Comments on: New sidewalks crumble in Beijing ahead of Olympics http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/04/new-sidewalks-crumble-in-beijing-ahead-of-olympics/ Japan News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 18:12:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Eddie http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/04/new-sidewalks-crumble-in-beijing-ahead-of-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-216334 Eddie Thu, 07 Aug 2008 11:27:38 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5522#comment-216334 You win. You win.

]]> By: Reality Check http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/04/new-sidewalks-crumble-in-beijing-ahead-of-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-216160 Reality Check Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:21:55 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5522#comment-216160 http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/19/asia/AS-GEN-China-Bridge-Collapse.php http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/08/19/asia/AS-GEN-China-Bridge-Collapse.php

]]> By: Eddie http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/04/new-sidewalks-crumble-in-beijing-ahead-of-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-216156 Eddie Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:09:19 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5522#comment-216156 Oh well. At least it's only collapsing pavement, and not collapsing bridges like in America. Oh well. At least it’s only collapsing pavement, and not collapsing bridges like in America.

]]> By: parcivale http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/04/new-sidewalks-crumble-in-beijing-ahead-of-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-214087 parcivale Mon, 04 Aug 2008 08:40:08 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5522#comment-214087 I've seen this type of shoddy construction and engineering throughout most of East Asia. The exceptions being Japan (one example of one of the reasons I'm comfortable living here) and Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong, places in which their engineers were trained by the people who were trained by British Army engineers not to cut corners and to do a job right the first time. Just look at the roads and sidewalks in Bangkok or Jakarta once you get 500 metres from the airport or big international hotels and you'll see the same results of a half-assed slapped-together mess as this photo shows. I'm sure the mega-projects are safe enough; they're high-profile enough and expensive enough that sub-contractors brought their A-game and those projects were overseen by construction firms with international reputations to protect. I’ve seen this type of shoddy construction and engineering throughout most of East Asia. The exceptions being Japan (one example of one of the reasons I’m comfortable living here) and Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong, places in which their engineers were trained by the people who were trained by British Army engineers not to cut corners and to do a job right the first time.

Just look at the roads and sidewalks in Bangkok or Jakarta once you get 500 metres from the airport or big international hotels and you’ll see the same results of a half-assed slapped-together mess as this photo shows.

I’m sure the mega-projects are safe enough; they’re high-profile enough and expensive enough that sub-contractors brought their A-game and those projects were overseen by construction firms with international reputations to protect.

]]> By: James http://www.japanprobe.com/2008/08/04/new-sidewalks-crumble-in-beijing-ahead-of-olympics/comment-page-1/#comment-213964 James Mon, 04 Aug 2008 04:02:47 +0000 http://www.japanprobe.com/?p=5522#comment-213964 uh oh... It starts with crumbling sidewalks... it ends with all the stadiums collapsing.... uh oh…
It starts with crumbling sidewalks…
it ends with all the stadiums collapsing….

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