UNDER-CONSTRUCTION BUILDING COLLAPSE
Mexico News Daily | Tuesday, April 11, 2017
Three storeys of a parking garage collapse after concrete beam
misplaced. Seven people were killed and 10 injured after a parking garage that
was under construction collapsed yesterday in Mexico City.A Civil Protection official said three storeys collapsed in the
partially-built structure, part of the Olivar de los Padres shopping center
complex in the Álvaro Obregón borough.
Fausto Lugo García (Civil
Protection official) said a preliminary investigation indicated that a
flawed construction process triggered the accident in which a 100-square-meter
concrete slab collapsed, and that the firm responsible — three construction
companies are currently working on the site — will be penalized. Lugo said
workers had been attempting to place a heavy concrete beam when it struck a
pillar, causing the collapse.
He said all the paperwork and permits needed by the project had been
properly filed before borough officials and the state’s Urban Development and
Housing Secretariat. However, he added, construction had been suspended at
least once in the past.
The shopping center is located next to a ravine and neighbors quoted by
the newspaper Milenio have called the construction “inadequate,” and that work
on the site was being carried out without the necessary safety measures.
INVESTIGATION CAUSAL - ASSET TEMPLATE
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NOTE"This is not an exhaustive accident investigation template. It is serving
an educational purposes only and an assumption of what is reported.
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