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    The building looks new ? it all grey washed cement and a crane/lift attached to the rear.
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    Built part where they shouldn't have?

    Government make-work project?

    Bigger idiot than it first appears?

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    How can a building that large collapse totally from one support failure?

    Sadly I can’t imagine the excavator operator living through that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by wizard69 View Post
    How can a building that large collapse totally from one support failure?

    Sadly I can’t imagine the excavator operator living through that.
    The corner support was already compromised as was another one on the lower left
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