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Burble
08-01-2010, 17:27
I would be worried about living in the other blocks because this is not going according to plan:

First, the apartment building was constructed:

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/forum1/files/image001_178.jpg

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:

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/forum1/files/image002_688.jpg

Heavy rains resulted in water seeping into the ground:

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/forum1/files/image003_192.jpg

The building began to shift and the hollow concrete pilings were snapped due to the uneven lateral pressures:

http://www.ultimatehandyman.co.uk/forum1/files/image004_632.jpg

And thus was born the eighth wonder of the world:

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TinkerBell
08-01-2010, 17:30
Holy ****!! I would be moving out of the other flat's immediately!

Madness
Belmit
08-01-2010, 17:32
****.

That is all.
Greenlizard0
08-01-2010, 17:38
Oh wow!
Nutcase
08-01-2010, 18:05
Amazed it didn't collapse onto itself when it hit the floor!

Scary stuff...
Garp
08-01-2010, 18:35
Amazed it didn't collapse onto itself when it hit the floor!

Scary stuff...

Pretty decent structural integrity then. Just crap foundations.
Kitten
08-01-2010, 19:34
there was a vid of one of these going around last week which showed it being demolished and instead of dropping down, split in half then one half fell apart. :/ Might have been on here, I can't remember!
Jingo
08-01-2010, 20:14
Pesky builders not following the Architect's drawings :p
Desmo
08-01-2010, 23:23
Or they just had a crap architect :D
SCM
09-01-2010, 00:10
Nah crap structural engineer:D as we all know Architects never do anything wrong ;D
Stan_Lite
09-01-2010, 06:08
Absolutely amazing it's stayed relatively intact - you would have thought it would have disintegrated on impact :cool: