webfact Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Concrete awning collapses outside Thai university in Nakon Pathom Picture: Thai Rath Thai Rath reported that a concrete awning attached to a dormitory near the Silapakorn University in Nakon Pathom collapsed yesterday. No one was injured but several had a timely escape. One was hair salon owner Thanon Ranpraphathanakit who had arrived five minutes earlier to set up business. Thanon was doing morning prayers to Buddha when the awning crashed down outside. Thai Rath said that the structure was an extension added to the Thiwalai Villa building by the owner five years ago. Police are investigating the cause. Source: Thai Rath -- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2018-10-16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Esso49 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Lucky, very very lucky no one was hurt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatOngo Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 3 minutes ago, webfact said: Concrete awning collapses outside Thai university in Nakon Pathom Obviously designed and built by the University Engineering section. Now there's something for bored netizens to jump on. 6 minutes ago, webfact said: an extension added to the Thiwalai Villa building by the owner five years ago. At least it lasted 5 years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Police are investigating the cause. Could it be it was too heavy and had no supports holding it up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keith101 Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 There appears to be no reo bars running through the concrete so it was always going to come down the builder needs to be asked a few questions on its lack of supports and safety standards . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marko kok prong Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Why am i not surprised. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 Lucky this happened when it was a national holiday. If it had happened 24 hours later could have been reporting a very different story Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETERTHEEATER Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 This is a hard hat area...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justgrazing Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 I'm no building engineer or designer but the way its sheared off flush with the building for pretty much its whole length don't like right to me .. Any Civil engineers amongst members who can shed a bit of light on it .. Seen something not dissimilar in Spain yrs ago when a balcony collapsed into the street below .. At that time the Spanish were big on constructing a lot of buildings out of a concrete type frame .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unamazedloso Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 jesus! Thats pretty bad! blame the myanmar workers i reckon. couldnt be a thais doing as they just like to enslave others to do everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rwill Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 looking at all the photos from the original article you can see there was nothing tying the awning to the building. Superglue maybe? I am amazed it took 5 years for it to fall off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy chappie Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 8 hours ago, keith101 said: There appears to be no reo bars running through the concrete so it was always going to come down the builder needs to be asked a few questions on its lack of supports and safety standards . He's long gone.got a 5 yr head start.ive had loads built for me and you can't let your eye off them for more than 15 minutes max.they are useless louvre doors on upside down.opening the wrong way even though I've drawn it on the floor.allergic to spirit levels.smart phone addicts.reliable as a rusty Chinese watch,drunks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cadbury Posted October 16, 2018 Share Posted October 16, 2018 No reo and no cement in the concrete. Big savings for the builder. Some years back the Thai government geniuses introduced a hotline called "building about to collapse". That initiative was created when some crap building collapsed and a few people were killed. Observers were supposed to phone in if they saw cracks in buildings and report them (I kid you not). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rimmer Posted October 17, 2018 Share Posted October 17, 2018 Exactly the same thing happened during the construction of a house next to us, the canopy was too heavy and had no supports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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