356m Tall Skyscraper Shaking Again, Monitoring Data released, analysis of the causes of shaking

On May 20th, Shenzhen's third tallest skyscraper, the 356 meters tall SEG Plaza, shook once again for the third time after similar shaking on the 18th and 19th.

On the same day, a number of SEG Plaza merchants said that around 12:30pm, the 35th, 55th, 60th and many other floors felt shaking, and security guards have informed merchants on higher floors to evacuate.

There is also a video uploaded by netizens showing a number of large trucks carrying building materials into SEG Plaza. Various construction materials are also piled up on the ground floor of the building.

The group said that according to the test data, everything is normal and do not exceed the corresponding limitations.

Some netizens called into question the causes of shaking given by the experts. So why didn’t it shake before?

The construction quality of SEG Plaza has since become a hot topic of discussion.
SEG Plaza was given all kinds of praise by Chinese officials at the time. However, a 20-year-old master's thesis from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, titled "Shenzhen SEG Plaza Construction Project Review" was dug up in the past two days and became viral on the Internet, referred to as "divine prophecy" by Chinese netizens.

The author of the paper pointed out some shortcomings in the construction process. For example, modifying the design while construction was underway, designing after construction, and starting construction before the design drawings were done.

The recent developments of SEG Plaza’s shaking incident have caused people to think about China's other super high-rise buildings.

According to statistics, China has 40% of the world's high-rise buildings, including 2395 buildings above 150 meters, 823 buildings above 200 meters, and 95 buildings above 300 meters, all three numbers rank first in the world.

Some industry insiders analyze that SEG Plaza is a typical example of China's large-scale construction projects, and quality problems are certain. Large-scale construction projects in China have 5 characteristics.
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[carrtrip]

They are monitoring it closely until it collapses.

[MrBazinger]

Make the building a government headquarters and then see if they start showing some interest in proper investigations and accountability.

[Detarte]

Its shaking when theres no earthquake, imagine if theres an actual earthquake

[randomperson]

Reminds me of the old saying- Do you want it right, or do you want it right now? because you can't have both.

[PatriceBoivin]

"the building shook again as if it's not willing to cooperate with the experts' explanations" LOL

[DoubleM]

We will never learn that rushing engineers and construction workers on a critical infrastructure project is not a good idea, right?

[teknical]

It has a new award, 'shakiest building in the world'.

[mangeshgokhale]

The shaking is part of the original building design plan. It is designed to prevent people from falling asleep during the work hours. The study showed that the shaking is within the design limits. Nothing to worry.

[larscain]

Anyone with an ounce of sense will get out and not go back.

[CHixon]

If the building will not cooperate, arrest it!

[tnskyhawk]

Same country that hid how serious COVID-19 was. Didn’t want the help required to prevent a pandemic.

[scottleo]

Are they freaking kidding? I had lived in a way taller building for more than 7 years, and it never shook whatsoever even with very strong wind. Even when there was a typhoon in my city, it never shook at all. In Korea

[tgrrr]

I lived in China for 20 years, my condo was across the street from one of these multi building projects. The last two pits dug for foundations was below the waterline in that are because it was within 30 meters of a river. The pit flooded and after months of pumping there was no drop in the water level so the contractor filled the pit with sand till the level of the water was reached. then he poured a lightly reinforced slab about 1 meter thick (NO pilings) and built the 32 floor building on top of the slab. there was no compaction of the fill.

[PrivateEyeYiYi]

There’s gonna be a duct-tape shortage very shortly.

[rethinkscience]

She’s coming down - just a mater of time, shaking is the enemy to strong concrete.

[gator]

They give themselves awards! Just like they do their own investigation!🤣⚰️

[Tomherbs]

“How much rebar is in that building?”

China; “what’s rebar?”

[bryanreeme]

it'll be fine, as soon as we shore things up with this truckload of bamboo we tried sneaking in

[jeffreytan]

If they cannot stop the shaking it will be dangerous because the constant shaking will fatgue the structure and it will eventually break and give way.

[qdav]

I can't believe people actually went back inside the building after the first day of shaking. And then again after the second day. I wouldn't get within two blocks of the thing.