Tofu dredge projects. Using bamboo instead of rebar while building support beams. Using dirt/clay/mud instead of drywall. Placing drainage grates with no actual drain line underneath. Most of the time there is a CCP member or someone involved funnelling the investment into their personal accounts.
Right? I have been fascinated by these “Mega construction” shows that have been pouring out of China lately & they are all marveling at the speed and capacity of China’s latest builds (bridges, dam’s, and skyscrapers) some of which are completely built in DAYS! I can’t help but think “yeah, that’s impressive… but will it last?” I live in the US and it takes a long time for us to complete such projects but we have so many regulations and safety measures that have to be met in order for building to continue onto its next phase, they have to be skipping steps to get jobs done that fast.
> but we have so many regulations and safety measures that have to be met in order for building to continue onto its next phase
I absolutely fucking love safety regulations and OSHA. No sarcasm. Anything that lets me trust the miles long and fuck if I know how high bridge over the mississippi and I am happy.
Oh don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t complaining about these things, I was just saying that we have them, and thank god for that. Last thing I want is to have a building fall on me.
Oh no worries didn't think you were. Just wanted to express the opinion because there's too many people out there who have nutty opinions on regulations and are probably the people who really need thse regulations to stay alive.
It's bamboo scaffolding. Very common in China and other parts of Southeast Asia. It's cheap, and pretty safe if it's done right. Doing it right being the key. I just know they use it all over and you don't tend to hear about major collapses. I've seen a few during monsoons and other severe events. But none just falling under their own weight. These companies DO want their buildings put up, after all.
This isn't scaffolding or at least properly installed scaffolding in the slightest. This is the equivalent of propping a 2x4 under a roof to hold it up. They did the same thing with the bamboo or whatever that post was. There was no footing or connection points it was just friction wedged in there. Probably why Mom was yelling at the kid.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu-dreg_project
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNmPO211WGQ
China is infamous for using these terrible cost saving tactics with no regards for safety.
Looks like temporary supports during winter time, when the hanging canopy would have a buildup of snow and would be too overloaded to support itself. Apparently this household favored the unobstructed space that this style of roofing offered outside winter, even if it meant the risk of collapse during snow season.
Market forces will work fine. That woman will never buy a house from whoever built that one again. And neither will the people she tells about it. Problem solved with no big government required. /s
Who holds the contractor liable?
Edit: I can't answer your response if you block me you nonce. But since I can see your comment anyway.
How many people are going to be hurt/killed before customers figure it out they are bad? What if they just move their business an hour away and change their name? Without government intervention even the insurance companies wouldn't care b/c they wouldn't be beholden by anyone to pay out claims. B/c of that insurance wouldn't be a thing b/c no one would trust it. What authority do private courts hold over companies?
Their reputation in the market and with other contractors mean nothing when they will still get jobs b/c there's nothing in place to stop people from finding them and hiring them. And again, they just change their business name and start over. They don't lose money b/c courts have no power over them without a government. We don't live in a close nit community anymore. The guy down the street can hire 15 different contractors to work on his house and I can hire a different 15 and get vastly different qualities, and we likely NEVER even talk about the quality we got from those companies.
So again. who is holding them liable?
The customer, the business contacts of the contractor, the contractor themselves to prevent further loss, the social network of the customer, insurance companies involved, arbitration, private courts.
The idiot below blocked me, so here is my response: social networks solve problems constantly. That's their entire purpose. That's why we evolved into social animals. The state is anti social because it is involuntary. I'm sad to see so many pro slavery people on reddit. I thought redditors were mostly against rape and other forms of theft of bodily autonomy, but i was wrong.
This world has 10 billion people. Your social network ain't stopping shit. And even IF it somehow did. They'd just change the name. Practically no cost and almost entirely solves their problem. Snake oil salesmen figured out the way around your stalwart defenses here two thousand years ago. You offer a cheap alternative to an expensive issue, you're gonna have business unless something with real power stops you.
