webfact Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Chapel collapses, kills one in NonthaburiBy Coconuts BangkokPhoto: JS100BANGKOK: -- A chapel in Nonthaburi collapsed onto construction workers, killing one yesterday afternoon.As construction workers were trying to raise the chapel at Ton Chuek Temple in Nonthaburi onto a higher platform in preparation for floods, the building collapsed and killed 22-year-old Nattawut Suwanchai. The other workers managed to escape in time.Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2015/08/26/chapel-collapses-kills-one-nonthaburi-- Coconuts Bangkok 2015-08-26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupatria Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 I miss the sign: Caution! Construction in progress by highly skilled workers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katipo Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) The flood of incompetence turned out to be more dangerous than a flood of water ever could Edited August 26, 2015 by Katipo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thunder26 Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 This is not the first time. Also in Nonthaburi if I'm not wrong a similar case happened on 345 Rd about 2 years ago. A worker was killed while they tried to raise a building. Utter incompetence causes this kind of accidents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedtripler Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 God is not good... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FangFerang Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 I want to be a building inspector in Thailand. I would get paid for NOT working. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zaphod reborn Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Were they trying to raise the building up on a bed of toothpicks? That's a concrete building and the wood debris that liters the worksite couldn't possibly support that structure. What were they thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddavidovsky Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 The debris is clearly from the roof. I know nothing about this but it seems obvious to me that in this kind of operation, some kind of belt is needed around the entire building to prevent the walls cracking and being pushed out by the weight of the roof. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MockingJay Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 What an idiotic stunt, what an unneccessary waste... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigman Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 The debris is clearly from the roof. I know nothing about this but it seems obvious to me that in this kind of operation, some kind of belt is needed around the entire building to prevent the walls cracking and being pushed out by the weight of the roof. It is not. This just happened when building dropped then roof construction opened walls to the outside. It looks like whole building was not supported strongly and evenly under . This procedure of lifting need really good hydraulic lifters synchronised which Thai probably did not have ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gigman Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 (edited) Nature could not do so much damage...as people... I think Monks would more happy to cover flood damages now instead of having this disaster. Edited August 26, 2015 by gigman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neal david Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 seems rather strange to me .....why on earth did they try and rise the temple up ..... knowing Thais they problem only had a car jack .....and the I.Q of a peanut ....why not just build a new retainer wall , say 1.5 high around the temple to hold back any floods ....would have been a lot easier......but ha ho ..... tit all the way 2 types of hope for thailand ......no hope and <deleted> bob hope ...... poor guy 22 what a waste of life ...still bet he gets a good mert for that .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
halloween Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 At least they were smart enough to realise praying wouldn't work. Praise the lord, but put a lightning rod on your steeple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsaanUSA Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Chapel? I clicked on this story expecting to see news about a Christian chapel that collapsed, not a wat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thhMan Posted August 26, 2015 Share Posted August 26, 2015 Ok.. so its not a farang named chapel collapsing and then falling from a balcony.... A temple is not what I was expecting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ignis Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 seems rather strange to me .....why on earth did they try and rise the temple up ..... knowing Thais they problem only had a car jack .....and the I.Q of a peanut ....why not just build a new retainer wall , say 1.5 high around the temple to hold back any floods ....would have been a lot easier......but ha ho ..... tit all the way 2 types of hope for thailand ......no hope and <deleted> bob hope ...... poor guy 22 what a waste of life ...still bet he gets a good mert for that .... Sorry building a wall will not help flood water.... the water comes up from the ground... maybe they should watch on TV 'Mega Moves' to see how it can be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkey4u Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 The guys who tried to raise the building should change their profession to Demolition contractors Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toybits Posted August 27, 2015 Share Posted August 27, 2015 A chapel refers to a Christian place of worship. The OP title was misleading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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