benz on Nostr: TIL about , an absolutely incredible case of bad construction. One picture says more ...

TIL about https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronan_Point, an absolutely incredible case of bad construction. One picture says more than a thousand words.

But also:

During demolition, "the extent of the defects found shocked even some of the activists, including Webb himself. It was discovered that most of the mechanical connections between floor slabs and flank walls had not been attached properly during construction. Significant corner-cutting had also been undertaken during the construction, with bolts often missing. Holes that should have been filled with concrete were found stuffed with rubbish and newspaper. On the lower floors, cracks were found in the concrete where it had been point-loaded, and it was alleged that the extra pressure on those points during a high wind (such as during the Great Storm of 1987, barely a year after the demolition) would soon have led to building collapse."