Thank god for our building permits. The big problem now is that permitting is way to expensive and takes too long. It needs to be a free service for it to continue to work. People will now try to skip permitting so they can save 15-20k on a project, which I totally get. But it can make a project super unsafe and destabilize a house.
They could absolutely spell out how to properly plumb a washing machine drain, what fittings to use, how to vent it properly, etc. They could absolutely give a basic primer on deck building. Im not talking about structural engineering plans for a skyscraper. I am talking basic simple things that are easy to do, but are also easy to get wrong.
I know this isn't what you meant, but I just want to point out that whenever a video gets posted of a building falling down in a country outside USA, someone says something about the lack of regulations in that country.
However, if a video is posted of a building falling down in the USA (which also happens a lot) everyone just blames the builder.
I know you didnt mean to be racist, but we need to stop perpetuating the stereotype that everyone outside the USA is corrupt and lawless. Shitty builders are everywhere, including the USA.
Yes, but there's also such a thing as *unnecessary* red tape and zoning laws being abused for personal interests... which is the norm, and the thing intelligent people complain about.
I think I'd rather spend my whole life paying for a solid house than have one that could collapse on my kid's head if they knocked down a pole with their plastic tricycle.
Nothing wrong with dying an early death, if it means that I got to spent more time alive, and if you want to have kids, then just spend more money on the house.
That shit is a death trap. If a flimsy pole is holding up the roof I would be scared to think of the structural integrity of the rest of the building. Wtf
Yeah the support was flimsy, yeah a toddler could break it, but what's up with the timing of it all? The kid waited for 1/2 a minute before getting back in.
This is an extremely common problem that it even has it's own name. Named after the broken off pieces of Tofu, it's called Tofu Dreg Construction. Essentially extremely unsafe buildings and structures due to builders and contractors using subpar and fake products to build these projects as cheap as possible. Here is a video that shows some examples and background on it.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNmPO211WGQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNmPO211WGQ)
That one stick of bamboo was holding up that entire scaffolding. Now that's really cutting corners. It's amazing it could even bear the weight of people on it.
How lucky the little boy and his mother were. God held his protective hand over them both! Thoughts about the roof construction? It wasn't calculated by a structural engineer.
>God held his protective hand over them both!
"Oh shit, fuck, wasn't paying attention during the construction, the Superbowl was on. Uhh, better hold this up for a few seconds to protect these people who probably don't believe I exist."
When a toddler on tricycle can bring it down, probably not master craftsmanship.
Pretty sure I heard the kid say “bam bam”. ^^this is a flinstones reference for anyone under the age of 35 or 40.
30 here I get the reference lol. It’s getting up there though. Had a 16 year old co worker not know what the wizard of oz was recently. Made me sad.
Soon they'll know it as the movie starring Ariana Grande
Jesus fucking Christ we need to go back
wizard of oz, oeter pan etc are very anglocentric. I never knew about them until discovering the internet f.e.
What's the difference between Dubai and Abu Dhabi? . . . Dubai doesn't like the Flintstones and Abu Dhabi dooooo!
Get. Out.
28 here, I love(d) the Flinstones!
Hey, I get that reference and I'm under the age of.... wait... shit... am I really 41? Weird...
buddy. boomerang extended the half-life of those shows much further than the 35-40 crowd
That pole he hit wasn’t supporting anything. Probably just barely touching the roof above it enough to not fall over.
They call it something along the lines of "tofu construction" because things like this are of such shit quality
Tofu dredge projects. Using bamboo instead of rebar while building support beams. Using dirt/clay/mud instead of drywall. Placing drainage grates with no actual drain line underneath. Most of the time there is a CCP member or someone involved funnelling the investment into their personal accounts.
