Title: "13 dead" in rail station roof collapse, Serbia. Post by: broadgage on November 01, 2024, 18:02:19 An external canopy roof has collapsed leaving 13 dead and others injured.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wrp7g05xro (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c9wrp7g05xro) Initial reports do not suggest any likely cause of the accident, no mention of severe weather, or of a vehicle impact, or of any form of attack. Very sad. Later reports may contain more, or more accurate details.t Title: Re: "13 dead" in rail station roof collapse, Serbia. Post by: broadgage on November 04, 2024, 13:33:19 Later reports put the number of fatalities at 14. No word on the suspected cause. Images of the immediate aftermath suggest that the fallen roof was of substantial concrete construction and was cantilevered out from the wall of the main building, rather than being supported by vertical columns.
Looks as though the fixings between the roof and the wall failed. Very sad. Title: Re: "13 dead" in rail station roof collapse, Serbia. Post by: ChrisB on November 04, 2024, 13:55:11 It had just been refurbished....I'd start there I think
Title: Re: "13 dead" in rail station roof collapse, Serbia. Post by: stuving on November 04, 2024, 14:32:37 From the reports, the refurbishment or renovation did not include the canopy. Indeed, I don't thinks that is something you can do to old concrete structures, other than a pressure wash and a repaint.
The canopy in question was not (or not just) cantilevered from above the entrance. It was suspended from the main roof's forward projection, apparently by steel tubes as tension members. In the failure, these pulled out from the upper roof. You would hope that those attachments got inspected from time to time, and a renovation would be the obvious time to do it - it would be a big job is itself. Here is a recent picture: (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cd/%C5%BDelezni%C4%8Dka_stanica_Novi_Sad.jpg/1024px-%C5%BDelezni%C4%8Dka_stanica_Novi_Sad.jpg) This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |