Horrible Chinese Construction-King of Brews et.al.

Brewskie, the Hero of the Heartland was the impetus for this page. Brew knows more about shoddy Chinese construction due to his persist trance in investigating the subject. This will be the homeoff his words,land others who have an affinity for keeping tabs on Chinese construction.

The BrewMan

 

Added july23

Here is a post from the Big Brewskie, master of the long ball..although his time here is nil, he knows more than most….hes also part of the triad, of which the King and I are a member…
Gordon Chang has been ahead of his time. Sure, his book on the collapse of China, “the Coming Collapse of China” written in the mid-2000s, struck out bad by calling the crash last decade; but genius is rarely understood in the present by lesser, average mortals, and it takes the slow-growth of truth, time’s daughter, to bear fruit to the masses. Hell, it took until the 1990s to verify the calculation of Einstein’s theory of General Relativity to prove the expansion of the universe is, in fact, speeding up – a thought Einstein initially thought improbable and denounced.
Say China friend, when you take off that ugly mask and reveal the rotten teeth of your fly-basted, lice-ridden, disease-filled economic charade of yours, I can only squint like Arnold Schwarzenegger in Predator and say, “You… Ah one… uhgly mothafuckah.” To purty up yer festered looks, I’d like to introduce two eager companions of mine: to my left I have my T-800 cyborg arm, an eager jackhammer ready to remold and reshape that lying face of yours – and maybe clean those sooty lungs of yers via a few well placed rib shots – and above my right shoulder I have mounted a rail gun – a replacement for the predator’s shoulder-mounted blast cannon.
The Bird’s Nest (China’s Olympic stadium) needed critical health care for rust and structural spits the year it was completed; too bad the engineers couldn’t bring ticket sales:
http://www.boisestatepublicradio.org/post/chinas-post-olympic-woe-how-fill-empty-nest
“But the only international visitors sitting in the stands on a recent day aren’t impressed.
“For me, it’s just a huge concrete place,” says German tourist Christian Lodz. “Personally I think, after four years, it looks a little bit shabby.”
“What I think is interesting is that it’s just not used for anything useful,” says his countryman Henne Zelle, waving at a crane and tarpaulins in the middle of the stadium. “There’s a construction zone there, and it’s kind of dirty.”
The problem is how to fill the empty expanse of seats; the stadium is designed to house 91,000 spectators.
Since the Olympics, a number of tactics have been tried: The construction of man-made ski slopes turned it temporarily into a winter wonderland, and tightrope walker Adili Wuxor spent two months living suspended on a tightrope above the Bird’s Nest trying to set a new world record.”
Brazil & India (two Bric darlings) are stalling, Europe’s getting swallowed by a cataclysmic, continent-size growing in circumstance, the US is feeling tepid – how the fuck is a slowing China suppose to be the start darling, the main attraction, the centerpiece to saving the global economy?
http://www.newser.com/article/da05scso0/nowhere-to-hide-global-economic-troubles-spread-from-europe-and-us-to-china-india-and-brazil.html
I was hoping my “advocacy journalism” on faulty, torrid Chinese construction project, followed by a vacation, would get the Chinese heads to collect their sense together and improve projects to 1940s quality (at least). Shouldn’t have gone on vacation: Chinese contractors appear to have gotten lazier.
When you steal a car in America, you pull the driver out via Grand Theft Auto; in China, the road itself eats the car!
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/video/2012/jul/05/china-road-collapse-car-video?newsfeed=true
China’s deadly one-two railroad combo: if you try fixing the defective rails, the tunnels instead will collapse and kill ya:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2012-07/05/content_15551482.htm
Burmese people catching on: trusting Chinese to build world’s 15-largest hydroelectric dam is like trusting cigarette companies’ cancer sticks to improve your health.
http://www.kachinnews.com/news/2342-chinese-company-tries-to-gain-the-support-of-locals-to-restart-myitsone-dam-project.html
American ladies: don’t attempt birth control using Chinese-made IUDs:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8351700
Proof chicom statisticians flunk price index mathematics like John Nash would fail as a marriage counselor: Vacationing in China becoming more expensive.
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?id=20120722000010&cid=1103
22 Chinese companies made the FT top-500 list. The catch? They’re all state-owned firms(!) – PetroChina, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, China Mobile, China Shenhua Energy Company, China Construction Bank, Agricultural Bank of China, Bank of China, China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation, and China Shenhua Energy Company.
http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1202&MainCatID=12&id=20120722000084
And finally, some good news: US firm, fed up with cat-and-mouse games surrounding Chinese quality and production controls, and discouraged by rising costs, are moving production back to native soil.

