Preventing Structural Collapse: The Dangers of Neglected Maintenance and Plant Roots in Buildings

2024-03-20 09:04:00

“I saw the news of the collapse last night. It was the house that had been talked about for a long time but ended up being demolished. Now it can only be demolished!” Liu Xianwen, the architect of the Dian Cheng Architects Office, recalled that Mr. Tou, the old man on Wenchang Street, Da’an District, Taipei City yesterday ( 19) The collapse of the sun is quite touching. At that time, two builders were integrating, but no one could be found for this household. “The owner didn’t want to talk about it, so he changed it.” Now, because of the damage to the beams and columns caused by plants at the door, the unit price of the new construction project of the integrated small base next to it has exceeded 1.2 million yuan. Very sad.

The floor of the old building on Wenchang Street collapsed late yesterday night, frightening surrounding residents. Fortunately, it was unoccupied and no casualties were caused. The Taipei City Construction Management Office pointed out that the preliminary judgment was that the cracks in the wall columns and floor slabs were caused by the old and neglected maintenance of the house; Liu Xianwen pointed out that the main reason was due to “plant roots”! Because there is a tree growing in front of the door, the roots of the tree are intertwined with the pillars, destroying the structure of the beams and columns. There are external signboards nailed to the wall. The pillars of the observation building are very thin and cannot bear the load, causing it to collapse.

▼The sky-piercing pillars of this building can also be seen being covered by tree roots. (Photo/Provided by Lewu.com)

If we can’t find the owner of the house and talk to him, the tree roots will wrap around the pillars and cause trouble.

Liu Xianwen emphasized that the key point is that no one lives in the house. The house is of the same age and structure. One of the neighbors is the owner who uses it for himself, and the other side is rented by tenants. If there is a problem with the house condition, it will be repaired immediately. “This building has been idle for at least 7 years.” ~For 8 years, the structure was damaged and no one took care of it.”

Speaking of this old building, Liu Xianwen recalled that he came to discuss the renovation of the building 7 to 8 years ago. At that time, at least two builders were negotiating, but the owner of the building and the owner next door refused to upgrade. “I couldn’t find anyone, and it all ended in vain.” The builders of the integration also talked about the entire row of Tuotian Street becoming smaller and smaller. “The neighboring buildings were integrated successfully, but these two households were not included in the scope.”

Hong Anyi, manager of Lewu.com’s research center, pointed out that the buildings in the Wenchang Street area are indeed quite old, and were initially estimated to be at least 50 years old. Checking the real price registration data of Lewu.com, the average transaction price of Wenchang Street in the past two years fell to 72.3 per square meter. Ten thousand yuan, mainly apartments, mansions and buildings, but there has been no transaction record of Tootian for many years; checking the Ministry of Interior’s real price login website, there was only one transaction of Tootian in Wenchang Street in the past five years, and it was still “Unregistered buildings,” she said. “It seems that the houses on Wenchang Street probably have this kind of situation.”

▼The adjacent building has been integrated and rebuilt into a new building. Seteng revealed that the transaction price per square meter was more than NT$1.2 million. (Photo/Provided by Lewu.com)

The new project base next door is only 82 square meters and the unit price is more than 1.2 million.

Currently, there are 5 properties for sale on Wenchang Street on the Lewu website, including the Toitian store, with asking prices ranging from more than 30 million yuan to more than 50 million yuan. Compared with the pre-sale project next door, “Da’an Xinyi Museum” “The unit price has stabilized at NT$1.2 million. Hong Anyi thought, “I wonder if this accident will speed up the renovation process of Wenchang Street? But what can the owner do if he is determined to abandon these old houses? ?”

According to “Leju”, the base area of ​​”Da’an Xinyi Museum” is only 82 square meters, with a total building height of 10 floors and a total of 17 planned units. It is developed and constructed by Yuxiang. There are currently 8 transaction records, with an average transaction price of The total price is 1.2785 million yuan, with the highest price reaching 1.2987 million yuan, and the total price is 24.42 to 31.3 million yuan.

(Cover photo/Dongsen News)

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