High Profile Huge $$SG50 Infrastructure Failure again

[Mohd_Ah_LEE]

This time not their crane collapsed killing Ah Neh at National Art Museum, but Door Shattered.




http://news.asiaone.com/news/singapore/glass-door-shatters-newly-opened-national-gallery-singapore


Glass door shatters at newly-opened National Gallery Singapore
AsiaOne | Tuesday, Dec 1, 2015

Photo: The Straits Times

SINGAPORE - A glass door shattered at the newly-opened National Gallery Singapore (NGS) on Tuesday, Dec 1, injuring one, according to local media reports.



A visitor to the gallery told The Straits Times that a man was injured and that his hand appeared to be bleeding.

In a Facebook post, NGS confirmed that the incident had occurred, and said that the affected area will be cordoned off for repair works.

"The Ng Teng Fong Roof Garden Gallery, Yan and Smoke & Mirrors remain accessible to visitors," NGS said.

The Gallery added that they are investigating the cause of the incident, and assured that it was taking all necessary precautions to ensure the safety of visitors.



A number of comments on the incident has appeared on Twitter, with the user on the Singapore rotation curation account (@hellofrmsg), tweeting: "Bad start to December for national gallery."

Another user, maxene, tweeted: "how can you let this happen at our national gallery geez (sic)."

 

[Mohd_Ah_LEE]

https://www.nationalgallery.sg/abou...struction-site-national-art-gallery-singapore



Crane Accident at the Construction Site of the National Art Gallery, Singapore

SINGAPORE, 30 SEP 2013

This morning, an accident happened at the construction site of the future National Art Gallery, Singapore. Preliminary findings show that a tower crane was lifting an excavator when the boom of the crane collapsed. The crane was then operating at the South Courtyard of the City Hall building.

Two workers, a Thai and a Bangladeshi, were pronounced dead at the scene, while four others, two Bangladeshis and two PRC nationals, were injured. The injured workers have been taken to hospitals, and the families of the deceased workers are in the process of being informed.

MOM has directed the occupier, Takenaka-Singapore Piling Joint Venture, to stop all work at the worksite. Investigations are currently on-going.

“Our thoughts are with the families of the deceased as well as the injured workers. The Gallery, and the occupier, Takenaka-Singapore Piling Joint Venture, are doing what we can to provide assistance to the families during this difficult time. The safety of the workers on site is of paramount importance to us and we will work with our contractors to ensure this,” said Dr Eugene Tan, Director, National Art Gallery, Singapore.

Takenaka-Singapore Piling Joint Venture, has assured the National Art Gallery, Singapore that they have also taken measures to secure the site to ensure that the buildings pose no further danger to workers and members of the public. They have also commenced a review of all operational procedures and processes on site.

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[tonychat]

How come a Thai is dead..knn.. i will tell all Thais to avoid working in sinkieland..