More from Brewskie LOL! What are the Chinese trying to do – build a super-size replica of the Soviet’s N1 lunar rocket? China looks to build the world’s tallest building – at 838 meters – by January 2013 – and government approval is still pending!!! http://www.cnngo.com/shanghai/life/sky-city-chinese-company-proposes-worlds-tallest-building-098182 My understanding is Sky City, as the building is aptly known, will be a pre-manufactured building – with individual segments built in factories beforehand, and site assembly commanding 90 days. Some China admirers shine praise for pre-manufactured buildings – it could do for skyscrapers what Henry Ford did for autos; and plus, some are hopeful it will finally wrangle creaky construction out of buildings China’s so famous for. We’ll see. From an engineering standpoint, the final product is only good as the initial design, the methodology of construction, and material allows: intrepid assembly line manufacturing didn’t weed out quality control issues 1960s & 1970s US automotives were famous for; that required improved methodology like “Total Quality Management” (which Toyota and other Japanese auto makers are famous for) Six Sigma, and other ideas to kick US automakers’ butts, assert some self-reflection and insert a panic mode to (somewhat) beef quality up. As I mentioned before, half the steel used in Shanghai construction funks quality standard tests; as Paul Midler once confessed, building a new, shiny factory wouldn’t improve sanitation standards of hand care products & shampoo if you didn’t get the workers to wash hands accordingly, cease spitting, and stop them from dunking themselves entirely in vats of hand care lotion (yes, this actually happens) before. Did assembly line manufacturing weed out the Big 3s’ deplorable engineering, substandard material, and slipshod assembly of the ’60s & ’70s; will assembly line manufacturing of high rises weed out inferior steel, sandy concrete, substandard tiling, lousy paints? I hope pre-manufactured buildings is a godsend for China; however, if history is any indicator, I have my doubts as evidenced by China’s other “innovative” Chinese mega projects – the San-Francisco-Oakland bridge (also being pre-manufactured in China), the Jiaozhou Bay (that came complete minus bolts (or loose bolts that could have been turned by hand), barriers, lighting, support structures), 3 Gorgies, the South-to-North Water Diversion Project (not complete, but I’m convinced will be a failure), and the Bird’s Nest (which required European engineers a mere year after construction to heal rust, and structural splits). June 9 This comes from the Master of the Midwest, I have nothing to offer but a fk u China. The BrewMan Several months ago I posted a link to a slew of accidents occurring on Shanghai’s subway system to hell; well, it appears the whore of the orient, as all of China has, has sold out her buildings’ structural integrity for the price of a 5-minute quickie – HALF of steel sold on wholesale markets used for construction failed quality tests: and these are Chinese quality tests, ones that say, “Cool. Your PDD kid is gifted as the sweet gold mines of patent piles we possess; forward the 12-year-old terrets ‘tard to college.” http://shanghaiscrap.com/2008/03/avoid-tall-buildings/ “So I must say I was more than a little surprised when my beloved Shanghai Daily ran a story – this morning – containing this jaw-dropping revelation: HALF the steel material sold at wholesale markets and now being used in construction has failed quality tests. The Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Administrative Bureau inspected 52 batches of steel material at three markets and 15 construction sites in seven districts, including Xuhui, Zhabei and Baoshan, and officials said 27 batches had quality problems. There are – according to the story – a couple of problems: the steel was often too light (five times too light, in one case) to meet construction standards; 48% of the tested steel lacked sufficient carbon content, rendering the material dangerously brittle; and 22% of the tested products failed tension tests. […] “What’s most disturbing is that this is not a new issue. Overseas buyers of Chinese structural steel and other ferrous products have long known that Chinese manufactured steel typically doesn’t meet the quality (and chemistry) standards of foreign countries. But I think even the foreign importers would be shocked to learn that Chinese steelmakers are perfectly content selling substandard structural steel into Shanghai’s construction markets. So let me be the first to state: This isn’t just bad business; it’s immoral. And what’s even worse is that the steelmakers know full well that they can get away with it, and have been doing so for years. According to Xinhua: Officials said building inspection does not include measuring weight and thickness for steel at present, which allows manufacturers to lower the standard. No surprise, the Shanghai Industrial and Commercial Administrative Bureau won’t identify the companies who manufacture the sub-standard steel. Most likely, those companies are state-owned; but even if they’re private, they have powerful friends (no other way to stay in that business, after all). It would be nice to know, of course, but it would be even nicer to know which building construction projects were tested, and whether they were allowed to continue (I bet they were) with the understanding that they would utilize steel that meets the Bureau’s quality tests. And, of course, as someone who frequents Shanghai’s buildings, I’d like to know which ones were built with steel from the sub-standard steel mills. But I’m not holding my breath.

