Serious HDB Ceiling Collapsed! Lucky No One Killed! Guess Which Ward?

[Hans168]

shud not the flooring be cast concrete instead of cemented bricks????

 

[Reddog]

obviously, it's just surface imperfection..

Garlic, you need some onion. Can see rebar no more surface leh.

 

[scroobal]

I was thinking the same.

shud not the flooring be cast concrete instead of cemented bricks????

 

[Seee3]

shud not the flooring be cast concrete instead of cemented bricks????

The dark lines are not gaps of bricks. They are exposed reinforcement steel bars that have corroded.

 

[scroobal]

You are right. I have never seen rebars set in such close formation before.

The dark lines are not gaps of bricks. They are exposed reinforcement steel bars that have corroded.

 

[zhihau]

You are right. I have never seen rebars set in such close formation before.

Not according to BCA specs?

 

[Leongsam]

http://civildigital.com/spalling-concrete-causes-prevention-repair/