MTR - continuing construction problems and defects

[Rob2020]

Not really sure what the big deal is here.

It's not just light rail that's impacted...

MTR development Grand Yoho is also subsiding

[GeoTommy]

To Kwa Wan Station work hits 23 buildings: report - RTHK

one building had subsided by 6.3 centimetres, which is 35 percent more than the acceptable limit allowed.

[JAherbert]

MTR is sinking to new low

[East_coast]

MTR is sinking to new low

Not sure about that but there are definitely cracks appearing

[GeoTommy]

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...pear-walls-and

she said neither the government nor MTR Corp had offered to help, and it was difficult for residents to act collectively as the block did not have an owners’ association.

“Water supply is already a big issue, now we even need to worry about a possible housing problem in case the government needs us to leave because this building is deemed too dangerous to live in. I don’t know where can we go,” Chiu said.

She recalled an incident when the family was unable to have their meals at home after dust fell onto their dishes from the cracks in the ceiling when the building shook.

[JAherbert]

Harry's view:

[hullexile]

They could save a fortune in construction costs, just build on the surface and let it sink below ground

[JAherbert]

“Seeing is believing, so I will call for breaking up the part [of the platform] in question,” said Lau Ching-kwong, the former director of the Civil Engineering Department.

https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...-platform-hong

[shri]

“Seeing is believing, so I will call for breaking up the part [of the platform] in question,” said Lau Ching-kwong, the former director of the Civil Engineering Department.

Don't they have radar or some sort of xray technology available for such inspections?

[JAherbert]

Don't they have radar or some sort of xray technology available for such inspections?

from the sketch in the newspaper, the problem area is about 3 metre thick and whole length of the platform, sure they could scan to detect surface rebar, but cannot detect if rebar is properly connected.