My Chinese programmer (Australian national) sent me photos about 2
days ago. Someone forgot that a 15 storey building built on mud
requires better foundations than a 2 storey house. Amazing example of
either not understanding design or ignoring design drawings during
construction, not sure which yet!
At 03:38 AM 2/07/2009, you wrote:
>Now THAT'S what I call a "shallow foundation"
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