Construction Failures

Three Gorges Dam

This massive project includes flood-control dam , giant lock and 26 hydroelectric power generators , and when approved in 1992 , was said to cost $ 8.35bn . Unfortunately , costs spiralled out of control , with 1.3 million people needing to be relocated after the river was rerouted a particular issue . The price tag more than quadrupled to $ 37bn , and dam , completed in 2006 , is criticised for causing environmental issues .

In 2009 , a newly-finished residential building in Shaghai collapsed while remaining almost entirely intact , killing one construction worker . A long investigation found that excavated earth dumped nearby caused a river bank to collapse and saturate the surrounding soil , causing the instability . Fortunately , a domino effect involving other structures in the 11-building complex was narrowly avoided .

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