Failed Column (3)

Early last month when I was in Sarikei, I saw the contractor knocked down the front part of the shophouse, two floors above the walkway plus the column. The Owner chosed to use conventional piling for the failed corner column and then to build upwards again. I was told that three months was required for the repairing works.

Last week I saw them casting the first floor.

Probably, the micro-pile system is too expensive to be adopted as the local Contractor has no such drilling machine and skills. Concern of the structures above may fail during pile and foundation installation, might also refrain Owner/Contractor to use this faster method.