Building In CHINA

MADE IN CHINA

Anyone who bought an apartment here sure has a problem.

Talk about a collapsed market!  

YES, IT'S An ENTIRE 13-STORY BUILDING IN CHINA 

LYING ON THE GROUND.  

*First, the apartment building was constructed.* 

(1)  An underground garage was being dug on the south

side of the building, to a depth of 4.6 meters (15 ft).

Then the plan called  for an underground garage to be dug out. 

The excavated soil was piled up on the other side of the  building.

(2)  The excavated dirt was being piled up on the north

side of the building, to a height of 10 meters (32 ft). 

*Heavy rains resulted in water seeping into the ground.*

(3)  They dug right up to the base of the building.

Then the rains came.

 

(4)  The building experienced uneven lateral pressure 

from north to south. 

The building began to tilt.  Then it began to shift, and the

"hollow" concrete pilings were snapped due to the uneven

lateral pressures.

(5)  This resulted in a lateral pressure of 3,000 tonnes,

which was greater than what the un-reinforced pilings 

could tolerate.  Thus, the building toppled completely

over in a southerly direction.

And thus was born the eighth wonder of the world. 

If these buildings were closer together,

it would have resulted in a domino effect.

Notice that there's NO rebar in the pilings!

Just some wire mesh.

  

They built 13 stories on grade, with no basement, and tied it all down to hollow pilings with no rebar.