Texas structural collapse lawyers note that a massive 8′ x 50′ concrete platform just collapsed into a heap of rubble in Bangkok, Thailand. The platform was part of the “Hopewell Project,” an ambitious rail transit project launched in 1990. The structural collapse of the massive concrete platform nearly pulled a passing transit train into the pit of its demise, but disaster was averted and no serious injuries resulted. However, the train track was blocked and trains were delayed for several hours, disrupting many residents’ schedules.
The Hopewell Project and the platform’s structural collapse provide a telling illustration of the transition of the world from a state of hope, construction, and ambition into its present state of decay and disrepair. The Hopewell Project was abandoned around 1997 due to financial problems and resulting turmoil.
Authorities in Bangkok blamed the structural collapse of the abandoned train platform on substandard construction and on the theft of bolts and steel beams from the steel scaffolding originally intended to support the transit project.
Since the Hopewell project was abandoned and given up as hopeless, corrupt officials and representatives of the construction industry have stolen critical bits and pieces of the abandoned Hopewell project. Now local residents using the rail lines must hope less well, and seek to avoid sudden collapsing structural elements. These greedy, corrupt, and self-serving officials and builders clearly have no disregard for the lives and well-being of the citizens their efforts are supposed to serve.
Our Texas structural collapse lawyers point out that the collapsed train platform component of the Hopewell Project isn’t the only incomplete, abandoned construction project in the active city of Bangkok. Concerned officials point to many and consider them a danger. They point to the removal of critical support infrastructure by thieves and relate the imminent danger of structural collapse from these acts. The lesson should be clear. Darkness may shroud Thai infrastructure projects before it similarly blankets Texas projects, but the Thai collapse is a harbinger of what could happen here.
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