Excellence In Thai Engineering

[forcebwithu 4,856]

Pattaya City Hospital just finished elevating the section of the road between the hospital entrance and parking garage. Not a bad idea as it slows passing traffic down and makes it easier for patients to handle the height differential between the entrance and floor of the parking garage.

 

Now being a hospital it's imperative they consider those in wheel chairs. So very thoughtful of them to have a wheel chair ramp on the hospital side.

 

But on the parking side, that's quite a high step down for ambulatory patients to manage let alone those in wheel chairs.

 

Not to worry though, wheel chair users have a conveniently placed, and easily accessible ramp to the right.

 

Unfortunately when they finish their roll down the ramp they'll be faced with this...

 

Another fine example of Thai engineering.

[Butch 3,456]

LOL I especially like the finishing to the corner of the ramp next to the pole.

[forcebwithu 4,856]

And notice too how instead of extending the railing a bit to be even with the vertical post they instead mark the post with yellow and black warning tape. After all it's not like anyone's going to want to use that small gap between the railing and post. The mind boggles.

 

[jacko 8,822]

Will I still be able to use it as a cut through between Bua Khao and 3rd Rd?

[biggles 509]

I would think that some professions such as Engineer, Architect etc require innovation, lateral thinking outside the box. It has always puzzled me how these careers can flourish in Thailand where the education system seems designed to stifle this style of creative thinking ?

[Kev 178]

LOL this thread is funny as :-)

[forcebwithu 4,856]

Will I still be able to use it as a cut through between Bua Khao and 3rd Rd?

 

Yes, the cut through is still open. Just be careful of wheel chair users wandering about trying to figure out how to get into the parking garage.

[BigDUSA 71]

Another fine example of Thai thinking.

 

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/general/974125/purple-line-commuters-to-get-the-blues

[forcebwithu 4,856]

I might have been a little quick on the shutter button before as I see the hospital wasn't quite finished with the speed bump/pedestrian/wheel chair ramp upgrade. The finishing touches have now been added. One of which is a nice, glossy paint job on the concrete surfaces. No grit was added to the paint so when it rains be very careful crossing as it's sure to be as slippery as ice. Of course this may have been planned as the wipe outs are sure to provide a steady stream of new customers to the hospital.

 

They also removed the planters blocking the wheel chair ramp access. But the Thais being Thai decided not to let the empty space go to waste and instead planted in its place a nice row of comfortable chairs for those wishing to watch wheel chair users figure out how they're going to get by.

 

In the end though the wheel chair ramp pictured above is superfluous as there is one more conveniently placed.

 

Finally, I'm puzzled as to why they've left in place this odd rectangular piece of concrete that is directly in the path of those entering the parking garage.

[forcebwithu 4,856]

They were doing a bit of dredging at the low spot on Suk close to Pattaya Tai. Not sure how much that will help with easing the flooding that occurs at the spot with every heavy rain. Note in the picture below how the drainage ditch constricts to less than a third of the width. Plus it has the support structure for one of the highway lights planted right in the middle. Another fine example of excellence in Thai engineering.

[midlifecrisis 4,048]

Here in California, all municipalities, and counties where applicable, require permits and inspections. Plans are approved and the city, etc does not sign off on the completed work until they are satisfied that all codes have been satisfactorily met.

 

If not for this system, I have no doubt much of our construction would exhibit similar issues.

[Harvey 249]

Just reading the words "excellence in Thai engineering" makes me laugh a little. Nice topic, OP.

[InternationalTraveler 282]

Just reading the words "excellence in Thai engineering" makes me laugh a little. Nice topic, OP.

 

 

I would think that some professions such as Engineer, Architect etc require innovation, lateral thinking outside the box. It has always puzzled me how these careers can flourish in Thailand where the education system seems designed to stifle this style of creative thinking ?

 

I am sure some of you have seen this on Soi 1 where they could not grasp the idea that the profile of the manhole cover should line up with the profile of the road.

On Soi 2 they managed to get it right.

 

This new road just constructed and lines painted. Just look where they put the street lighting.

You could not make it up.

 

I have not got enough time to describe the on going cock ups on the beach road promenade and drainage.

They still think that shit can flow uphill when every Engineer knows that you need pumps.

