Spurman Supercharged August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 exactly...it's scary to see how shoddy the workmnship has slipped over the yearsBro. No joke on sloppiness....... Crux is the way project tenders are being called for... 70percent of govt contracts i say are awarded to lowest bidders. A lot of sub contract works end up pricr even lower and subsequently material used also compromised plus workers pay also hentataki. End up skive here and there. Whole system needs a revamp but heck the theory of pay peanuts get monkey is usually true ↡ Advertisement 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuPerBoRed Twincharged August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 Whole system needs a revamp but heck the theory of pay peanuts get monkey is usually true but we are paying top dollar for monkeys... no? There's a metal frame with many attachment points holding all these up right. Or at least ultimately it's bolted onto something solid above. Provided each panel or gypsum board is not too heavy, then shouldn't give way so easily. Unless whether the frame attach to the real ceiling, the screws drilled into the concrete can't hold. its time for the all powerful cable ties... one stop solution for all problems.. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atrecord Supersonic August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 not only govt tenders, even the private condos where the sub cons are those PRC contractors. Vomit blood liao as the shoddy work goes undetected until years later. As is, currently still fighting with a big name at my development on the works. MAny more surfacing now Yup, HDB, condo, everything also standard dropped. My parents' first flat aesthetically not fantastic, but stayed 15 yr not much problem. Second flat got our toilet floor leaked to downstairs ceiling. Our room ceiling got water drip - and the flat was top floor. My current place also many problems... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Little_prince Supersonic August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 exactly...it's scary to see how shoddy the workmnship has slipped over the years i truly hope that the engineer that designed it didn't graduate from NTU. lol 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angcheek Hypersonic August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 Yup, HDB, condo, everything also standard dropped. My parents' first flat aesthetically not fantastic, but stayed 15 yr not much problem. Second flat got our toilet floor leaked to downstairs ceiling. Our room ceiling got water drip - and the flat was top floor. My current place also many problems... You need a flower bath 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BenTong Turbocharged August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 Last time they put pics of old man everywhere.. he stared at them scared leow. And urban legend he the biggest QC .. nowadays where got? Now high pay must maintain high standards. Must have assistant, an assistant for the assistant and assistants for the assistant for the assistant of the assistant.. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angcheek Hypersonic August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 Last time they put pics of old man everywhere.. he stared at them scared leow. And urban legend he the biggest QC .. nowadays where got? Now high pay must maintain high standards. Must have assistant, an assistant for the assistant and assistants for the assistant for the assistant of the assistant..Now we pay high maintenance but lousy standards ..... 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fast1 Supersonic August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 When I was in Med School Year 1, an NUS (that time only one, no such thing as "Yong Loo Lin") lecture hall ceiling collapsed during a biochem lecture. Definitely didn't make the news. Now everything also must report. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 When I was in Med School Year 1, an NUS (that time only one, no such thing as "Yong Loo Lin") lecture hall ceiling collapsed during a biochem lecture. Definitely didn't make the news. Now everything also must report. who ask you to sneeze 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1fast1 Supersonic August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 who ask you to sneeze Kon Oi Lian was lecturing. I was too bored to breathe, let alone sneeze. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 Kon Oi Lian was lecturing. I was too bored to breathe, let alone sneeze. hahaha Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinelli_ck 6th Gear August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 looks like the moderators are overworked here. it's the ceiling of the lecture theatre that had collapsed, not the lecture theatre itself. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 looks like the moderators are overworked here. it's the ceiling of the lecture theatre that had collapsed, not the lecture theatre itself. hahhhaaaa...okok... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinelli_ck 6th Gear August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 hahhhaaaa...okok... very rapid response and corrective action wor. 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count-Bracula Twincharged August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 Should rename this thread to "Simi Sai collapses" then won't cong fuse nothing to do so suggest thia, don't be hard on me 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RadX Moderator August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 Should rename this thread to "Simi Sai collapses" then won't cong fuse nothing to do so suggest thia, don't be hard on me If it become like mrt Then will do.... but if come to that think I gone ledy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Count-Bracula Twincharged August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 but we are paying top dollar for monkeys... no? albino monkees 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stratovarius Turbocharged August 25, 2017 Share August 25, 2017 sorry i don't get this. There's a metal frame with many attachment points holding all these up right. Or at least ultimately it's bolted onto something solid above. Provided each panel or gypsum board is not too heavy, then shouldn't give way so easily. Unless whether the frame attach to the real ceiling, the screws drilled into the concrete can't hold. In AC room, the pressure is usually stronger than atmosphere. So sometimes when you open a door leading to AC room, you will feel a gush of cold air flowing out. Similarly, sometimes you find it hard to open/close these doors. No that the door hinges are faulty but because of difference in air pressure. So imagine a room is slightly pressurize, people open the doors, pressure reduced. when the doors are closed, pressure build up again. This might cause fatigue stress on the structure holding the false ceiling. If the FM team increases the air flow maybe due to people complaining that the room is too hot/stuffy without considering the pressure balance, such failure might occur. I've encounter a few before and thus my comments. It may not apply to this incident though. ↡ Advertisement 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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