Carpark collapse - Sydney

[demayeng]

Another one to follow, not much information as yet..

http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/car-park-collapses-at-sydney-shopping-centre-20120724-22loz.html

 

[JAE]

It looks fairly localized in the photos - like a corner column failed on a small roof - but the article seems to imply issues with tilt walls, etc. and refers to a "beam" that failed.

 

[msquared48]

The "beam" shows hanging down in the second photo with an obvious bolted end connection and no bolts that I can see still there. Wish I could enlarge the image.

This is an obvious overloading, from McDonalds and KFC, due to their grease recepticles not being emptied in a timely manner.

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering

http://mmcengineering.tripod.com

 

[dik]

I guess the expression is, "It went down under!"

 

[SnTMan]

I never park in these things if there is any other option.

Regards,

Mike

 

[msquared48]

I like pancakes IN me, not On me.

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering

http://mmcengineering.tripod.com

 

[asixth]

seems to be more collapses these days

 

[hokie66]

Maybe it's just that the world is smaller, newswise. The quality of the reporting certainly hasn't improved.

 

[ajk1]

I don't think this one would be due to corrosive de-icing chemicals!

 

[hokie66]

You are right about that, ajk1, but don't rule out corrosion. Not very far from the sea, and there may be other corrosive substances involved.

 

[asixth]

yeah, steelwork is bad for that. I remember peeling back some cladding at a shopping centre a few years back and the web had almost corroded through. I don't know whether this beam was located in a concealed ceiling of a shopping centre but it gets hot and humid in there. And if the cladding isn't 100% watertight that can accelate the corrosion locally as well.