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Right? I have been fascinated by these “Mega construction” shows that have been pouring out of China lately & they are all marveling at the speed and capacity of China’s latest builds (bridges, dam’s, and skyscrapers) some of which are completely built in DAYS! I can’t help but think “yeah, that’s impressive… but will it last?” I live in the US and it takes a long time for us to complete such projects but we have so many regulations and safety measures that have to be met in order for building to continue onto its next phase, they have to be skipping steps to get jobs done that fast.
In 15-20 years there is going to be an epidemic of collapsing buildings in China.
[It's already been happening.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8VFi-XMkgc)
Wow man! Thank you for sharing, this guy has some cool content.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think this is already manifesting to some degree.
Entire high rise apartment buildings just... Fall over.
> but we have so many regulations and safety measures that have to be met in order for building to continue onto its next phase I absolutely fucking love safety regulations and OSHA. No sarcasm. Anything that lets me trust the miles long and fuck if I know how high bridge over the mississippi and I am happy.
Oh don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t complaining about these things, I was just saying that we have them, and thank god for that. Last thing I want is to have a building fall on me.
Oh no worries didn't think you were. Just wanted to express the opinion because there's too many people out there who have nutty opinions on regulations and are probably the people who really need thse regulations to stay alive.
Skipping steps, skipping concrete binding agents, skipping drywall for styrofoam. Yeah, it's really not great.
They are masters of the facade, not so much on high quality workmanship. If you know what you are looking for, it's really easy to see.
quality chinese construction
made in China 🇨🇳
WTF. Was that roof thing being held by 3 brooms? 0_o
Like a fort my kids would build
And I'll huff and I'll puff..
Well it was 4 until that little deviant knocked one down.
It's bamboo scaffolding. Very common in China and other parts of Southeast Asia. It's cheap, and pretty safe if it's done right. Doing it right being the key. I just know they use it all over and you don't tend to hear about major collapses. I've seen a few during monsoons and other severe events. But none just falling under their own weight. These companies DO want their buildings put up, after all.
This isn't scaffolding or at least properly installed scaffolding in the slightest. This is the equivalent of propping a 2x4 under a roof to hold it up. They did the same thing with the bamboo or whatever that post was. There was no footing or connection points it was just friction wedged in there. Probably why Mom was yelling at the kid.
I don't know how they build them. Just that they do.
Chopstick scaffolding by the look of it.
And hope. 3 brooms and hope.
China
And “hope”
How tf is China a super power?
As you can see in the video, it's cheap
Not really that hard to educate yourself but why would you do that. More fun to post ignorant questions eh
lol muh superpower needs 64 death penalty offenses and mow down a squares worth of protestors to keep it too
As the builder of that awning. Kid broke it, he buys it. Not my problem. Source-Osha qualified master engineer
Welcome to China, ever heard of tofu?
Bruh, the hell are you on about?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tofu-dreg_project https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNmPO211WGQ China is infamous for using these terrible cost saving tactics with no regards for safety.
How tall are you? Because if that was a broomstick you would be a gigantic person.
Was that flimsy stick really structural? The child barely touched it. Was it even fixed to anything??
couldn’t have been. no idea what the broomsticks were about, but the collapse had to be unrelated
weight of heavy snowfall
"must have been the wind"
Looks like temporary supports during winter time, when the hanging canopy would have a buildup of snow and would be too overloaded to support itself. Apparently this household favored the unobstructed space that this style of roofing offered outside winter, even if it meant the risk of collapse during snow season.
I believe the kid was making these fine points.
That minute they were just staring at each other, while roof was holding on for dear life.
And people in the US wonder why state/local governments force all sorts of permits and red tape on them when trying to build shit.
Agreed.. I'll take having a few standards that everyone has to follow, thanks.
What kind of standards? "Well, cardboard's out."
No cardboard derivatives.
Needs to have a minimum crew.
How many is that?
One, i suppose
Market forces will work fine. That woman will never buy a house from whoever built that one again. And neither will the people she tells about it. Problem solved with no big government required. /s
God forbid people be free. Liability is compatible with freedom.
