Thai officials investigate steel samples taken from quake-hit Bangkok construction site

Record ID: 1986774

  • Title: Thai officials investigate steel samples taken from quake-hit Bangkok construction site
  • Date: 31st March 2025
  • Summary:  BANGKOK, THAILAND (MARCH 31, 2025) (REUTERS) INDUSTRY MINISTRY STAFF MEASURING AND TALKING ABOUT METAL STRIPS TAKEN FROM QUAKE-HIT CONSTRUCTION SITE ON TABLE THAI OFFICIAL BRINGING IN TRAY HOLDING PART OF METAL STRIP SAMPLES PART OF METAL STRIP ON TRAY VARIOUS OF OFFICER PUTTING METAL SAMPLE INTO MACHINE MACHINE DRILLING INTO METAL SAMPLE TO TEST ITS COMPOSITION TESTED ME
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  • Keywords: Myanmar Thailand collapsed construction metal site steel
  • Location: BANGKOK, THAILAND
  • City: BANGKOK, THAILAND
  • Country: Thailand
  • Topics: Asia / Pacific,Disaster/Accidents,Earthquakes/Volcanoes/Tsunami
  • Reuters ID: LVA001291331032025RP1
  • Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  • Story Text: Thai officials on Monday (March 31) said they were investigating metal and steel parts taken from the quake-hit construction site in Bangkok, after the unfinished 30-storey building collapsed on Friday (March 28).
    The media were shown samples cut from a metal strip retrieved from the site being put in a machine that would test its composition. The results of the test, carried out by the Thai Industrial Standards Institute, is expected later in the day, according to Industry Ministry officials, who witnessed the process.
    An anti-corruption watchdog had flagged irregularities in the construction of the skyscraper for Thailand's State Audit Office that collapsed and killed at least 19 people, the head of the monitoring group told Reuters.
    The government has announced an investigation into the cause of the collapse of the tower, which was being built by a Chinese company and a long-established Thai construction firm.
    (Production: Artorn Pookasook, Juarawee Kittisilpa)
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