Was substandard steel to blame for India’s Kolkata flyover collapse?
Buckled steel: What happened in Kolkata was a tragedy. Is the UK government creating the conditions for a similar disaster here?
This tragedy could have serious repercussions for the United Kingdom.
Was substandard steel to blame for this tragedy?
Where was the steel sourced? China?
Do UK construction projects – such as the Forth Bridge refurbishment – source their steel from the same place?
And will the UK government consider cancelling some of its foreign steel contracts and invest in the superior British product instead, as a result of this wake-up call?
This Writer thinks we all know the answer to the last question.
Hopes of finding more survivors trapped under a collapsed flyover are fading in the Indian city of Kolkata (Calcutta).
Rescuers have worked through the night in the Girish Park area, where the bypass was under construction when it collapsed suddenly on Thursday afternoon.
At least 24 people were killed and scores injured.
The cause of the disaster was not immediately clear, but safety issues such as lack of inspections and the use of substandard materials have plagued construction projects in India.
Source: India Kolkata flyover collapse: Hope fading for survivors – BBC News
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Most likely, it’s a real tragedy with what happened to those poor people but that’s what you get when you use cheap, substandard materials, just what the tories want to do over here, lie they’ve always done, this will happen over here, you mark my words!
Relevant article just been published by Reuters:-
http://in.reuters.com/article/india-collapse-kolkata-flyover-idINKCN0WX0S2
It suggests corrosion due to long delays, and then hasty construction work, may have caused the collapse – so there it is.
The question was still a good one.
you can bet your bottom it was sub standard steel from china.
how many projects are going on in this country that are using it ?
if a chinese company buys the steel industry in the UK will the nuclear power station b constructed from inferior steel?????
As far as the new Forth Crossing is concerned, it has come from both China and various EU sources. No domestic bids were forthcoming, partly because of the amount of steel required and the fact that the type required was not made here any more. I would assume that the original bridge was made with British steel, since it was opened even before The British Steel Corporation was formed by nationalisation.
We didn’t need foreign imports before the Tories got stuck into our industries. I don’t know where most of the steel used in other current UK projects comes from but I expect a similar situation.
Yes, it’s all foreign.
http://thenationonlineng.net/we-are-committed-to-achieving-inclusive-growth/
https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2479&dat=20011029&id=K6hjAAAAIBAJ&sjid=hiUMAAAAIBAJ&pg=946,27627735&hl=en Philippine Daily Inquirer – Oct 29, 2001
http://www.mb.com.ph/steel-industry-slams-auction-of-seized-sub-standard-angle-bars/
http://www.constructionmanagermagazine.com/news/chinese-stee7l-safe-indu2stry-meets-bis-exam5ine/
I had a problem with the first link that meant it wouldn’t open.
Strange, I just clicked on it from this page, and it came up?
What’s strange about that?
While the steel might be Chinese I’d suspect the steel could be from Tata, a domestic supplier. Of course the collapse could be down to a design or engineering problem.
What makes you say it could be from Tata?
Are you suggesting that the UK makes substandard steel?
Concerns have already been raised about the quality of the Chinese product, and that’s why I mentioned it.
We’ll be getting an awful lot of Chinese steel in the near future, if the Tories have their way and destroy the British industry that you’ve called into question.
not another go at scotland. Now its our engineering sourcing
Explain?
“What makes you say it could be from Tata?
Are you suggesting that the UK makes substandard steel?”
No Mike, I never said nor even inferred that the UK makes inferior steel, good heavens I’m an engineer and grew up in the shadow of the John Summers’ Shotton steelworks. No, I pointed out that the steel involved might be a shoddy Chinese steel but on the other hand the steel might be from Tata (a quality product) and the collapse caused by a design defect or an engineering error. You must take into account that my posts may have errors in grammar or contain illogicality – the residual effects of my stroke.
Okay – it needed clarifying.
What about the news story about the building in India(or wherever it was), that killed and injured workers who were making products for Primark(and others)? Think it was a couple of years ago. Or was that unrelated?