Multiple injuries as building collapses
Questions are being asked after an unfinished factory collapsed in Kandal province yesterday, injuring 16 construction workers, some seriously. … Commune chief Nou Len told the Post shoddy workmanship was to blame for the collapse of the half-finished 120 by 70 metre factory on land owned by someone called Yean Chhing. … Last night police searched for the building’s owner and the site’s foreman, who had either not been at the site yesterday or had fled before officers arrived. … Chan So Kheng, deputy provincial director of construction, said an inspection of the site showed builders had not met basic construction standards. …
