Audi Garage collapses
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This place was only 6 months old as well, they'd moved up from Bletchley Wayside...
Someone must have fubared their calcs on how many cars were to be stored up there thankfully no-one was hurt as there was a hell of a bang before it collapsed 20 mins after.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-he...
Apparently some brand new cars ready for collection were up there...
Someone must have fubared their calcs on how many cars were to be stored up there thankfully no-one was hurt as there was a hell of a bang before it collapsed 20 mins after.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-beds-bucks-he...
Apparently some brand new cars ready for collection were up there...
Guam said:
I was in a dealership at the weekend with a similar arrangement and it did cross my mind whether the loads were considered before doing this, I guess a few councils will be heading into similar dealerships to check the load calculations in case of similar incidents.
Bloody scary for the staff!
Nah, they just build 'em and hope for the best, fingers crossed, as it were. Bloody scary for the staff!
Axionknight said:
Nah, they just build 'em and hope for the best, fingers crossed, as it were.
I wouldn't have thought, bearing in mind their footprint, that cars would be considered to be very heavy in the great scheme of things.There was a kerfuffle when I worked in a first floor office about all the filing cabinets being clustered together - apparently a full one weighs getting on for 500lbs so a few of them puts a lot of weight in a small area.
darren f said:
Weird- the view of the cars through the window is quite surreal, almost like an 'artists impression' produced by Photoshop Real enough for the staff involved though- I suspect there's a Structural Engineer scrabbling round checking his PI insurance in fine detail as we speak.
My bet is the flooring was designed properly and had a safe weight limit. The garage will have stored too many cars up there without doing the sums. Or maybe they did do the sums but were then caught out by having non-uniform load distribution. Maybe it was just a freak accident. Here endeth the speculation.Guam said:
Axionknight said:
Nah, they just build 'em and hope for the best, fingers crossed, as it were.
Well one might suggest that's what happened here Which hopefully means I can leave and go to the pub, those aircon units on the roof look deadly and I am fuggin' gasping for a bevvy!
It'll be the unseen weight of all the discarded toys in the XC90 that's done it - bang to rights.
I'd hazard a guess that any calcs would include a safe margin along the lines of "lets imagine we sell Hummers and fill our parking area with them" rather than just allowing for Caterfield lightweights on the roof?
I'd hazard a guess that any calcs would include a safe margin along the lines of "lets imagine we sell Hummers and fill our parking area with them" rather than just allowing for Caterfield lightweights on the roof?
Otispunkmeyer said:
My bet is the flooring was designed properly and had a safe weight limit. The garage will have stored too many cars up there without doing the sums. Or maybe they did do the sums but were then caught out by having non-uniform load distribution. Maybe it was just a freak accident. Here endeth the speculation.
Indeed, speculation is fun isn't it . Being in the industry, I'd be very surprised if the SE has been caught out here. Most schemes I'm involved in seem to have a real 'belt and braces' approach to the structurals, such are modern building codes and guidelines on allowed deflection. It always makes me wonder how our massive stone cathedrals have managed to stay upright for the last 300-400 years (on their 4' deep foundations ) Guam said:
Axionknight said:
We had best start the nationwide evacuations then!!
Which hopefully means I can leave and go to the pub, those aircon units on the roof look deadly and I am fuggin' gasping for a bevvy!
That's me stuffed the old Aircon units have been removed from our Roof Which hopefully means I can leave and go to the pub, those aircon units on the roof look deadly and I am fuggin' gasping for a bevvy!
darren f said:
Otispunkmeyer said:
My bet is the flooring was designed properly and had a safe weight limit. The garage will have stored too many cars up there without doing the sums. Or maybe they did do the sums but were then caught out by having non-uniform load distribution. Maybe it was just a freak accident. Here endeth the speculation.
Indeed, speculation is fun isn't it . Being in the industry, I'd be very surprised if the SE has been caught out here. Most schemes I'm involved in seem to have a real 'belt and braces' approach to the structurals, such are modern building codes and guidelines on allowed deflection. It always makes me wonder how our massive stone cathedrals have managed to stay upright for the last 300-400 years (on their 4' deep foundations ) Gassing Station | News, Politics & Economics | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff