Rimmer Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Nong Plalai drainage repairs make floods worse PATTAYA:--Residents in Nong Plalai’s Moo 3 village said drains clogged with sand are causing their neighborhood to flood. Sub-district Councilman Chaloem Khetjae led the media on an inspection following complaints about a recent construction project from Moo 3 to the Mapbon Community that generated an excess of sand. Even though the contractors were hired for 4.8 million baht to replace drain covers and resurface the road to improve flooding, the workers carelessly flushed sand into the very same sewers, making matters worse. Resident Somdej Boontuam said the work may look better, but making the road five centimeters higher created more problems because the sewer grates weren’t raised and now sand, garbage and other debris funnels into them. Nong Plalai engineers promised to use high-pressure hoses to clear the drains, but never showed up. So residents rallied and summoned local administrators to see the problems for themselves. -- © Copyright Pattaya Mail 2018-06-01 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivor bigun Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 Drove past the other day as they were washing the sand into the drains.wonderful ThailandSent from my SM-A720F using Thailand Forum - Thaivisa mobile app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lamkyong Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 its a shame that i find myself doing what as known as thai bashing i have resisted up until now to openly do so conclution the standard of most workers on this type of project is absolutly <deleted> abissmal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prairieboy Posted June 1, 2018 Share Posted June 1, 2018 5 hours ago, Rimmer said: resurface the road to improve flooding I thought the idea was to improve drainage! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebell Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 They've just finished the road outside my moo-baan after six months of disruption & lengthy detours. All the sandy verges at the side of the road are higher than the road and the rain washes the sand straight into the mosquito breeding grounds AKA drainage pits. I expect floods imminently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post RichardColeman Posted June 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2018 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Khun Paul Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 Civil engineers Thai style, no wonder they do not want foreign workers doing it . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post phantomfiddler Posted June 2, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted June 2, 2018 Drains should be laid at such slope as to provide a minimum velocity of 3 fps, the self cleansing velocity, but I have never in almost 40 years seen a level used in the laying of any drains here. Rocket science it ain,t ! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 27 minutes ago, Khun Paul said: Civil engineers Thai style, no wonder they do not want foreign workers doing it . After the Mother Theresa of civil engineers gave them a fluff... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digger70 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 No matter what job work here is getting done ,,, There's two ways they can do that 1, That's the Thai way 2, that's the right way ,,,, I haven't seen a number 2 Yet ? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gandalf12 Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 2 hours ago, Khun Paul said: Civil engineers Thai style, no wonder they do not want foreign workers doing it . I wish the use of the word "Engineer" would stop being banded around. Thailand has very few real engineers and those that are do not work in Thailand. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cake Monster Posted June 2, 2018 Share Posted June 2, 2018 5 hours ago, phantomfiddler said: Drains should be laid at such slope as to provide a minimum velocity of 3 fps, the self cleansing velocity, but I have never in almost 40 years seen a level used in the laying of any drains here. Rocket science it ain,t ! No ! its certainly not Rocket Science. Some Thais actually believe that water can flow up hill. With a mentality like that there is no hope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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