I mean since it's a small percentage of ones that fall down. And this one's already falling down and taking up that percentage. I wouldn't even worry about the other ones.

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rumba 5 points 8 hours ago

I am absolutely certain that's what the paperwork says :)

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Duamerthrax 3 points 4 hours ago

They skipped on the foundations and the ground was soft. The rest of the construction was fine or at least good enough to outlive the footings.

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general_kitten 8 points 12 hours ago

forgot foundations are a thing apparently.

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EastofEdson 3 points 7 hours ago

That's a different department.

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Simulation6 12 points 7 hours ago

Maybe they build them laying flat like that and then get a bunch of Amish guy to raise it with poles?

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rmuk 11 points 7 hours ago

I know they have a reputation as manual labourers but I feel like you're being unfair to the Poles.

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Buddahriffic 10 points 6 hours ago

Scale is right, too. Just need to fix the rotation.

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rockSlayer 49 points 16 hours ago

It fucken WIMDY

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DarrinBrunner 34 points 17 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.

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cloudpersona 65 points 16 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.

https://web.archive.org/...

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turtlesareneat 41 points 16 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.

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Hubi 28 points 15 hours ago

Right? I'm genuinely impressed it stayed in one piece. It looks like most of the windows are still intact too!

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WhyIHateTheInternet 37 points 15 hours ago

Now for sale: Luxury 1st story apartments

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anomnom 2 points 29 minutes ago

I’m guessing that because the ground beside it wasn’t retained properly, it may have slowly leaned (like the famous pizza joint) and instead of stopping it, the just allowed it to continue to a relatively gentle fall.

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Valmond 6 points 7 hours ago

Like those 1960 mercedes that'd survive a car crash, but people were splattered around inside.

Also, the building looks like plastic, lol.

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InGodWeThrust 22 points 16 hours ago

I think the oversight must clearly have been someone holding the blueprints sideways while they were constructing it

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jlow 17 points 10 hours ago

Nice this (lengthy) article has a handy (if tiny) graphic of what the problems were:

https://web.archive.org/...

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manuallybreathing 6 points 5 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).

https://en.wikipedia.org/...

Found a wiki article about it cause I have to turn off my VPN everytime I accesses the wayback machine.

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DeadDigger 17 points 16 hours ago

I mean given that the building still looks fine and did not just smash to rubble boy is that constructed well

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FauxPseudo 22 points 17 hours ago

The Amish will be there shortly to raise it.

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scytale 17 points 16 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.

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Diplomjodler3 16 points 16 hours ago

Foundation game on point.

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expatriado 10 points 16 hours ago

something is fundamentally wrong here

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rugburn 9 points 17 hours ago

They're so cute when they're sleeping

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FUCKING_CUNO 9 points 12 hours ago

Looks like a fancy mixing board in a recording studio

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numbermess 8 points 7 hours ago

👈 there's yer problem

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mrfriki 8 points 16 hours ago

Rest in piece.

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Buddahriffic 7 points 6 hours ago

Not the kind of housing market crash the people were hoping for.

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tigermountain 7 points 4 hours ago

It's rare to get a photo of a building sleeping.

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Lucidlethargy 4 points 19 minutes ago

China, I assume? They're quite famous for this shit.

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justlemmyin 4 points 12 hours ago

Hashtag novfxnolan shot that rolling buildings shot on this set.

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Trex202 3 points 15 hours ago

When your aunt asks for a sliver of cake

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Sam_Bass 2 points 3 hours ago

serious case of concrete shoes

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BarneyPiccolo 2 points 4 hours ago

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Multiplexer 1 point 17 hours ago

Please tell me this is AI...!

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okwhateverdude 37 points 17 hours ago

https://web.archive.org/...

Nope, this was real. It happened.

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PotatoesFall 25 points 16 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.

The danger had been reported to the construction company, who had failed to act on it

Also, the only fatality was a construction worker inside the building

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justme 3 points 16 hours ago

oh boy, and i was hoping it was a way of deconstruction

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TIEPilot 1 point 15 hours ago

Tofu dreg

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SayJess 16 points 17 hours ago

Pretty standard stuff. Make the building, then stand it up. It’s how buildings are made.

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smuuthbrane 12 points 16 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

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bampop 2 points 7 hours ago

This is how the pyramids were built. Just build four triangles and raise them into position

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Hueristic_Autistic -1 points 9 hours ago

Billionaire-class mass graves during covid?

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titanicx 2 points 7 hours ago

Living up to your name.

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