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  1. 27-10-2008, 03:53 PM #1
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    Default Constuction Collapse - Canberra CBD

    Building collapse in Civic | The RiotACT

    Building under construction partially collapses - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

    200m down the road from my building!

    Made a pretty big bang and I've never seen so many emergency services vehicles converge so fast!
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    thats nasty, unreal that no-one was injured...quite amazing actually.

    lol theres going to be an engineer with a very sore bum after that one
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    Rumour is that they changed the specs of the supporting slab to be smaller to save $$$ (according to someone that works on that site). Hint: There's a reason it's engineered to a certain size!



    Someone's going to lose their job!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Cousin Slow Poke View Post
    Rumour is that they changed the specs of the supporting slab to be smaller to save $$$
    that doesn't sound unusuall, road builders like to cut back on subbase/subgrade material all the time....ever wondered why there are so many pot holes on aussie roads lol.
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    Who said labour was easy.

    That is a amazing noone was hurt.
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    edit: just read it was the formwork...

    typical concreters
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    I plan on watching it on the local news tonight cos I'm in love with Jessica Good :drool:
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