Anutin: Investigation into Bangkok Building Collapse to Take Months

[sammieuk1]

Turns out Bamboo substitute (after disbursements) ain't quake proof🤔

[PETERTHEEATER]

As long as STETCON plc are shown not to have been involved in the construction aspect of the project the Minister will press for a speedy report. Announcing that it could take months is not looking good for him.

[MikeandDow]

Basicly there are four thing need to be checked

Paper work. P/O,  NCRs. RFI, mill/heat certs ect   time frame 1 week

Rebar   destructive testing and MS  1week

concrete MS testing 1week

modelling of design on PC 1 week 

Max 6 weeks

this guy is starting to cover this up months my axse

[pete43]

9 hours ago, webfact said:

At the centre of the ongoing probe is the structural engineering of the building, which requires comprehensive examination before any conclusions are drawn.

MM, Something to do with re-rolling re-bar, making it weaker and more liable to cracks, perchance? 

[Jumbo1968]

The Grenfell inquiry lasted 7 years.

[newbee2022]

11 hours ago, webfact said:

On another note, he addressed the need for fairer compensation for victims. Current legal frameworks prescribe inadequate compensation—29,000 baht for fatalities and 4,000 baht for injuries.

At least for the fatalities it should be 1 mill. Baht. (Even that would be peanuts in US)

[ronnie50]

12 hours ago, webfact said:

A week after the collapse of a new government building in Chatuchak, authorities have announced that a definitive cause remains elusive, with investigations poised to extend for several months.

Hmm, there were 5,500 reports of damage (varying degrees), yet in a matter of a couple of days some 29,000 existing buildings were supposedly inspected and cleared. But it could take months to find out why this one building collapsed. Is Anutin smoking the merchandise he lobbied for?

[Etaoin Shrdlu]

Thai workers compensation law stipulates a death benefit of 70% of a worker's monthly pay capped at 10 years. Even at minimum wage, this would generate over 700,000 baht in death benefit. There is currently no cap on medical expense benefits under Thailand's work comp law.

 

Employers are required to contribute to the Workers Compensation Fund and all Thai citizens and non-Thais with work authorization must be covered.

 

Perhaps Anutin was referring to undocumented workers when he mentioned 29,000 baht death benefit and 4,000 baht medical expenses.

 

 

[AustinRacing]

First, get the people out of there. Of course several months later people will forget it and corrupts crooks live for another day. As minister of interior with contractors building government facilities he may well be on the take. 

[nakhonandy]

10 hours ago, John Drake said:

 

Thanks for the info. I feared that would be the case. What would be the result of a fast high speed train running along fake steel rails and components? I can guess.

Considering it's the Chinese government involved in the railways and not fly by night Chinese companies, I think the railways are safe enough. One doesn't hear of serious problems with the various railways. 

[couchpotato]

I think the final report on the tradegy is going to be a comedy of errors.  Substandard steel some places, possibly poorly constructed elevator shafts, corruption from the initial contract and plans, material not up to spec, concrete not properly cured etc, and the list goes on. But of course being Thailand the blame will be watered down substantially in the final report. Italthai will be blameless of course.

[jcmj]

To be honest, a week was way too short to get all of the information, data and experts(hopefully independent) to figure out what the factors were behind the collapse. If they do it in a month I’d expect a much more in-depth analysis, but I’m afraid that TIT and it won’t happen as it would in most other developed countries where brown envelopes and loss of face aren’t in the equation. And the death and injury pay is ridiculous. I sure hope someone steps up and gets that increased. That’s a slap in the face to the workers and they wonder why they can’t get enough to work construction and the poor Myanmar people come and do it. I’ll bet the numbers don’t even include them as they were probably not even on the books. Sad for them. 

[MikeandDow]

9 hours ago, couchpotato said:

I think the final report on the tradegy is going to be a comedy of errors.  Substandard steel some places, possibly poorly constructed elevator shafts, corruption from the initial contract and plans, material not up to spec, concrete not properly cured etc, and the list goes on. But of course being Thailand the blame will be watered down substantially in the final report. Italthai will be blameless of course.

Yes tend to agree there are several factors for this collapse building  are involved but you can cross of the list concrete not properly cured   the structure was completed in april  2024 the concrete was a year old before it collapsed