@mrgreatauk
>Structural engineers quit and concrete samples are missing > first floor columns need replacing > "this is fine"
@sct913
The fact the first-floor columns were beginning to crack while the building was still under construction should have been a huge red flag that something was seriously amiss.
@justinthomas7222
Random Public: "So was it his own stupidity, or negligence by someone else?" Plainly Obvious: "Yes."
@DarkKitarist
If someone tells me that I have to go and fix the columns on the 1st floor, on a building that's not even finished I'm handing in my resignation and going home...
@carpemkarzi
Knocking out a Support column on the first floor for replacement at a ‘later date’ is so mind numbingly stupid. What? Why?
@MrRandomcommentguy
Whenever you hear a building has had an increase from x planned floors to x+n floors, run for your life.
@arucadia-go
Thanks to PD, I got past my fear of radiation, but I can't say the same for my fear of high-rise buildings. Nice video tho
@beagleissleeping5359
6:41 Basically they're saying, "We see the sh*t is about to hit the fan, therefore we are stepping away from the fan."
@prudencepineapple9448
“Like all good disasters, we start here in sunny Croydon”. I can see that on posters for UK Tourism!
@michaelkarnerfors9545
Three seconds in and I am already in tears 🤣 British deadpan humour at its best.
@marcusmoonstein242
The photograph at 8:53 is very revealing. As someone who has worked in the building trade and who has some training in concrete structural engineering, what stands out to me is the appearance of the broken concrete in the image. If you've ever demolished structural concrete you would know that good concrete breaks with mostly jagged edges. The rounded and powdery look of the broken concrete in lower middle of the image tells me there's not enough cement in the mix. Another interesting detail is the exposed floor rebar on the bottom left of the image. It looks like the impact of the collapse broke the concrete away from the rebar without tearing the rebar itself. This should NEVER happen and is another indication of how weak the mix is, likely due to insufficient cement.
@FluxDeimos
The dwarves delved too greedily and high, and awoke a terror of gravity and rending metal
@ljubomirculibrk4097
Removing load bearing construction in the lower flor of building that was desighned to be much less tall, what coud go wrong ? 😲
@nco_gets_it
if you have spent any time in Africa and Asia, none of this is a surprise. Collapses like this can happen when everything is being done correctly. But in a low/no governance environment--or what one might call a high corruption system--the real question is not why did this collapse, but how does anything actually keep standing.
@astererratum6546
As a Floridian, I 100% approve of the Floridian building slander lol.
@unclenogbad1509
As a priced-out, ex-pat South Londoner, totally agree with you about the damage done. Have no fear of brief side-tracks.
@Henchman1977
You had me at Nigerian High Rise
@savvybear11781
no wonder that one firm dropped out of the project. they knew something wasn't right. I'm also starting to wonder about the credibility of his education in the UK.
@TheGunnarRoxen
I agree with you about South London. When I go back to see family I feel claustrophobic from all the densely-packed "luxury" highrise blocks. 🤢
@PlainlyDifficult