It’s rare to get a photo of a building sleeping.
Shhhh! it's sleeping.
Submitted 14 hours ago by Karmanopoly@lemmy.world to [deleted]
https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/2c51eff4-d305-460c-9c58-f08ac673b54a.jpeg
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tigermountain@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
TomMasz@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
It’s never done that before.
decolo@piefed.social 13 hours ago
Side fell off
wonderingwanderer@sopuli.xyz 2 hours ago
Well there’s yer problem!
Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 7 hours ago
That’s not very typical, I’d like to make that point.
WhyIHateTheInternet@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
They got pills for that these days
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Not the kind of housing market crash the people were hoping for.
JasonDJ@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
This is intentional they build them on the ground then pull them up. Much less crane fees
Mediocre_Bard_Redeux@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Much like the Amish.
rumba@lemmy.zip 12 hours ago
That thing is in shockingly good shape
Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 3 hours ago
Scale is right, too. Just need to fix the rotation.
AgentSeven@lemmy.zip 11 hours ago
I know, right? They must have built it really solidly.
rumba@lemmy.zip 7 hours ago
seems like they should have driven in some pylons before the foundation, of course, the REAL worry now is what about all those other ones?
general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 9 hours ago
forgot foundations are a thing apparently.
Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 5 hours ago
Maybe they build them laying flat like that and then get a bunch of Amish guy to raise it with poles?
rmuk@feddit.uk 4 hours ago
I know they have a reputation as manual labourers but I feel like you’re being unfair to the Poles.
rockSlayer@lemmy.blahaj.zone 13 hours ago
It fucking WIMDY
numbermess@fedia.io 5 hours ago
👈 there's yer problem
DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
What did that mean for the remaining instances of the same building? I imagine they were all built to the same high quality China is known for.
cloudpersona@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
Actually this one wasn’t a case of bad construction quality, but bad oversight on surrounding projects. They compromised the foundation by digging out a bunch of earth next to it for another project.
manuallybreathing@lemmy.ml 2 hours ago
The family of the migrant worker who died in the collapse, Xiao Dekun, received 775,000 RMB (approximately $113,000 USD) in compensation.[3]
13 were tried over the collapse, 8 others including local regulators and subcontractors had their licenses terminated and were fined 500,000 RMB (approximately $68,000). 9 investors were fired from their local government jobs for conflicts of interest.[4] The 2 top shareholders, Que Jingde and Zhang Zhiqin, were sentenced to life imprisonment after being convicted on charges of graft, embezzlement of corporate funds, and negligence leading to a serious accident.[5] Zhang was also fined 5 million RMB (approximately 687,000 USD) and Que was fined 2 million RMB (approximately 275,000 USD).
en.wikipedia.org/…/Collapse_of_Lotus_Riverside_Bl…
Found a wiki article about it cause I have to turn off my VPN everytime I accesses the wayback machine.
turtlesareneat@piefed.ca 13 hours ago
In that case, the building might actually be built to a very high quality? I’ve never seen a building do that. I would think it’d save lives.
jlow@slrpnk.net 8 hours ago
Nice this (lengthy) article has a handy (if tiny) graphic of what the problems were:
InGodWeThrust@quokk.au 13 hours ago
I think the oversight must clearly have been someone holding the blueprints sideways while they were constructing it
DeadDigger@lemmy.zip 13 hours ago
I mean given that the building still looks fine and did not just smash to rubble boy is that constructed well
BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 1 hour ago
Designed by Escher.
FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
The Amish will be there shortly to raise it.
scytale@piefed.zip 13 hours ago
It’s like they purposely spaces the buildings apart in such a way that they avoid a domino effect if one falls down like that.
FUCKING_CUNO@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 hours ago
Looks like a fancy mixing board in a recording studio
Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
Foundation game on point.
Hueristic_Autistic@lemmy.world 7 hours ago
Billionaire-class mass graves during covid?
titanicx@lemmy.zip 4 hours ago
Living up to your name.
expatriado@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
something is fundamentally wrong here
justlemmyin@lemmy.world 9 hours ago
Hashtag novfxnolan shot that rolling buildings shot on this set.
rugburn@fedinsfw.app 14 hours ago
They’re so cute when they’re sleeping
mrfriki@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Rest in piece.
Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 14 hours ago
Please tell me this is AI…!
okwhateverdude@lemmy.world 14 hours ago
web.archive.org/web/…/content_8394761.htm
Nope, this was real. It happened.
PotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.de 13 hours ago
TL;DR for anyone who wants it:
the collapse had been caused by the foundations being undermined by a combination of dug-out soil being piled 10 m high against one side and the digging of a 4.6-m-deep underground car park on the other.
Also, the only fatality was a construction worker inside the building
TIEPilot@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
Tofu dreg
justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 hours ago
oh boy, and i was hoping it was a way of deconstruction
SayJess@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 hours ago
Pretty standard stuff. Make the building, then stand it up. It’s how buildings are made.
smuuthbrane@sh.itjust.works 13 hours ago
But I hate that one side always gets dirty, it’s friggin’ hard to clean once it’s all stood up. Can’t they use mats when they start? SMDH
bampop@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
This is how the pyramids were built. Just build four triangles and raise them into position
Trex202@lemmy.world 12 hours ago
When your aunt asks for a sliver of cake
Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 36 minutes ago
serious case of concrete shoes