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Dodgy steel and shonky standards create new building crisis 'worse than leaky homes'
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We build complete sh*te buildings out of the cheapest nastiest chinese materials in Fiji everyday and they don't fall down or fail.
I agree, when I read that article about non flexing steel I thought this is a beatup in retaliation for cheap imports.
Ground Floors (ie those on solid ground as opposed to over a basement) don't flex & the steel is there to hold the concrete together, so any steel has to be better than none.
upper floors may be different- they will flex & perhaps there it will make a differenceLast edited by Keithw; 01-11-2016, 09:53 AM.
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Oh no I meant the royal we. I'm not building here other than helping people repair homes and building for the poor. I meant normal houses and commercial buildings are all reinforced with steel that has been lying in the weather forever and so rusty it is ridiculous. Fiji has been a dumping ground for crap from China since the big 80's bust up. And you never see any issues. I see lots of failed cement because they don't mix it properly but steel failure, never seen any.
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