Scribd Logo
Upload

Welcome to Scribd!

  • 474 views

    Highland Towers Tragedy

    Uploaded by

    Hakim Rajaie
    The Highland Towers tragedy occurred in 1993 when Block 1 of the Highland Towers condominium collapsed, killing 48 people. The 12-floor condominium was built on a steep slope behind another development. Over time, surface water flowing down the slope caused soil erosion and mud floods that cracked the road near the apartments. This led to an unstable base structure and the collapse of Block 1 on December 11, 1993. A week-long rescue operation recovered 48 bodies from the rubble. An investigation later found that constructing buildings on the unstable hillside slope went against land conservation laws and contributed to the tragedy.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Highland Towers Tragedy

    Uploaded by

    Hakim Rajaie
    474 views12 pages
    The Highland Towers tragedy occurred in 1993 when Block 1 of the Highland Towers condominium collapsed, killing 48 people. The 12-floor condominium was built on a steep slope behind another development. Over time, surface water flowing down the slope caused soil erosion and mud floods that cracked the road near the apartments. This led to an unstable base structure and the collapse of Block 1 on December 11, 1993. A week-long rescue operation recovered 48 bodies from the rubble. An investigation later found that constructing buildings on the unstable hillside slope went against land conservation laws and contributed to the tragedy.

    Original Description:

    Highland tower presentations

    Copyright

    © Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)

    Available Formats

    PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd

    Did you find this document useful?

    Is this content inappropriate?

    The Highland Towers tragedy occurred in 1993 when Block 1 of the Highland Towers condominium collapsed, killing 48 people. The 12-floor condominium was built on a steep slope behind another development. Over time, surface water flowing down the slope caused soil erosion and mud floods that cracked the road near the apartments. This led to an unstable base structure and the collapse of Block 1 on December 11, 1993. A week-long rescue operation recovered 48 bodies from the rubble. An investigation later found that constructing buildings on the unstable hillside slope went against land conservation laws and contributed to the tragedy.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    474 views12 pages

    Highland Towers Tragedy

    Uploaded by

    Hakim Rajaie
    The Highland Towers tragedy occurred in 1993 when Block 1 of the Highland Towers condominium collapsed, killing 48 people. The 12-floor condominium was built on a steep slope behind another development. Over time, surface water flowing down the slope caused soil erosion and mud floods that cracked the road near the apartments. This led to an unstable base structure and the collapse of Block 1 on December 11, 1993. A week-long rescue operation recovered 48 bodies from the rubble. An investigation later found that constructing buildings on the unstable hillside slope went against land conservation laws and contributed to the tragedy.

    Copyright:

    Attribution Non-Commercial (BY-NC)
    Download as PPTX, PDF, TXT or read online from Scribd
    Download as pptx, pdf, or txt
    of 12

    Highland Towers Tragedy

    Background and History


    Highland Towers is luxurious condominium of 12-floor building. Once notorious in the 1980s and early 1990s for the wealthy people Constructed between 1975 and 1978 Behind this condominium, there is one very steep slope

    There are stream flowed across the upper part of the slope from Metrolux land One of the most tragic tragedies in Malaysia. (Occured in 11/12/93)

    Chronology of Events
    1994 Kuala Lumpur Regional Office approved the applications of the proposed projects. 1974 Construction of the building started. 1978 Building block 1 completed and has been occupied by residents. 1981 Building block 2 completed and has been occupied by residents.

    1986 - Building block 3 completed and has been occupied by residents. 1992 On July 1st, Ampang Jaya Municipal Council(MPAJ) was established and given responsibilty to handle the project. 1992 On October, water began to flow down the hill slopes due to the flooding caused by the burst pipes. 1993 MPAJ giving out CF for construction of basement car park

    1993 On November, serious crack were found by the residents on the road near the apartment and widen leading to the towers. 1993
    On December 11, Block 1 of Highland Towers collapses at 1.35 pm. 124 members of Federal reserve unit(FRU) and about 30 military personnel and engineers deployed for search and rescue. Hundreds of policemen, firemen, KL city hall(DBKL) rescue team, Malaysian Red Cresent Councils Volunteers

    Rescue team spot. A maid of the residents at level 7, Umi Rashidah, 22, and her daughter Nur Hamidah Najib, 18 months are found Shizue Nakajima, 50, a japanese woman was also pulled from the debris but pronounced dead at 12 midnight in KL Hospital(HKL). Prime Minister and Deputy Prime minister and many cabinet minister visit the site.

    1993 December 12, Residents of Block B and C ordered to vacate their home. Rescue team from Singapore, France, and Japan arrived in Malaysia to help.

    1993 December 13,


    A team from France with two rescue dogs join the operation. Using heartbeat detectors technology to search. A committee Cabinet is established specifically to deal with the tragedy investigation

    1993 December 15 22
    Police confirm that 48 bodies were recovered from the Highland Towers after 1 week rescue operation

    Cause of the tragedy


    Construction of buldings on the edge of the hill is not suitable. Building apaerment on the hillside against is also against with the Land Conservation Act 1960. Inconsistency between the Land Conservation Act with the Environment Quality Act 1974

    Surface water flow that occurs over this accident has caused soil erosion on hill slopes. Mud flood has caused the road around the apartment cracked. This lead unstable base structure of that place.

    You might also like