05-11-2016, 06:50 PM
I will start and end with how sorry I am for the workers on the job.
I have some video pre-collapse but have not had time to upload and post. It is a huge complex and building standards in most foreign countries I have visited are lax compared to US and other developed countries standards.
I know much had been mentioned about Chinese on the project but at the Royalton/Lido the workers are Jamaican and Dominican if there were any Chinese I never saw any. I went past the complex multiple times since it is right on the ingress and egress of where I stay at PV.
Roger a friend told me that the workers have to work for 4 weeks before they get their first paycheck. Then they are shorted on pay and quit and another group comes in to replace them.
With possibly low building standards (assumed), a work force that comes and goes, concrete that is probably not tested for standards, a rush to build (up) on "green" concrete that is not fully cured stuff like this happens and I have even seen it happen in the US if the general contractor has no since of responsibility and standards.
Not a fan of high story buildings on a beach (for esthetic reasons) but if the foundation is done properly you can build much higher than 4 stories safely.
I do hope all the workers injured are able to recover to work again and none have been killed since none of this was their fault. I blame the general contractor, design engineers, lack of government over-site, but mostly the Royalton Inc whoever they are.
When built, Royalton Inc, will be charging large to stay there but do not see the construction workers are paid a fair amount for a hard days work and protected safety wise. Most likely (Royalton Inc) will do the same with the people working at the Royalton when operating.
These are photos walking the length only part of the way to the end
I have some video pre-collapse but have not had time to upload and post. It is a huge complex and building standards in most foreign countries I have visited are lax compared to US and other developed countries standards.
I know much had been mentioned about Chinese on the project but at the Royalton/Lido the workers are Jamaican and Dominican if there were any Chinese I never saw any. I went past the complex multiple times since it is right on the ingress and egress of where I stay at PV.
Roger a friend told me that the workers have to work for 4 weeks before they get their first paycheck. Then they are shorted on pay and quit and another group comes in to replace them.
With possibly low building standards (assumed), a work force that comes and goes, concrete that is probably not tested for standards, a rush to build (up) on "green" concrete that is not fully cured stuff like this happens and I have even seen it happen in the US if the general contractor has no since of responsibility and standards.
Not a fan of high story buildings on a beach (for esthetic reasons) but if the foundation is done properly you can build much higher than 4 stories safely.
I do hope all the workers injured are able to recover to work again and none have been killed since none of this was their fault. I blame the general contractor, design engineers, lack of government over-site, but mostly the Royalton Inc whoever they are.
When built, Royalton Inc, will be charging large to stay there but do not see the construction workers are paid a fair amount for a hard days work and protected safety wise. Most likely (Royalton Inc) will do the same with the people working at the Royalton when operating.
These are photos walking the length only part of the way to the end
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