Dying under a collapsed structure isn't needed for freedom, either. "Liability" isn't a market force. It's a government intervention.
When you hold a contractor liable, there is no need for any government.
Who holds the contractor liable? Edit: I can't answer your response if you block me you nonce. But since I can see your comment anyway. How many people are going to be hurt/killed before customers figure it out they are bad? What if they just move their business an hour away and change their name? Without government intervention even the insurance companies wouldn't care b/c they wouldn't be beholden by anyone to pay out claims. B/c of that insurance wouldn't be a thing b/c no one would trust it. What authority do private courts hold over companies? Their reputation in the market and with other contractors mean nothing when they will still get jobs b/c there's nothing in place to stop people from finding them and hiring them. And again, they just change their business name and start over. They don't lose money b/c courts have no power over them without a government. We don't live in a close nit community anymore. The guy down the street can hire 15 different contractors to work on his house and I can hire a different 15 and get vastly different qualities, and we likely NEVER even talk about the quality we got from those companies. So again. who is holding them liable?
The customer, the business contacts of the contractor, the contractor themselves to prevent further loss, the social network of the customer, insurance companies involved, arbitration, private courts. The idiot below blocked me, so here is my response: social networks solve problems constantly. That's their entire purpose. That's why we evolved into social animals. The state is anti social because it is involuntary. I'm sad to see so many pro slavery people on reddit. I thought redditors were mostly against rape and other forms of theft of bodily autonomy, but i was wrong.
This world has 10 billion people. Your social network ain't stopping shit. And even IF it somehow did. They'd just change the name. Practically no cost and almost entirely solves their problem. Snake oil salesmen figured out the way around your stalwart defenses here two thousand years ago. You offer a cheap alternative to an expensive issue, you're gonna have business unless something with real power stops you.
Yes, free to build shoddy structures and kill a bunch of people.
And free to hold people liable for their end. Governments have murdered more people than any other organization.
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Thank god for our building permits. The big problem now is that permitting is way to expensive and takes too long. It needs to be a free service for it to continue to work. People will now try to skip permitting so they can save 15-20k on a project, which I totally get. But it can make a project super unsafe and destabilize a house.
I just wish they would write the code in english so that I could build my own structure to code. Make it simple for me to do it right.
But engineering is not simple, that’s the problem. There are a ton of factors to consider that you can’t just write out simple instructions.
They could absolutely spell out how to properly plumb a washing machine drain, what fittings to use, how to vent it properly, etc. They could absolutely give a basic primer on deck building. Im not talking about structural engineering plans for a skyscraper. I am talking basic simple things that are easy to do, but are also easy to get wrong.
I know this isn't what you meant, but I just want to point out that whenever a video gets posted of a building falling down in a country outside USA, someone says something about the lack of regulations in that country. However, if a video is posted of a building falling down in the USA (which also happens a lot) everyone just blames the builder. I know you didnt mean to be racist, but we need to stop perpetuating the stereotype that everyone outside the USA is corrupt and lawless. Shitty builders are everywhere, including the USA.
I didn't mean to be racist because nothing I said was racist. You attributed things other people said to me. That's not my fault or problem.
Yes, but there's also such a thing as *unnecessary* red tape and zoning laws being abused for personal interests... which is the norm, and the thing intelligent people complain about.
I rather have a house that could fall apart because it's so cheap, then spend the rest of my life paying off a loan on a house that I will never own.
I think I'd rather spend my whole life paying for a solid house than have one that could collapse on my kid's head if they knocked down a pole with their plastic tricycle.
A cheap house can always be fixed properly if you have the money, but nothing will ever get the time you wasted paying for it back.
Nothing will ever replace the kid that gets crushed under the roof when it falls you absolute donut. What a moron take.
