Nepal Geotechnical Society Team Inspects Building Collapse Site at Mulpani, Kathmandu
State of the collapsed building under construction.
Nepal Geotechnical Society team visited building collapse site at Mulpani on 5 Sept. 2019 and did a preliminary visual survey for the cause of failure/collapse. The details will be put soon in the website as well as in the society’s official Facebook page.
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- Visual inspection team members (Left to right: Pawan, Sanjaya, Mandip, Harish, Indra, Netra, Mabin))
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- Location map
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- State of the collapsed building under construction.
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- A view of the backside of the collapsed building from adjacent building.
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- State of column-beam joint failure (Failure of steel bars in tension!))
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- Failure of first floor column in bending.
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- Another view of the backside of the collapsed building from adjacent building.
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- Another view of the backside of the collapsed building from the backside retained earth.
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- Another view of the backside of the collapsed building from the backside retained earth.