Ahhh…. the “official” start of summer is nearly here, I’m stoked. Today is a very special day for this blog, for WT’s readers – and you too, King. The vision of this screen will forever be burned in your eyeballs with a permanent white phosphorus burn. This is a day when Beijing’s sludge – and China’s for that matter – piles up higher as the entire country – man, woman, child, elderly… dog, pig and cow – simultaneously shits themselves as if they died; it’ll be of biblical proportions; China will wish she mandated everyone to wear double titanium depends, not crap with napkin absorbancy.

Here it is, a partial viewing of the pride & joy of the Brewskie vault: where I keep tucked away truck loads of material on China’s dodgy infrastructure. Be warned: this doesn’t even comprise my entire collection – I have SHIT LOADS more material tucked away!!! Another “special day” will come around some time, you’ll see.

This gem comes from the BrewMan. It is a comprehensive list showing just how much China sucks.
My hat goes off to the BrewMan and thanks a ton.
I am compiling all of this to put I
Into a special document….
From the King Of Brews!!!

All rise, cuz this is dank!

The BrewMan speaketh

Ahhh…. the “official” start of summer is nearly here, I’m stoked. Today is a very special day for this blog, for WT’s readers – and you too, King. The vision of this screen will forever be burned in your eyeballs with a permanent white phosphorus burn. This is a day when Beijing’s sludge – and China’s for that matter – piles up higher as the entire country – man, woman, child, elderly… dog, pig and cow – simultaneously shits themselves as if they died; it’ll be of biblical proportions; China will wish she mandated everyone to wear double titanium depends, not crap with napkin absorbancy.

Here it is, a partial viewing of the pride & joy of the Brewskie vault: where I keep tucked away truck loads of material on China’s dodgy infrastructure. Be warned: this doesn’t even comprise my entire collection – I have SHIT LOADS more material tucked away!!! Another “special day” will come around some time, you’ll see.

Isn’t this scary?

http://www.chengduliving.com/on-the-frontlines-of-chinas-real-estate-bubble/

http://cmp.hku.hk/2011/09/23/15583/

http://www.chinaurbandevelopment.com/?p=1496

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/7606490.html

http://www.chinesedrywall.com/gallery.html (This is Chinese drywall in US homes; still, it’s peanuts compared to what Chinese go through.)

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2009-06/19/content_8301942.htm

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/peterfoster/100063812/chinas-crumbling-buildings-not-built-to-last/

http://www.pekingduck.org/2005/08/the-collapse-of-china/ (HIGHLY RECOMMENDED. Be sure to also check out the readers’ comments!)

http://topics.scmp.com/news/china-news-watch/article/Judgment-day-fears-for-high-speed-rail-tracks

http://seeingredinchina.com/2011/07/10/infrastructure-follow-up-nanjings-brand-new-station-needs-repairs/

http://china.org.cn/opinion/2011-09/28/content_23508533.htm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/8620759/Guangzhou-Opera-House-falling-apart.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/industries/china-high-speed-railway-section-reportedly-collapses-reviving-safety-fears-jolting-shares/2012/03/12/gIQAONlM8R_story.html

http://www.wantchinatimes.com/news-subclass-cnt.aspx?cid=1103&MainCatID=&id=20120106000014

https://wtdevflnt.wordpress.com/2011/09/15/truth-of-chinese-manufacturing-quality-in-pictures/ (A good one that shows pictures of Chinese welding techniques – startling and funny!)

