A new challenge...

I've just agreed to 'ghost write' the David Wilson blog for my old school mate, Dave 'Snooks' Wilson. The URL is http://thedavidwilson.blogspot.com/ and although I have a free hand in what I report, I have been given strict boundaries including a must inclusion of Aston Villa at least once a week. As we, along with Phil Finney and Richard (1099) Phillips were the only Villa fans in our year at school, then that shouldn't be too hard.

in reference to: Bob De Bilde (view on Google Sidewiki)

Fake Engineers blamed on collapsed Building in Kampala

The building on Luwum Street that collapsed

TWO people died and at least five others sustained severe injuries when a building under construction on Luwum Street in Kampala city centre collapsed yesterday mid-morning.

The storied commercial structure caved in just before midday. An excavation near an adjacent wall belonging to Universal House forced the foundation to give way.

The building, located on Plot 3, is owned by city businessman MM Young.

The chief of the Police fire brigade, Andrew Acaye, identified one of the dead as Martin Osele, a porter who was working at the site.
The second person, whose identity is yet to be established, died on his way to Nsambya Hospital.

Three other victims with multiple injuries were whisked in a Police patrol vehicle to Mulago Hospital where they were admitted. Two others were treated for minor injuries by the Uganda Red Cross team at the scene.

“We have ascertained that no more bodies are trapped under the rubble. But we are keeping a close watch,” said Acaye.

Moses Musoke, a porter who survived, said Osele was digging a tunnel near the foundation wall that caved in.

He said Osele started work two days ago and was earning sh6,000 per day as a porter. At the scene, shaken workers looked on in disbelief as the Police searched in the rubble for any survivors.

The driver of the excavator, hired from the BMK Group, took off as soon as the wall caved in. The Police are hunting for him.

According to survivors, the construction, which started two months ago, was being carried out by Kasai Construction Company. The engineers and the foreman at the site vanished when the wall collapsed.

Commenting on the incident, disaster preparedness state minister Musa Ecweru said fake engineers are to blame for the collapse of buidings.

President Yoweri Museveni last year warned that officials who approve sub-standard buildings will be sentenced to death.

“We shall have to hang some of these individuals. They can’t go on approving hopeless buildings. That is murder,” Museveni told reporters.

Was it my multi-blogged moan?

Was it my multi-blogged moan that un-locked my new blog http://sequels-and-trilogies.blogspot.com/ ?
I know that blogger took the full 20 days to un-lock a blog of a friend of mine. Now his block WAS highly political but there should be no difference.
Perhaps it was my genuine threat to move to wordpress?

Who knows?

Thank You blogger for acting quickly

Bob de Bilde

in reference to: Prequels, Sequels & Trilogies (view on Google Sidewiki)

Bob de Bilde gets his 15 minutes of fame...

on IS A C*NT...

http://isacunt.blogspot.com/2010/01/bob-de-bilde.html

Thanks to GOT & the crew

in reference to: Bob De Bilde (view on Google Sidewiki)

My Disgust at Blogger

Blogger has marked one of my blogs (Prequels, Sequels & Trilogies) as spam...

It will be deleted within 20 days if I do not lodge a review

WTF Blogger... I am seriously considering moving all my blogs to the more versatile Wordpress !

I am reposting this on ALL my other open blogs using the sidewikibar thingy!!!

in reference to: My Sony Ericsson Sucks: My Disgust at Blogger (view on Google Sidewiki)

Buying an apartment in China?

Lesson one in buying an apartment in China : make sure the building has a foundation.

YES, IT IS A 13 STORY BUILDING LYING ON THE GROUND.

(1) An underground garage was being dug on the south side, to a depth of 4.6 meters

(2) The excavated dirt was being piled up on the north side, to a height of 10 meters

(3) The building experienced uneven lateral pressure from south and north

(4) This resulted in a lateral pressure of 3,000 tonnes, which was greater than what the pilings could tolerate.

Thus the building toppled over in the southerly direction.

First, the apartment building was constructed
Then the plan called for an underground garage to be dug out.

The excavated soil was piled up on the other side of the building.
Heavy rains resulted in water seeping into the ground..


The building began to shift and the concrete pilings were snapped
due to the uneven lateral pressures.

The building began to tilt.
And thus came the eighth wonder of the world.

If the buildings were closer together there would also have been a domino effect.











They built 13 stories on grade, with no basement, and tied it all down to hollow pilings with no re-bar.

Brought to you by the same folks that make your kids' toys, who want to build your car and are currently flooding our retail arena with extremely cheap produce...

Haiti devastated by massive earthquake...

A massive 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck the Caribbean nation of Haiti.

The extent of the devastation is still unclear but there are fears thousands of people may have died.

Frozen Britain seen from above

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