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Collapse in South Africa

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"...soccer pitch-sized section of a shopping mall under construction collapsed..."

The emboldened descriptive term escapes me here...

Mike McCann
MMC Engineering

 
I read it as the size of a soccer field, i.e., several column bays in each direction.


Mike Halloran
Pembroke Pines, FL, USA
 
Just substitute 'football field' for 'soccer pitch'. Descriptive term for 'big', whether accurate or not.
 
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