 

And as for thinking outside the box !

How can they do that when there is nothing between their ears.

[forcebwithu 4,856]

 

Classic. Where was this pic taken?

[TheFiend 1,181]

 

 

 

I am sure some of you have seen this on Soi 1 where they could not grasp the idea that the profile of the manhole cover should line up with the profile of the road.

On Soi 2 they managed to get it right.

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This new road just constructed and lines painted. Just look where they put the street lighting.

You could not make it up.

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I have not got enough time to describe the on going cock ups on the beach road promenade and drainage.

They still think that shit can flow uphill when every Engineer knows that you need pumps.

 

And as for thinking outside the box !

How can they do that when there is nothing between their ears.

 

You can take the piss out of Thai engineering, but the company I work in the UK for was in the middle of constructing a new facility...... Groundwork completed and they were well into the construction phase and had nearly completed all the concrete pours when it was pointed out that it was meant to be built at another site 400 miles away.... The cock-up is still standing 40 years later and being used as a storage shed.

[midlifecrisis 4,048]

 

You can take the piss out of Thai engineering, but the company I work in the UK for was in the middle of constructing a new facility...... Groundwork completed and they were well into the construction phase and had nearly completed all the concrete pours when it was pointed out that it was meant to be built at another site 400 miles away.... The cock-up is still standing 40 years later and being used as a storage shed.

Here in the US, the wrong house was demolished. It should have been the house next door.

[InternationalTraveler 282]

 

Classic. Where was this pic taken?

Photo taken back of the Seasons Hotel on Pattaya Klang 14

[BigDUSA 71]

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Unhappy ending for Si Racha roads

• 28 Sep 2016 at 10:18 1,583 viewed0 comments
• WRITER: TERRY FREDRICKSON
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Administrators meet to discuss on how to solve a problem of a misaligned road in Sri Racha district of Chon Buri. TREENAI CHANSRICHOL

Construction of two roads through Noen Pha Suk village began three years ago, starting from opposite directions. They were supposed to meet somewhere in the middle. They didn't.

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Misaligned road in Si Racha raises eyebrows

Treenai Chansrichol

CHON BURI – Residents of Noen Pha Suk village in tambon Nong Kham of Si Racha district have been puzzled by the fact that what is supposed to be a road through their community has turned out to be two, of which ends do not meet properly.

Construction of the two roads began three years ago, starting from opposite directions. They were supposed to meet somewhere in the middle, seamlessly creating one long road. But this was not the case.

The problem stemmed from the fact that each of the roads was built by a different municipality – Laem Chabang and Chao Phraya Surasak.

When the administrators of the two municipalities met on Monday at the spot where the two roads were supposed to meet, they agreed that the junction was under the jurisdiction of the latter.

They also learned that the owners of two plots of land through which the roads were built had refused to transfer it to be public property, so the municipality was not able to make adjustments to make sure their ends meet properly.

At the request of the municipality, the land owners had agreed to transfer the part of land on which the roads were built to be public property.

Adjustments to the two roads to make their ends properly adjoined would be made after a land transfer transfer Meaning: to officially arrange for someone else to be the owner of something Thai Translation: โอน Learn more paper has been signed by the two owners, said Supong Panchalermchai, the mayor of Chao Phraya Surasak Municipality.

A question which remains unanswered is why the two roads were not built to meet in alignment in the first place.

 

 

 

 

http://www.bangkokpost.com/learning/advanced/1096908/unhappy-ending-for-si-racha-roads

Edited September 28, 2016 by BigDUSA

[jacko 8,822]

Similar thing happened under the Tyne, and that is why they have 2 tunnels.

[mrlasvegas 124]

Sadly I have a similar story about a brand new Veterans Hospital built in Las Vegas, USA. The hospital built a number of nice wide wheelchair ramps. Then the security folks got to work and installed security pylons the length of the sidewalk to protect the building. It did protect the building. It especially protected the building from veterans in wheelchairs and walkers as the security pylons were positioned across the most accessible portions of the ramps.

[forcebwithu 4,856]

Wish I could modify the thread title to Excellence In Thai Engineering/Thinking. Just got the following email from Kasikorn which had me laughing.