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Re: Headline News
So a crane collapses onto a moving train and kills at least 32 people.
So far, I've not seen any comments from Thais that question the wisdom of running a construction site directly above an operating rail service.
In developed countries, construction above working roads or railways seems to be more tightly controlled. I gather they installed a high speed railway bridge over the M6 motorway in the UK recently, but that was a finished bridge section just being rolled into position with minimal risk.
Quite different to a regular third world construction site directly above a railway.
And the day after, yet another crane collapses onto a road, killing 2.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... n-in-korat
So far, I've not seen any comments from Thais that question the wisdom of running a construction site directly above an operating rail service.
In developed countries, construction above working roads or railways seems to be more tightly controlled. I gather they installed a high speed railway bridge over the M6 motorway in the UK recently, but that was a finished bridge section just being rolled into position with minimal risk.
Quite different to a regular third world construction site directly above a railway.
And the day after, yet another crane collapses onto a road, killing 2.
https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/ge ... n-in-korat
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Re: Headline News
"I gather they installed a high speed railway bridge over the M6 motorway in the UK recently, but that was a finished bridge section just being rolled into position with minimal risk."
Also, they took the elementary precaution of closing the road while they did it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98p3lz9p47o
Also, they took the elementary precaution of closing the road while they did it.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c98p3lz9p47o
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I'm referring to the HS2 bridges near Birmingham. Whilst they closed the M6 for the first one, I understand they kept it open for the second. But failure of that was virtually impossible.thaiophilus wrote: ↑Thu Jan 15, 2026 8:01 pm Also, they took the elementary precaution of closing the road while they did it.
https://constructionmanagement.co.uk/vi ... dge-slide/
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