If HDB is using Chinese developer, please read what happened to Bangkok skyscraper. Read liao damn scared

[Ronaldo88]

jb forest city,country garden also by chn on reclaimed land..duno how..

 

[gonewiththesmart]

Tiagong the failure of the building is because the building center support give way.

The Design not meant for lateral force.

Not for earthquake . therefore give way .
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Unless evidence prove builder gave poor quality materials or not done according to approval drawings.. builder is innocent.

note Thai authority should approve.. right?

 

[gonewiththesmart]

jb forest city,country garden also by chn on reclaimed land..duno how..

The structure is different.

 

[Fightfat]

Remember our MRT carriage case - Metal fatigue? It was supposedly supervised by a Japanese company in china .
So anything with construction, building of vessels and even EV .. needs to be very careful

 

[Trader11]

Sg bto already 700k in some areas. Resale 1.5m are common. EC just got one resale for 3m. Errmm.. still not expensive enough? U mean need to pay more?

Ok. Jap public housing cost how much?

Rich people staying in semi detached is safe

 

[SkyNinja]

As much as possible to cut cost, many walls are made of plaster tofu. No more 100% bricks and concrete.

 

[KakiMeow]

You're wrong - there was a fire where a person died, after SCDF invesitgated, it was found the exterior wall cladding was flammable (similar to Grenfell type).

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...s-out-in-building-opposite-imm-in-jurong-east

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...presses-shock-at-scdf-test-results-says-it-is

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...ave-combustible-cladding-police-report-lodged

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/sin...sell-cladding-no-fire-safety-approval-4878756

hokays ... unfortunate the lady dieded ...

... but unlike the greenfalling incident ...

... our response make it only one person dieded

In grenfell : Seventy people died at the scene and two people died later in hospital, with more than 70 injured and 223 escaping.

 

[SkyNinja]

Attached is a reply by MND on Singapore building design for wind and earth quake load.

https://www.mnd.gov.sg/newsroom/par...ational-development-on-buildings-in-singapore

MND reply on building design to withstand what magnitude earth quake is like beating around the bush. Generally structural design in Singapore does not take semics load into consideration nor are the buildings check against semic load. That does not mean the buildings cannot withstand low level earth quake. The horizontal wind load allows for in the structural design of the building is sufficient to withstand low level semics load.

Written Answer by Ministry of National Development on buildings in Singapore
Jan 15, 2019

Mr Gan Thiam Poh: To ask the Minister for National Development what is the maximum wind speed and magnitude of earthquake tremors that buildings in Singapore can withstand.

Answer:

Buildings in Singapore have to be designed according to the relevant building codes. Buildings are generally designed to withstand a maximum wind gust speed of up to 143 kilometres per hour. This is more than sufficient to cater to the wind gust speeds locally.

Singapore is not located in an earthquake zone. The nearest earthquake fault zone is located in Sumatra, more than 400 kilometres away. Over such a long distance, the seismic waves would have dissipated and lost most of their energy. Nevertheless, our buildings are designed to be sufficiently robust to withstand forces generated by distant earthquakes. For example, while tremors from the magnitude 9 earthquake in Aceh in 2004 could be felt in Singapore, there were no reports of structural damage to our buildings.

 

[ninjaghost]

jialat, we got many major infra under chinese developer. shall we have any concern abt this too??

 

[Chalkycliffs]

hokays ... unfortunate the lady dieded ...

... but unlike the greenfalling incident ...

... our response make it only one person dieded

In grenfell : Seventy people died at the scene and two people died later in hospital, with more than 70 injured and 223 escaping.

The failed exterior cladding was only 1 aspect of the whole Grenfell tragedy.

The flawed fire service advice to residents to remain in their flats until rescue was also another part.

Then the single escape staircase was the ultimate killer combo - smoke goes up, people come down. Where the 2 meet, only 1 survives and it is usually not human.

 

[Chocoz]

Is that Chinese company involved in any construction projects here? That building came down faster than a stack of Jenga blocks. And why were a group of PRCs secretly and hurriedly removing stacks of documents from the sealed-off site after the collapse?

 

[bluerhino]

Sexpert here. NOT all buildings here are build to withstand Seismic activity levels of Japan given that SIngapore (and also Msia) are location on the main Sundaland Shelf and not at the edge.
You can opt for seismic safe houses BUT ARE U WILLING TO PAY?
The other way you can mitigate is to search for housing that are either low, or on strong bedrock.
Stay away from newly reclaimed land where the land is not given enough time to settled eg FOREST CITY

Those 6 storey HDB built in 1960s can buy?

 

[Kaylin]

i tot some BTOs built by chinese developer? some built by china qingjian group

 

[nonameless]

If you need things require durability and accuracy don't get MIC.

 

[Chalkycliffs]

Those 6 storey HDB built in 1960s can buy?

The lifts added on after are DAMN SMALL....

Just saying.

 

[Ethan_]

The lifts added on after are DAMN SMALL....

Just saying.

Got saw before not so old public housing. Think not many storey also. The lift like can enter one person only. Squeeze maybe 2 or 3. If wheelchair is one only. Feels more like personal lift. Think cannot be helped bah. Doesn't serve that many people. Cost issue.

 

[nachtsid.er]

Those 6 storey HDB built in 1960s can buy?

No cos lease decay

 

[drkcynic]

So out of the other hundreds and thousands and tens of thousands of buildings in BKK and Myanmar, no china developer?

 

[ylyhyh]

you thread already hint PRC builders not reliable. full stop.. why put such thread?

If HDB is using Chinese developer, please read what happened to Bangkok skyscraper. Read liao damn scared​

What's wrong with this thread? I absolutely agree HDB and BCA must do more stringent checking when contracting Chinese developer to build our HDB, especially when the price bid is low. This is very important precaution and warning. Singaporeans safety of course number 1 concern lah.

You work for China construction or property developer? Now scared got trouble from HDB?

 

[marshalTan93]