http://topics.scmp.com/news/china-news-watch/article/Judgment-day-fears-for-high-speed-rail-tracks

http://asiancorrespondent.com/60253/shoddy-bridges-trouble-chinese-netizens/

http://www.weldreality.com/bird%27s%20nest%20welds.htm (This one provides good info on Chinese welding techniques).

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1359289/Drivers-escape-alive-motorway-section-collapses-beneath-sending-plunging-23ft-ground.html

http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/timcollard/100042402/china-cracks-in-the-three-gorges-dam-so-300000-people-can-wave-goodbye-to-their-homes/

http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/07/11/1781s647648.htm (The road collapsed TWO DAYS into its trial run.)

http://news.qq.com/a/20110711/000313.htm#p=10 (Photos of collapsed road in link above.)

http://www.chinareallysucks.com/Site/New_Stuff/Entries/2010/8/2_Entry_1.html

http://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/world/china-troubled-by-steel-thinning-scam-in-building-foundations/story-e6frg90o-1226136555319

http://izismile.com/2009/10/27/two-year_old_chinese_apartment_building_13_pics.html

http://english.cri.cn/6909/2012/03/15/1461s687018.htm

http://izismile.com/2009/08/17/the_quality_of_chinese_house_building_15_pics.html

http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/07/05/2021s646303.htm

http://thisischinablog.com/2011/08/10/termites-in-chinas-construction-industry/

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2011-08/23/content_13167866.htm (This one’s about China slowing down her high-speed trains – again.)

http://www.businessinsider.com/shanghai-subway-crash-2011-9#comment-4e81efb8ecad044b6b00003d#ixzz1ZAyCoczM

http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/06/11/us-china-collapse-idUSPEK16970120070611

http://www.puddingandchopsticks.com/2011/09/29/puddles/comment-page-1/#comment-2075

http://www.beckyances.net/2010/11/construction-in-china-a-tale-of-two-buildings/

http://factsanddetails.com/china.php?itemid=325&catid=13&subcatid=84#3391

http://chinahopelive.net/2009/08/20/the-best-decisions-we-ever-made-in-china-1-ditching-the-laowai-ghetto

http://chinahopelive.net/2011/07/21/how-to-fix-the-drain-gas-problem-in-your-chinese-apartment

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2011/09/in-fast-growing-china-a-warning-about-when-prosperity-isnt-enough/244603/

http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90882/7795169.html

Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/china-is-drowning-on-excess-commodities-and-canceling-orders-left-and-right-2012-5#ixzz1vth76pVK

Bhawahahah! China tries the “bread & butter” move from the CCP playbook called propaganda (isn’t that more like the “moldy bread & sour butter” play?) Having made a buffoon of herself by building a high-speed rail network assembled from Tinker Toys – and yes, what’s are effectively fat, overweight speeding missiles pulling carriages of people are suppose to ride on them – China tries to make good by rebuilding busted rail bridges in NE China.

http://english.cri.cn/6909/2011/11/13/189s667017.htm

Well if China fools you twice, shame on you. What they teach in you in the working world is do the job right, the first time, or don’t do it at all: would you trust an open heart surgeon who had to call back 70% of his patients for do-overs, because he botched the 1st tries? Insurance companies sure the hell wouldn’t And if we had any architectural firm in the US that built apartment buildings the way China does, you know the lawsuit locusts and army ant regulators would swarm on them like “Moses magic” and eat that firm alive!

If you habitually fuck up the 1st time, odds are, you aren’t competent for seconds either: that was evidenced by a post I mentioned earlier on this blog, where the section of a road in Tibet collapsed TWICE in one year!!!

https://wtdevflnt.wordpress.com/2012/04/25/china-tibet-highway-collapses-two-times-in-over-one-year/