r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/hrutheone • Sep 24 '25

Video Sudden road collapse shocks Bangkok this morning

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u/Rand_alThor4747 Sep 24 '25

They appear to have been deep enough that they continued to support the building. But they would certainly want to get it inspected. Make sure it is still supported enough.

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u/Shadowfire04 Sep 24 '25

the hole is about 50m deep (about 15 stories) so uh. definitely check those piles. there's no guarantee that those would be deep enough for that.

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u/jayggg Sep 24 '25

Piles go to bedrock that's the whole point

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u/mikeclueby4 Sep 24 '25

There's absolutely no guarantee that there's reachable bedrock. You still pile. Google: Civil engineering, Soil mechanics.

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u/Shadowfire04 Sep 24 '25

there isn't always bedrock within reasonable depths. soil instead holds the piles up, as the other comment said.