3 minutes ago, rabas said:

 

Pattaya mid 1990s good. 

 

Cant have too much rebar

12 hours ago, rabas said:

 

I couldn't find a full list but they did list all closed buildings in Bangkok (2). Most all, 46, are in the provinces not in Bangkok, which makes sense. This is an English translation.  

 

 

 

16 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Built by your Chinese heroes?

 

First of all, why would Chinese be my heroes. Nice flame you made there.

 

Secondly, in the 90's Chinese didn't build in Thailand, it was mostly Cambodian construction workers. Must be your heroes since you prefer to live there

11 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

First of all, why would Chinese be my heroes. Nice flame you made there.

 

Secondly, in the 90's Chinese didn't build in Thailand, it was mostly Cambodian construction workers. Must be your heroes since you prefer to live there

I cant understand why you hate Cambodia so much. Clearly, you have little connection to SE Asia, no knowledge of ancient and modern SE Asian history and a superficial tourist view of the region.

 

Oh the Chinese are your heroes because you hate America.

6 minutes ago, Yagoda said:

Oh the Chinese are your heroes because you hate America.

 

I don't hate America, that is again another flame from you.

 

It is your MAGA leader that turns the whole world away from the US

I think the price of steel skyrocketed post COVID which could explain why many of these newer buildings in Thailand were so damaged if they simply used less steel or substandard steel.

53 minutes ago, CallumWK said:

 

I think you didn't understand my post.

It indicates the widespread corruption going on in the awarding of government building construction.

 

Understood. I've been here since the 1980s.  I was discussing a deeper level.

 

Yesterday, I had the opportunity to speak with a team of 3 engineers that inspected my condominium. I learned a few interesting things.  The head engineer was a professor with a PhD in engineering and 30+ years of experience. He said the big classic Western style condominiums built in the 1990s before the financial crisis suffered little damage and are very unlikely to ever be knocked down by an earthquake. These engineers inspect everything including lifts, water tanks, and piping. Newer condos suffered much more damage. 

 

He also said something that surprised me. He said that large buildings in Bangkok were speced to survive a 7.3 magnitude earthquake, where  survive means not fall down. So all three buildings that were closed or collapsed where newer.  Government corruption has been here forever.   

On 4/8/2025 at 12:02 PM, connda said:

I did an AI search looking for a list of damaged building.  The search quoted AN's article and other than that, pretty much nada.

 

"I searched official sources like the DPT’s website (dpt.go.th), news outlets such as The Nation Thailand and Bangkok Post, and posts on X for a detailed list in either Thai or English. The DPT site doesn’t seem to have released a public list as of today, April 8, 2025. News articles, including one from The Nation Thailand on April 1, 2025, mention specific closures—like four government buildings (e.g., Thosaminthrathirat Building at Rajavithi Hospital and Lerdsin Hospital)—but these don’t account for all 55. An X post from The Nation Thailand on April 6, 2025, references 52 state office buildings, including the Immigration Bureau and Revenue Department offices, but again, no full list is linked or detailed."
- Grok 3

You just know they'll all be public buildings. Gives them an excuse to issue more 'contracts' to the 'cousin-of-the-brother-of the-hi-so-niece's-husband's-step-sister's-company.'

 

Nothing gets proposed or built here unless it's already been divied up and there is individual profit for poo-yai extended family. Nothing gets done otherwise. In other words 'the end (the grift) must always justify the (public expenditure's) means for those with power and connections. It's not called a 'patronage system' for nothing.

 

Disclaimer: Any names used or infered are purely fictitious - - probably.

On 4/8/2025 at 4:53 PM, JJ-Thailand said:

Inspection of 6,900 buildings across Bangkok and the provinces, that was quick, very quick.

essentially all you need is a list of buildings that used steel coming from that stupid chinese company.  that's basically it.  how hard to get the list?  they probably have a list of all buildings constructed in the last 30+ years in the government somewhere.  that easy.

On 4/9/2025 at 11:24 AM, CallumWK said:

 

I don't hate America, that is again another flame from you.

 

It is your MAGA leader that turns the whole world away from the US

it's not trump that is turning the rest of the world away from the usa.  it's the corruption from the rest of the world that is turning the usa away from them.  remember.  all these countries had tariffs on the usa to begin with.  talk about corruption.