Infinity Tower Flooding Accident
Photographs show a high-rise construction site flooded by waters from a nearby marina.
Claim: Photographs show a high-rise construction site flooded by waters from a nearby marina.
Status: True.
Example: [Collected via e-mail, May 2007]
Origins: Construction projects, both large and small, can be delayed or set back for any number of
reversals, bad weather, faulty planning, etc. But not often do we see construction delayed in as spectacular a fashion as happened with the Infinity Tower project, an
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Excavation work on the 80-floor Infinity Tower was nearing completion when there was a sharp and loud sound, said a worker. “We then saw sand pouring down the sides,” he said. The workers were ordered to evacuate immediately, said the foreman. According to a manager of Arabtec, the incident is under investigation.
Nearly 100 workers at the site of the ‘tallest building with a twist’ had a lucky escape as a wall holding back the Dubai Marina waters breached and flooded the foundation site.
Additional post-accident photographs of the Infinity Tower site can be viewed at the Dubai News Online web site.
Last updated: 7 June 2007
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