irony

[svandamme]

the Netherlands, today

Technical University Delft, department constructional engineering

water pipe broke
shorted some electrical coffee maker one floor below
9h30 fire
185 firemen
not able to control the fire
building collapsed

no casualties

http://www.dumpert.nl/mediabase/105731/46ccb8cd/bouwkunde_gebouw_delft_stort_in.html

no wonder that they have all sorts of building issues in the Netherlands

like newly built apartments where owners are told after 6 months, that they should not use the balcony "cause it might fall off"

or newly built parking lot's in mall's, that have to be closed because pillars look like they might give way any time...


on the upside, they won't have to pay anybody to design and build a new place for them...
they can do it themselves!
maybe they can use that for graduation thesis, as most their work went up in flames... and i guess they can focus on fire prevention, retardants and suppression in public buildings

[KFC911]

Damn potheads !

[Porsche-O-Phile]

They do have building codes over there, right?

Not to mention professional designers?

[svandamme]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

They do have building codes over there, right?

Not to mention professional designers?

it's the professional designers school that burned and collapsed!
you know, the folks that learn about these things, so they can build stuff all around the country, and advise about how building codes should be setup!