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Did you see the building roll over?

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I'm sorry, but that was about the funniest thing I think I've ever seen... I couldn't stop laughing.. I could just see all the attorneys and insurance companies scrambling and one very embarrassed supervisor...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coZZdDeECow

I can't believe the big pile of rubble they left there for it to just ease on over to and keep on rolling... Almost makes you wonder...
 
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It ended up upside down. Hell, just put a roof on it, and it should be good for another 20 years or so.
 
How bad would you have crapped yourself if you were watching from that building to the right as this monster rolled towards you? It's so improbable that a building could actually stay intact and roll that way.

John
 
Ausjoe said:
Funny yea, but I'm really impressed by the way that building held together.
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I was thinking the same thing. The fact that it held together like that was amazing - most cars won't even do that, and they're a helluva lot lighter.
 
jdurbin1 said:
How bad would you have crapped yourself if you were watching from that building to the right as this monster rolled towards you? It's so improbable that a building could actually stay intact and roll that way.

John
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I'm pretty sure that would give most of us a heart attack, especially if you were in the middle of the thing, looking out to see the demo. :yikes:
 
steel reinforced concrete I would expect it to hold together. you ever try to break up something constructed like this????
 
That's one incredible video... but in Turkey, somehow I can believe it. Not every country has the depth of skill in engineering of the Japanese, Americans, French, etc... :D

There was a building in China --NEWLY CONSTRUCTED and not yet occupied-- that fell over earlier this year. The thing landed, and stayed almost completely intact, right on the ground beside where it had stood.

It has now become almost a tourist attraction, with some city tour groups adding it to their routes, and there is growing discussion of turning it into some kind of museum/monument, to call attention to the evils of corruption in the construction industry. Seems some short-cutting on the foundations was responsible for the event, although days of heavy rain that waterlogged the ground underneath didn't help. The really sad thing is that there is a row of identical buildings in the same project, and now none of the people who bought those want to (or will even be allowed to) move into them. The money they paid is largely gone, into the construction itself, but the buildings are obviously not safe enough. Can you say "multiple lawsuits"?
 
It takes deliberate planning and skill to demolish a building into its own footprint - nudge, nudge, wink, wink, know what I mean? :smoke:
 
Arkay said:
That's one incredible video... but in Turkey, somehow I can believe it. Not every country has the depth of skill in engineering of the Japanese, Americans, French, etc... :D
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Though some rather impressive engineering apparently went into the building itself. :D
 
After seeing a few re-runs :D I was watching the corner of the building in the right foreground - see it shake - like a mini earthquake - Wow !
 
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