Chitchat NTU Ceiling Collapses! No FTs Killed!

[JohnTan]

SINGAPORE - Part of a false ceiling in a lecture theatre at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) collapsed on Monday (Aug 21) morning, and NTU is conducting checks on false ceilings at other lecture theatres.

A student noticed the collapse at the back of Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1) and called the school's Fault Reporting Centre at 9.16am on Monday.

There were no classes held at the lecture theatre when the ceiling collapsed, and no injuries were reported, a spokesman for NTU told The Straits Times on Thursday (Aug 24).


LT1, located at the North Spine, near the Lee Wee Nam library, is currently closed for repairs.


Lessons will not be held there for at least a month, The New Paper reported on Thursday. Instead, students will take their lessons at other venues.

"We are investigating the cause of the collapse and continuing our checks on false ceilings at other lecture theatres," said the NTU spokesman.


Final-year mechanical engineering student Mr Adzizul Fadleigh, 25, told TNP that he noticed the debris after watching an online recording of a lecture there.

ST understands that the lecture he watched had been conducted after the incident happened, and before the lecture theatre was sealed off.

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapo...iling-collapses-school-checking-other-lecture

 

[eatshitndie]

humidity and moisture in sheetboards when ac is turned off, or was it condensation in ceiling plumbing that drips onto sheetboards? look at the positives: new challenges and opportunities for building contractors.

 

[borom]

It ain't suppose to happen at a self proclaimed world class institution not to mention a TECHNOLOGICAL one at that.

NTU boast that its a A global university on a rapid rise , A global research powerhouse and its Engineering ranks among world's best-and yet cannot prevent its ceiling from collapsing.

One cannot simply avoid the powerful symbolism of another collapse in the red dot-of course the ministers still earn the highest political salaries in the world even if things are collapsing around them-including the PM himself(while giving a speech)

 

[eatshitndie]

It ain't suppose to happen at a self proclaimed world class institution not to mention a TECHNOLOGICAL one at that.

NTU boast that its a A global university on a rapid rise , A global research powerhouse and its Engineering ranks among world's best-and yet cannot prevent its ceiling from collapsing.

One cannot simply avoid the powerful symbolism of another collapse in the red dot-of course the ministers still earn the highest political salaries in the world even if things are collapsing around them-including the PM himself(while giving a speech)

have lah at penn state too. in fact, it was the ceiling at an auditorium too. in this case two were injured. ntu is only following the footsteps and traditions of great universities in the u.s.

http://wnep.com/2015/07/27/section-of-ceiling-collapses-at-psu-two-injured/

duke university in nc probably started this new college tradition of ceiling collapse in 2014.

http://www.wral.com/ceiling-collapses-in-duke-classroom/13410199/

 

[kelton65]

As their name suggests, things really fall south there.

 

[kezgtree]

SINGAPORE - Part of a false ceiling in a lecture theatre at Nanyang Technological University (NTU) collapsed on Monday (Aug 21) morning, and NTU is conducting checks on false ceilings at other lecture theatres.

A student noticed the collapse at the back of Lecture Theatre 1 (LT1) and called the school's Fault Reporting Centre at 9.16am on Monday.

There were no classes held at the lecture theatre when the ceiling collapsed, and no injuries were reported, a spokesman for NTU told The Straits Times on Thursday (Aug 24).


LT1, located at the North Spine, near the Lee Wee Nam library, is currently closed for repairs.


Lessons will not be held there for at least a month, The New Paper reported on Thursday. Instead, students will take their lessons at other venues.

"We are investigating the cause of the collapse and continuing our checks on false ceilings at other lecture theatres," said the NTU spokesman.


Final-year mechanical engineering student Mr Adzizul Fadleigh, 25, told TNP that he noticed the debris after watching an online recording of a lecture there.

ST understands that the lecture he watched had been conducted after the incident happened, and before the lecture theatre was sealed off.

http://www.straitstimes.com/singapo...iling-collapses-school-checking-other-lecture

...for the pass 10-15 years most buildings in Spore are build by FT and checked by them too...imo