

 

Your joking surely !

Mai Pen Rai at work again.

Wonder which construction company?

22 minutes ago, webfact said:

He said the collapse of bridge’s neck section could include an insufficient number of scaffolds to support the bridge’s weight, incorrect assembly of scaffolding, the use of the wrong materials in making the scaffolds or subsidence in the soil underneath the scaffolding. 

 

Or, the person/s who were suppose to make sure that all the above will be 100%

safe and secure were slacking  on the job...

When a span of a suspension bridge collapses it is totally worrying specially as Thailand is reluctant to change their building methods past and present !

Just now, ezzra said:

 

Or, the person/s who were suppose to make sure that all the above will be 100%

safe and secure were slacking  on the job...

 

Hence the next sentence in the article being, "Other factors could be flaws in the bridge design or in construction supervision, he said."

Absolutely no idea of safety here...just cowboys from the jungle!

AH and these require the Chinese engineers to pass an exam to see what standard they have compare to Thai engineers, for the fast train,  ( a high speed disaster in the making , )

 

I hope not,

 

Here's the highly skilled construction crew.

 

 

3 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

And these people want nuclear power stations and manage submarines? 

and a high speed railway. This is just the result of cost cutting. Cost cutting so money flows into pockets not construction.

anything new here?

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

He said the collapse of bridge’s neck section could include an insufficient number of scaffolds to support the bridge’s weight, incorrect assembly of scaffolding, the use of the wrong materials in making the scaffolds or subsidence in the soil underneath the scaffolding. 

 

 

Or, the person/s who were suppose to make sure that all the above will be 100%

safe and secure were slacking  on the job...

My money's on that last option becoming the official attribution... involves the least loss of face for any/all involved.

Edited October 2, 20178 yr by seminomadic
multi-quote didn't seem to work

4 hours ago, webfact said:

He said the collapse of bridge’s neck section could include an insufficient number of scaffolds to support the bridge’s weight, incorrect assembly of scaffolding, the use of the wrong materials in making the scaffolds or subsidence in the soil underneath the scaffolding. 

Other factors could be flaws in the bridge design or in construction supervision

Or all of those.

3 hours ago, missoura said:

Wonder which construction company?

It surely looks like one of those Sino-Thai Lego sets!

No mention of why people were under a suspended/temporary supported load?

This is hardly news in the hub of collapsing constructions. The question is not "if" but where and when it happens again.

They say: "Rome was not built in one day"

Visit Thailand and find out why...

4 hours ago, tracker1 said:

When a span of a suspension bridge collapses it is totally worrying specially as Thailand is reluctant to change their building methods past and present !

 

Clearly that is not a suspension bridge.

 

It was not a part of the bridge that gave way but the support that was made to hold it up temporarily. 

 

What makes you say that Thailand is reluctant to change their building methods?  They are employing foreign engineers for many projects.

 

Past and present, do you mean present and future?  How could they change their past methods?

5 hours ago, webfact said:

make way for a police investigation

Obviously brake failure.

I shall be very careful when driving around the Darkside of Patts going under all those new roads 

8 hours ago, Somtamnication said:

And these people want nuclear power stations and manage submarines? 

You forgot to mention high speed trains.

8 hours ago, tracker1 said:

When a span of a suspension bridge collapses it is totally worrying specially as Thailand is reluctant to change their building methods past and present !

True, but since this is not a suspension bridge it's business as usual!

4 hours ago, Kieran00001 said:

 

Clearly that is not a suspension bridge.

 

It was not a part of the bridge that gave way but the support that was made to hold it up temporarily. 

 

What makes you say that Thailand is reluctant to change their building methods?  They are employing foreign engineers for many projects.

 

Past and present, do you mean present and future?  How could they change their past methods?

Easy to change past practice with modern day work practice ! you should look more carefully at the building methods employed by the housing and commercial structures here ! one example are wheelchair ramps with no wheelchair access or egress !