Opal Tower at Olympic Park - Residential Tower Evacuation

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...ns-building-may-collapse-20181224-p50o4b.html

33 storey Opal tower at Sydney Olympic Park - awful news for those who live or own there. I haven't heard yet what's triggered the concerns.

Edit: apparently residents have heard "cracking noises"

 

News just in:

Residents of the four-month-old Opal Tower apartment building at Sydney Olympic Park have been evacuated amid "cracking noises".

An emergency operation launched on Monday afternoon is ongoing, with an exclusion zone set up that includes the train station....

https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...ns-building-may-collapse-20181224-p50o4b.html



Guess this news is going to bring a lot of disrepute to this Builder unfortunately...

 

Seems to be quite common these days:

Kodo Apartments: Structural column cracks, workers evacuated - Jul 10, 2018.

APRIL 11, 2018
A COLUMN has cracked on the $100 million Kodo Apartment tower site, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of workers and raising fears about the building’s structural integrity.

Construction of the Kerry Stokes-backed tower site on Angas St was suspended on Friday after a worker discovered a precast structural column on the sixth floor had cracked.

 

Seems most measures being taken are sensible precautions.
Cause of reported noises is yet to be determined.
Marg

 

Sydney property is literally cracking

In all seriousness. Only shows that Australians err on safe side. Kudos to them for not ignoring it and investigating. Could be just wind...

 

My list of "reasons not to buy highrise" just got a little longer.....

 

Are there still units being built/sold there? It still has a sales office.

 

• Electricity, gas and water has now been cut to the building.
• Apparently there is significant structural movement on the 12 and 13th floors.
• Residents reported doors wouldn't close days ago. "A few days ago the doors looked different. Like they couldn't close properly. And you do feel it [movement] sometimes when there's strong wind."
• After the bang today, doors are jammed shut and Police Rescue is working though knocking down doors to free the trapped.

 

Can't blame the developer if the Underground tunneling for Sydney trains has anything to do with it?

 

I haven't heard anything about this, is this from a news article?

 

Happening live right now.

 

When I heard the reporter noting the 'cracking noises' I was perplexed sad to what's a 'cracking noise' vs a pretty 'ordinary noise'.

On a serious note, has a post-tensioning cable given up the tension?

 

Doesn't sound too good.. full evacuation of a 392 apartment Sydney residential block due to "cracking noises"..

With the rush to build so many apartments over the last 5 years, many corners being cut it seems.. Inflammable cladding, cracking in buildings after only a few years, people signing up for one thing off the plan and getting another - it's all starting to come out.

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https://www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...ns-building-may-collapse-20181224-p50o4b.html

 

Imagine if it was just someone with a "cracking noise machine" that was cranked up too high.

I heard on the news that the building has moved 2mm. Surely that's within tolerance.

 

Same tower which had that dodgy broker selling ANZ loans to buyers in China with fraudulent docs?

No such thing as coincidences

 

Word around the traps is you Datto are going around makin the cracking so youse could pick up some bargins in ole Olympic Park. .

 

2mm nothing to worry about ..

 

Im sure everyone is insured but whos shoulders would the ultimate responsibility fall upon?

 

It’s on the builders shoulders - if it’s underengineered then they could go engineer insurance. Either way the only people that win in this are the lawyers.