Three injured as Rawai beachfront footpath collapses

By Eakkapop Thongtub

 

Rawai Mayor Aroon Solos inspects the hole in the Rawai beachfront footpath. Photo: Rawai Municipality

 

PHUKET:-- Rawai Municipality workers have sealed off a section of the sidewalk along the Rawai beachfront beside where restaurants have set up their own tables and chairs after three people were injured when a gaping hole opened where a section of the sidewalk collapsed.

 

The three people were injured when the concrete beneath them collapsed yesterday morning.

 

The three were taken to hospital by ambulance, Rawai Mayor Aroon Solos confirmed, without giving any details of the ages or nationalities of the people injured.

 

Full Story: https://www.thephuketnews.com/three-injured-as-rawai-beachfront-footpath-collapses-76880.php

 

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14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Three injured as Rawai beachfront footpath collapses

Ta.. hayyy !

No obvious rebar ?
 

Its just another ploy,. along with sinking tour boats and island ferries, to attract more Chinese tourists.

oh dear  !    need to fix that, and this time put some re-bar in.   lol

Other sections to follow

rebar money went into beer budget

Made in thailand

Accidents and structural failure happens around the world. Here, safety inspections, load limits and monitoring is solely lacking.

Rats were hungry ????

3 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

No obvious rebar ?
 

probably no  obvious  cement  no  foundation or minimal sand  not  compacted , not  vibrated and done by untrained experts. Thats what  happens with  corruption

same same all over Thailand, everything is done as cheaply as possible so the contractor doing it(and the govt people that called for the quotes) can pocket bigger profits, this can be seen everywhere. They only finished a new section of road and put down new drains near us a few months ago and everytime it rain the road goes under water because the drains dont work, this morning around 100 metres of the new road is under water and is not draining at all and there is still a 100 metres of road and drain to be finished, hasnt been worked on since november last year, Thailand survives on graft and corruption.

Restaurant on a footpath ?

46 minutes ago, Benmart said:

Accidents and structural failure happens around the world. Here, safety inspections, load limits and monitoring is solely lacking.

sorry but this is NOT a structural construction

4 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

No obvious rebar ?
 

I resent your implication Sir! Clearly the omission of rebar in a suspended walkway was approved by the independent inspector following completion of the project by a local contractor. ????

An mirror-image of a collapse a few months ago at a beachfront road near me in South Devon.

 

Thankfully for the local authorities we don't have Thai Visa here!

 

Who could have predicted that a footpath laid along a sea wall would get undermined by the sea in storm season.

 

No need to be engineer to see that this was predictable , it already happened and it will happen again . This footpath quality construction was bad , the maintenance does not exist . The last time there was a hole made by the sea , authorities waited years to repair after 4 trees fallen down and the hole reached the road. It is  undermined by the sea and needs to be repaired urgently as the situation is worsening month after month.

6 hours ago, Old Croc said:

Who could have predicted that a footpath laid along a sea wall would get undermined by the sea in storm season.

 

Look like a good hole to plant a tree. Or place a dead branch hoping it will one day grow into a tree .

2 hours ago, Reigntax said:

Look like a good hole to plant a tree. Or place a dead branch hoping it will one day grow into a tree .

It would have to be a mangrove, that's sea water.