{"id":780635,"date":"2025-03-28T09:51:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T09:51:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/?p=780635"},"modified":"2025-03-31T08:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T07:23:13","slug":"construction-workers-missing-after-thai-skyscraper-collapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.architectsjournal.co.uk\/news\/construction-workers-missing-after-thai-skyscraper-collapses","title":{"rendered":"Construction workers missing after Thai skyscraper collapses"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ssrcss-1s1kjo7-RichTextContainer e5tfeyi1\">\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">According to reports, a strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Mandalay in Thailand\u2019s neighbour, Myanamar, causing shockwaves which rocked the Thai capital hundreds of miles away.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">It is believed 320 construction workers were on site when the building near Chatuchak Park, which was set to become government offices, came down.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x1lliihq x1s928wv xhkezso x1gmr53x x1cpjm7i x1fgarty x1943h6x xudqn12 x3x7a5m x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u\" dir=\"auto\"><span class=\"x193iq5w xeuugli x13faqbe x1vvkbs x1xmvt09 x6prxxf xvq8zen xo1l8bm xzsf02u x1yc453h\"> In its latest update the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/niem1669\/\">National Institute of Emergency Medicine<\/a> said that 70 people were missing and another 20 workers were stuck in a lift. <\/span><\/span>Videos show the under-construction building collapsing within seconds.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Over 40 construction workers are reported missing, following the collapse of an under construction high-rise building in the Thai capital of Bangkok, as a result of today\u2019s 7.7 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ydkbxExorf\">pic.twitter.com\/ydkbxExorf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sentdefender\/status\/1905523671302582519?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Emergency services are continuing their search for survivors among the rubble, though there has already been one confirmed death.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"BxUVEf ILfuVd\" lang=\"en\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Bangkok is not thought of as a high-risk earthquake area. <\/span><\/span>BBC journalist Bui Thu told the BBC World Service that it had been a \u2018decade since Bangkok had a really strong or powerful earthquake like this\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>She added: \u2018Buildings in Bangkok are not engineered for earthquakes, so I think that\u2019s why I think there\u2019s going to be big damage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u2018In my apartment I just see some cracking on the walls and water splashed out of swimming pools and people just yelling.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Other videos showed high-rise buildings swaying as the aftershocks hit the city, including the 77-storey <span data-huuid=\"9935170981306824754\">MahaNakhon skyscaper by Ole Scheeren. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"es\">La torre Mahanakhon, de 314 metros, el edificio m\u00e1s alto de <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bangkok?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bangkok<\/a> durante el terremoto. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ya134kOCa6\">pic.twitter.com\/ya134kOCa6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pol Comaposada \u0e1b\u0e2d\u0e25 (@Mundo_Nomada) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mundo_Nomada\/status\/1905543092444561858?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 28, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, a strong 7.7 magnitude earthquake hit Mandalay in Thailand\u2019s neighbour, Myanamar, causing shockwaves which rocked the Thai capital hundreds of miles away. It is believed 320 construction workers were on site when the building near Chatuchak Park, which was set to become government offices, came down. 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