07-07-2009, 01:39 PM
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Phenomenologist
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Central Mississippi
Posts: 270
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Soil conditions investigated as cause of Shanghai apartment building collapse
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There are differing opinions among the experts, but the main conclusion is that the cause is a tall pile of dirt next to the building, they said.
“It’s clear that if there had been no pile of dirt, there would have been no problem,” said Fan Qingguo, an engineer with state-run Shanghai Construction Group.
Other experts explained that dirt excavated for the garage may have compacted the soil, causing it to shift and damage the building’s foundations so that it fell over. Heavy rains and cracks in a flood wall for a nearby river also suggest problems with the soil on the site, they said.
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