Garfield Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 http://www.longfordleader.ie/news/local/video-report-demolition-of-gleann-riada-apartment-block-commences-1-4075467 Goes to show how shoddy some of the Celtic Tiger workmanship was... this building would've been a death-trap if it had ever been occupied. (PS: yes, that's me talking ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenderg Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Wow, I've seen card buildings with better structure! Best medicine for a lot of nonsense built in the recent past. Ball and chain, twice daily. Great report sir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BosKonay Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Certainly don't build 'em like they used to!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weshty Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 Pure and total greed. They were building them on the utter cheap and probably hoped to get €250k+ per unit. Only problem is, there are thousands of more units throughout the country like these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garfield Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 The entire estate is a shambles. There are no sewage vents (which caused a methane build up which recently caused an explosion in one of the unoccupied houses), there are no fire hydrants and the whole project was built on land that's renowned for practically becoming a lake in wintertime. Footpaths are crumbling and last week two houses had to be evacuated because of dangerously high carbon monoxide levels. Some serious blunders made at several different stages, even before the first sod was turned! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enniscorthyman Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Shocking in a word,and who was supposed to sign off on these buildings as finished and fit for sale?.Power-corruption-Lies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flying Scotsman 4472 Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 That's Polish builders for ya Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hidden-agenda Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 Built by an Antrim based company that would,nt have got away with such shoddy building practices north of the border and thank god for building control up here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Horsetan Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 ......Only problem is, there are thousands of more units throughout the country like these. I read last year in the Indo that an entire block in Dublin had to be evacuated because a proper fire risk assessment had never been carried out (yet the authorities signed it off), and it was belatedly discovered that there was no (or inadequate) fire-resistant material in the walls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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