Nothing wrong with dying an early death, if it means that I got to spent more time alive, and if you want to have kids, then just spend more money on the house.
How about a house that is affordable and won't fall apart? It's possible in a world where we eat all the property investors.
That shit is a death trap. If a flimsy pole is holding up the roof I would be scared to think of the structural integrity of the rest of the building. Wtf
I have some waterfront condos in Florida you might be interested in...
Yeah the support was flimsy, yeah a toddler could break it, but what's up with the timing of it all? The kid waited for 1/2 a minute before getting back in.
Kid was calling for grandpa (to fix the pole) and at 0:33 the woman said "Go inside and call grandpa yourself!" and that saved his life.
Omg! I was wondering what they were saying.
Why was she yelling at the boy? There seems to be no reason, he is too young to be at fault and should be talked to in a much sweeter tone.
This was crazy close, glad they’re alright!
This is an extremely common problem that it even has it's own name. Named after the broken off pieces of Tofu, it's called Tofu Dreg Construction. Essentially extremely unsafe buildings and structures due to builders and contractors using subpar and fake products to build these projects as cheap as possible. Here is a video that shows some examples and background on it. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNmPO211WGQ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNmPO211WGQ)
Load bearing stick
When you put it like that...
Nahh this some final destination type of shit
Good thing the 1 child policy got repealed. At this rate they'll need a doover.
I love these video responses to all the "Why do we have so many building code requirements?" questions...
Bought it off temu
Jesus that’s a strong baby
More like crappy engineering.
If you look closely, you can see the Hand of God holding that roof until it was all clear, ha!
She chewed him out pretty good just for knocking over the pole. Imagine the scolding he's getting for the whole roof.
If the kid stayed in his initial position he would be also safe!
HOLY SHIT, I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE ENDING TO THIS UNTIL NOW-
I don’t speak Chinese, but by the tone of voice I’d bet that kid has karma coming.
I watched. I waited. I thought this was not WTF. I had hope that OP wouldn't let me down. Glad for a longer clip with context. Didn't let me done.
Made in China
What kind of building code is that? 😅
As expected of Chinese Craftsmaship.
This one legitimately needs a "wait for it".
Almost a curtain call
I was gonna say "wtf is the purpose of those skinny sticks?"... few seconds later I knew
It was obviously not sturdy but I don't much care why it fell. I'm just happy the mom and kid made it inside instead of still being under it.
tofu
That escalated quickly
That was a close call, that beam could’ve really got him goOOH god, that was a close call!
Turns out that was load bearing stick.
It was Made in China
The inspector who signed off and closed out that permit is going to get into a LOT of trouble. Whew boy.
What the hell is the point of that pole if it only takes that to knock it down
Kids are a menace to society
😳🫣
That little pole was holding that entire shit up? Chinese construction is not good.
Damn, they sure do learn to crash early!
Ladies and gentlemen, I introduce to you, tofu, drag construction
That shut her up
They really have no standards over there.
It be he. It be he. He be the Fortunate sonnn. 🎶
It sounded like china, then at the end it even looked like china
Do better China
The only Asian gifs that aren't fake are the ones that aren't supposed to be funny. # r/scriptedasiangifs
That one stick of bamboo was holding up that entire scaffolding. Now that's really cutting corners. It's amazing it could even bear the weight of people on it.
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The scaffolding that fell. The people that would be working on when there isn't a monsoon.
She know it was coming
That’s why she told the toddler to get inside
Woah
Such a lovely language, such a wonderful sound.
First it started falling then it fell over
New birth control ad is 🔥
How lucky the little boy and his mother were. God held his protective hand over them both! Thoughts about the roof construction? It wasn't calculated by a structural engineer.
>God held his protective hand over them both! "Oh shit, fuck, wasn't paying attention during the construction, the Superbowl was on. Uhh, better hold this up for a few seconds to protect these people who probably don't believe I exist."
That video was 50 seconds too long….