The roads that don't join in Sri Racha cause headaches for locals!

 

Image: Sanook

 

SRI RACHA:-- Two roads built three years ago in Sri Racha have one fundamental problem - they don't join up in the middle.

 

One section of the road was built by the Laem Chabang authority while the other was constructed by the Nakorn Chao Praya Surasak administration a few moths later.

 

But they never joined - locals have to traverse a muddy patch of waste ground to make the connection and it's driving them nuts.

 

Even drainage ditches don't connect.

 

Now while the contractor is willing to join them up the question still remains as to who is going to pay for the work!

 

Source: Sanook

 

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2016-09-25

Why on earth would someone build a new road that doesn't join the existing road?

This is what happens when you start building the road from two

different ends, wonder what happened when it came to join up. 

did the workers just walk away one side blaming the other for

the fault. whoops! and the drains are even on different sides.

regards worgeordie

Edited September 25, 20169 yr by worgeordie

They would have done it right but that would have required telling someone higher up that they made a mistake.

10 minutes ago, Pimay1 said:

Why on earth would someone build a new road that doesn't join the existing road?

Ehm, Ehm, pass Magnus.

I can imagine the argument that ' your road should have joined ours, we were here first '.

 

Reminds me of that lovely joke photo of the two railway lines on a flat plain that don't meet, I think the caption is something to do with Friday but would welcome being corrected.

This is what happens when you use small brains and plumb bobs. When they built the 50km-long Channel Tunnel (from either end), it was within millimetres when they broke through in the middle, and it followed a certain layer of rock which curved both vertically and horizontally. As I say, brains and equipment... vested interests might also be at play in one of these projects. 

49 minutes ago, Pimay1 said:

Why on earth would someone build a new road that doesn't join the existing road?

 

Thai surveyors.......and cheap theodolites.......:)

Could be funny if it wasn't so often happening. Hardly any work going on that is of any improvement to the areas that are on budget or schedule

 

One of the two contractors made a mistake in measuring the location; let that be the one who's going to pay!! How difficult can that be.

And if they both borrowed the same land-measuring equipment....share the damage.

 

 

I would put it down to a pissing contest between the two relevant authorities. Even Thai contractors could see the problem and head it off.

The most simple way of avoiding loose face is to ignore the problem

So the last contractor didn't notice the mistake before laying the last 100metres of concrete

5 hours ago, Pimay1 said:

Why on earth would someone build a new road that doesn't join the existing road?

Because thai engineers arent the sharpest knives in the drawer.  Look at some of the footbridges where you have to step over the power lines.  Wheel chair ramps on a 45 or steeper angle.

No, the road was built perfectly.  Either the earth moved, or the spirits did it.

They both built left of the line, works great if going in the same direction, not so good if approaching a central point.

 

Cheers

Metric vs. Imperial ?

 

Ask the Swiss: Gotthard basetunnel. 57 km long, up to 2300 m under the mountains.

Drilled/built from South and North simultaneously.

Breakthrough in 2010 with 8 cm horizontal and 1 cm vertical deviation.

 

When will the power company put the electricity pole in the middle? This picture just doesn't seem right without it.

Fact: Road construction is rocket science for Thais. Period.

13 hours ago, worgeordie said:

This is what happens when you start building the road from two

different ends, wonder what happened when it came to join up. 

did the workers just walk away one side blaming the other for

the fault. whoops! and the drains are even on different sides.

regards worgeordie

The channel tunnel between England and France was built working from both ends and it joined up perfectly. Maybe the people who did this road could not measure the co-ordinates properly when constructing it.

What can you say...shitz happens...http://www.viralnova.com/31-building-fails-gallery/

23 hours ago, Pimay1 said:

Why on earth would someone build a new road that doesn't join the existing road?

marvel of two engineering minds.

9 hours ago, OMGImInPattaya said:

What can you say...shitz happens...http://www.viralnova.com/31-building-fails-gallery/

lucky it was not the MRT or LRT lines.

Edited September 25, 20169 yr by sahibji

9 hours ago, gandalf12 said:

The channel tunnel between England and France was built working from both ends and it joined up perfectly. Maybe the people who did this road could not measure the co-ordinates properly when constructing it.

sheer lack of coordination and over and above that negligence on the part of the authorities to accept such a shoddy job. they contractors should not have been for it until the alignment was in place.

12 hours ago, alocacoc said:

Fact: Road construction is rocket science for Thais. Period.

sure looks like it. the proof is right in the photos.

this is a serious problem as even the   drains are not aligned. you wonder how some floods come about.

 

what is even  more shocking is that work was accepted by the authorities. payment should have been withheld until correction of the problem.

 

did the two contractors have a different set of engineering drawings?

23 hours ago, worgeordie said:

This is what happens when you start building the road from two

different ends, wonder what happened when it came to join up. 

did the workers just walk away one side blaming the other for

the fault. whoops! and the drains are even on different sides.

regards worgeordie

sheer irresponsibility and negligence.

23 hours ago, canuckamuck said:

They would have done it right but that would have required telling someone higher up that they made a mistake.

are you suggesting that someone higher did not inspect the work and made payment for the shoddy job?

22 hours ago, ChrisY1 said:

 

Thai surveyors.......and cheap theodolites.......:)

whatever happened to the engineering drawings?

21 hours ago, joepattaya1961 said:

One of the two contractors made a mistake in measuring the location; let that be the one who's going to pay!! How difficult can that be.

And if they both borrowed the same land-measuring equipment....share the damage.

 

 

they could have build on wrong piece of land since drawings were not followed.

18 hours ago, dutchman said:

The most simple way of avoiding loose face is to ignore the problem

for how long? it is not going to go away with wishful thinking?