Just heard a whisper that the demolition work at the Cameron Offices has gone amiss, with part of a wall collapsing onto a car parked nearby… Anyone know more?
[ED: Here’s a pic thanks to Ray!]
[Ed. ABConline have more news that it may have been caused by a faulty phone]
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All the buildings around woden used to be named after the First Fleet…
HMS Siruis was the flagship,
HMS Supply was an escort,
Alexander, Charlotte, Friendship, Lady Penrhyn, Prince of Wales, and Scarborough were all transports,
and Borrowdale, Golden Grove and Fishburn were all supply boats.
Fishburn was one of the ships of the First Fleet (so was Sirius) so I’d say that’s what they were named after.
@Pandy – yeah it’s the old Fishburn and Sirius buildings. I’m watching the machines gnawing away at from my desk. Hoping I don’t get squashed by some concrete! Here’s hoping the building that replaces it has a nicer name than ‘Fishburn’ as well. Yikes
Isn’t this just great!
(Sorry, I haven’t read the article yet – but am going to now do so! 😉 )
Mr Evil: The CT article today goes further, with the CFMEU saying that they’d told Workcover about specific concerns with the safety of the wall that collapsed, two weeks ago.
“Will their ‘full investigation’ turn out to be an incompetence hiding, mate protecting, publicity avoiding shambles of the fire enquiries?”
Probably not: Stanhope won’t be involved in the process at all. 😉
I noticed some ‘cow’ from the CMFEU was on the TV last night going on how they’d been reporting to ACT Workcover their concerns about some of the practices allegedly taking place at that worksite.
On this of all days.
Will their ‘full investigation’ turn out to be an incompetence hiding, mate protecting, publicity avoiding shambles of the fire enquiries?
Crushed car incident will be ‘fully investigated’
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/01/18/2141312.htm
Sepi – built 1972.
Those Canberra 50s and 60s buildings were post war, and were built to withstand bomb blasts. Canberra Hospital, the train carriage buildings at Russell and this one.
They were built to last forever and it is hard work to knock them over.
Drove past it at about 1600 yesterday. Cops, firies and lots of people milling about.
What a huge snafu!
heads should roll over this one.
Similar demolition happening on some old building in Woden near the CASA building. At least there they have not allowed parking alonside the demo site.
No way in hell would anyone have gotten out of that.
(From Aquilas shots:)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/28469131@N00/2199079113/in/photostream/
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Another shot…
Good aim…
If it was me i wouldnt have done such a direct hit like that.. Very good aim.
That guy wont be working as a demo man much longer.. he will be in the army knocking tanks over
Should have just used explosives and imploded it. Everyone could have gone and watched…
Obviously a speed related accident. The car wasn’t going fast enough.
Incredible.
Heads should roll over this incident, and hopefully not just those of the occupants of the vehicle.