Fears grow for buildings
The colonial-era buildings damaged by a construction site along Phnom Penh’s bustling riverfront are under threat of imminent collapse, a structural engineer who examined the area said yesterday. Local company Vattanac yesterday complied with local authority demands to halt construction at the Sisowath Quay site – between Streets 178 and 184 – after disregarding the same orders on Wednesday by continuing to dig near the foundations of the adjacent building. “It can collapse at any minute with any further ground movement,” said structural engineer and managing director for ILI Consulting Engineers Mekong Ltd Rainer Israel. (By Derek Stout and Phak Seangly, pg. 4)
Derek Stout and Phak Seangly
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