I mentioned last week that our neighbouring condo was being demolished.
I’ve had peaceful lie-ins in the past few mornings, and I could hear the songs of the birds once more through the relative quiet of the area, but it came at a heavy price.
Apparently, a 30kg concrete slab fell onto a construction supervisor, and killed him on the spot. Now the site’s been cordoned off while investigations take place.
The way they’ve been doing the demolishing work, it’s an accident waiting to happen. Before they started bringing in the backhoes, they were emptying the building of its interior assets and I recall seeing last holidays the workers were heavy pieces of furniture right out of its windows and corridors, letting them fall from the upper storeys to crash in a thundering clap upon impact with the ground.
Looks to me they have serious HSE issues.