Pattaya Awaits Decision on Fate of Controversial Waterfront Condo

[Kandinski]

3 hours ago, black tabby12345 said:

Sometime in 1990s, in S/Korea, huge department store collapsed, and it killed over 500

Collapse was caused by greed . From memory they added a other floor and weaken piles the supported the slaps. There's a NG documentary "24 hours to disaster" i believe it called

[nakhonandy]

Quite a lot of people bought apartments as an investment, an acquaintance of mine bought two.

For his sake I hope they get it sorted. 

[djs2799]

That thing is still there? I haven't lived in Pattaya in 2 decades, and it was there then. Unbelievable! 

[newnative]

4 minutes ago, djs2799 said:

That thing is still there? I haven't lived in Pattaya in 2 decades, and it was there then. Unbelievable! 

Construction was only started on it in 2011 so it was not there 2 decades ago.  

[impulse]

When I read stories like this about zillion dollar projects (with lawyers and sophisticated developers) being built on land that's later deemed out of bounds, I wonder what chance a normal foreigner has of knowing what he's really bought, and whether he'll be able to keep it. 

 

Or even a Thai everyman...

 

[black tabby12345]

52 minutes ago, Kandinski said:

Collapse was caused by greed . From memory they added a other floor and weaken piles the supported the slaps. There's a NG documentary "24 hours to disaster" i believe it called

 

In terms of shoddy construction, it cold happen as well...

[djs2799]

33 minutes ago, newnative said:

Construction was only started on it in 2011 so it was not there 2 decades ago.  

My bad.

[MadAtMatrix]

5 hours ago, Patong2021 said:

 

Buildings can be erected close to the beach if maintained and are of  appropriate high quality construction. They are all over the USA Japan, Singapore and EU.

 

And then there was the condo in Surfside, Florida in the Miami  area, on the beach. It wasn't properly maintained and it collapsed  killing 98 people.

And here is an explanation of why it fell. The rebar was rusting, and the subsequent spalling of the concrete caused it to collapse. 

Stephen Petty has an excellent book on engineering called "Forensic Engineering, Damage Assessments for Residential of Commercial Structures". 791 page book. He is an Expert Witness for the courts.. His channel is very informative based on science. https://www.youtube.com/@pettypodcasts6968/videos?view=0&sort=dd&shelf_id=2
 

[ujayujay]

Dont talk, knock down this monument of corruption. Its a eyesore

[bkk6060]

I bet it is still there when most of us are dead.

[Jonathan Swift]

8 hours ago, henryford1958 said:

 

Just get George Bush over with a few pounds of thermite. It will be down in 10 seconds in it's own footprint.

Do you know what thermite is? It’s not an explosive. A few pounds would do little more than make a hole. It is not used in demolition. Read up: 

“Thermite reactions have many uses. It is not an explosive; instead, it operates by exposing a very small area to extremely high temperatures. Intense heat focused on a small spot can be used to cut through metal or weld metal components together both by melting metal from the components, and by injecting molten metal from the thermite reaction itself. ^{[citation needed]}

Thermite may be used for repair by the welding in-place of thick steel sections such as locomotive axle-frames where the repair can take place without removing the part from its installed location.

Thermite can be used for quickly cutting or welding steel such as rail tracks, without requiring complex or heavy equipment.”