7-Storey Building Collapses in Sihanoukville, Cambodia (Death Toll Rises)

SINUS · Post by **SINUS** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 12:49 am

Bertros wrote: ↑Sat Jun 22, 2019 11:26 pm if this is the powerhouse apts on 7 makara st i lived there for a few months a couple of years ago. top (3rd) floor 2nd to the back end. Santino of Santino's rock resort fame in ortes was my neighbor. the mgr at the time was a guy name nith. I wonder if santino was there? His mom also lived at the place but not in our building.

kind of gives me the creeps if it's the same place

Bertros

the former guest house "House of Power" was located across the street.

frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 1:20 am

Chiang Rai gets lots of earthquakes.
The hills are the foothills of the Himalayas which are still growing.

King Keil · Post by **King Keil** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 1:21 am

Now I am confused, all the western propaganda was saying that the chinese were bringing their own workers over so that Khmer are not getting any jobs etc. and now only Khmer workers?

frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 1:27 am

small projects that use lesser skill levels employ Khmer bricklayers and the like. modern steel frame buildings that form the bulk of development do not.
reporting of the facts hardly constitutes propaganda.

King Keil · Post by **King Keil** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 2:29 am

frank lee bent wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 1:27 am small projects that use lesser skill levels employ Khmer bricklayers and the like. modern steel frame buildings that form the bulk of development do not.
reporting of the facts hardly constitutes propaganda.

I see a lot of khmer construction workers on koh pich after 4pm and rarely any old fashioned brick houses around there. From my own observation 90percent are khmer and the upper ranks are chinese.

frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 2:55 am

The building in question on this thread was brick and rebar, in Sihanoukville, not Koh Pich.

frank lee bent · Post by **frank lee bent** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 3:21 am

Some survivors were rescued from the rubble today.
Presumably the 4 people arrested today will actually be punished as this case has stirred up a great deal of resentment.

rogerrabbit · Post by **rogerrabbit** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 4:52 am

King Keil wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 2:29 am
frank lee bent wrote: ↑Sun Jun 23, 2019 1:27 am small projects that use lesser skill levels employ Khmer bricklayers and the like. modern steel frame buildings that form the bulk of development do not.
reporting of the facts hardly constitutes propaganda.
I see a lot of khmer construction workers on koh pich after 4pm and rarely any old fashioned brick houses around there. From my own observation 90percent are khmer and the upper ranks are chinese.

Majority of construction workers are khmers. Only couple projects in Sihanoukville use only Chinese workers. In Phnom Penh I believe well over 90% of workers are locals and even in Sihanoukville the number is over 70%. Reason why the number in Sihanoukville is lower is just the fact that there is not enough experienced construction workers there.

CEOCambodiaNews · Post by **CEOCambodiaNews** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 7:04 am

15 now reported killed:

15 Dead in Collapse of 'Illegal' Chinese-owned Building in Cambodia’s Sihanoukville

markd · Post by **markd** » Sun Jun 23, 2019 8:03 am

sydney is going through the hangover from the realestate boom with cracking up high rises

the greed factor is what drives it

owner pays for drawings that are produced to comply with building codes. gets inspector approval as all looks good on paper.

owner pays for 4 inch thick concrete slabs but builder pours 3 inch slabs & builder pays inspector to look the other way
owner pays for half inch diameter steel reinforcing but builder puts up 3/8" steel rods & builder pays inspector to look the other way
owner pays for copper plumbing but builder puts in galv plumbing & builder pays inspector to look the other way
etc etc etc

do it over muliple floors & theres a motser to be made. the more floors the more $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ under the table

happens everywhere when demand outstrips supply & fast $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ are to be made

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