Thirteen bodies have been pulled from the wreckage of a building under construction that collapsed in a coastal village in India, authorities say.
http://m.news24.com/news24/World/News/Death-toll-rises-to-13-in-India-building-collapse-20140104
Construction workers share details of deadly collapse in Tongaat, Durban, South Africa
ALL that mall construction worker Skhumbuzo Ngcobo saw was dust when a concrete slab collapsed in Tongaat, north of Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, on Tuesday, killing a woman and injuring him and at least 28 of his...
Hi,
I need your opinion on a repair method for the above situation. Do i simply ream the cracks a bit wider with an anglegrinder and apply a trafficable waterproofing paint? With the paint then being applied thicker in the areas of the cracks? Or do i injection grout the cracks and paint over...
Has anyone had any experience with powerfloating a waffle slab? the slab is 450mm thick and the topping above the voidformer is 125mm thick. Is 125mm not too thin to powerfloat? i'll appreciate your comments.
hi there, does anybody have any ideas as to how to eliminate cracks forming in a suspended slab because of the fact it is restrained on 2 sides by means of dowels into lateral support piles? would a beam along the piles in the slab help? more rebar over the columns?
thread507-276229
With reference to thread507-276229 , why can a CJ not be placed at midspan? Surely that is where the bottom part of the concrete will form a crack anyway? Top part will just push together? Anybody feel like a debate?
