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comparison photo of the residential high rise building in kyiv that got hit by a missile in february 2022. they used temporary shoring and managed to completely rebuild the destroyed section in just one year by february 2023 instead of tearing down the whole block.
#kyiv #construction #reconstruction #engineering #beforeandafter
janrilMaker
Are there really any honest people in Ukraine working to rebuild their country? Here in Germany, all we have are poor Ukrainians in their fancy cars, acting like idiots and wasting taxpayers' money. Shitty war.
AdroitCudgel
In America this would have been deemed unsafe and would stand abandoned for years before politicians voted to leave it standing abandoned...
Makerofroads
I have first had experience in the build quality of Ukrainians. Tough motherfuckers
myusernameisworryingme
They should use different colors where they did rebuild so people will never forget and can show the world the scars from dealing with Russia
DerpMeister
"Civil engineering is the art of building something so that it just barely doesn't collapse" is the Western approach to civil engineering. The Soviet approach had shortcomings, especially regarding energy efficiency, but damn are their buildings sturdy. When a friend of mine moved into an apartment in East Berlin that had been build in the 1960s, he had to buy a hammer drill to hang up a picture.
turkizno
Looks good, and sends a strong message!
The thing that is really sad about it, is that now those are very likely vacant homes, and I wish/hope I am wrong about this and please feel free to correct me if you're local, but... yeah.
Velv3tThunder
No shade on Ukrainian workers and engineers, but I'd probably have a hard time moving back into that building.
PresldentClef
I am actually impressed. The US would just leave it as-is or demolish it for several block-wide hyper expensive apartments.
MisterLemons
It could go either way. Someone could get hella bank demanding to demolish it so they could rebuild it, but Ukraine is in a spot where it needs to save everything it can, including time, manpower, and construction resources.
ThisIsMyUsernameThereAreManyLikeIt
Slava Ukraini
Bardcrest
I wonder if the rent in the rebuild apartments is lower or if they let the former residents (or their relatives) get first dibs on living there
rhalm
Surprised they're repairing structures while the war is still ongoing. I thought it would would be too risky or wasteful when it could just end up getting hit again or destroyed. Impressive job restoring a building in the middle of an invasion.
hsalonen3000
Slava Ukraini!
alexw04
Fucking ORCS! Slava Ukraini!!!
bbrtki
did they just swap the dates?
Nuttsy
You can see several window changes on the after pic. Y'know...sign of recent construction work.
toolzgalore2
Impressive how well they matched the surrounding area, can't see the repaired area, fuck you pootin
lildude52ca
Thats impressive !
BlastyMcBlastblast
strong buildings. even stronger people. Slava Ukraini!
yourdesiredusernameisnotavailable
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JackSmiles2
hold up... 1 yr? In the middle of a war? Gawd damn my country is truly a shithole
swofromtherock
American too?
JackSmiles2
yeah v.v
Nuttsy
Look, they're fast with constructing the important stuff!
Like AI datacenters! :)
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
None of the major ones have actually been completed (at most a couple buildings out of 10 or more) and most haven't even had a single structure started, let alone finished. Data centres take a long time to build and fit out, and giant ones take even longer
Nuttsy
They'll still bulldoze the lots a hell of a lot faster than for anything else.
And there's instances of extant centres upsizing past their intended scale for the purpose.
ElbowDeepInAPoliceState
Can't really expand capscity too much, because AI compute is fundamentally different from normal datacentwr operations, so they need to completely replace existing equipment. That's a big part of why they're building new ones, along with the capacity restraints that exist throughout the sector.
Chereazi
Huh, cool that they managed to repair it, I'd have expected too much structural damage to keep it standing
KittenInside
It's concrete, not cardboard. Takes a crazy amount of damage to make it unsound.
AmericasHouseguest
Is it steel frame or post tension?
theonetruezuul
It’s certainly steel structure with structural concrete decking.
AmericasHouseguest
That’s what I thought! But I looked it up and it’s just reinforced concrete in high rises in Ukraine. Left over from Soviet era construction. Thick floor plates, tons of interior walls, but can withstand a direct missile attack (clearly).
AzgarOgly
To be fair, concrete, exactly. It can crack when hit, creating the weak spots that are hard to find.
Ilovehavingfreehealthcare
They have xray machines for that, I've personally done a few large scale commercial restoration jobs and the engineers always find a way. Once we drilled anchors into a failing slab after shoring it up, adding new rebar and Nelson stud strips then simply poured a new slab on top of the old one and redid the columns 1 at a time. Granted we lost some head room in that area but the floors above were fine, and below as cosmetic repairs from our shore posts. (Over 2500 of em)
zechor
Probably wouldn't pass earthquake code for new construction, but Ukraine is in the middle of a war so ask for regular structural assessments and keep on.
AzgarOgly
Yes, war time standards are probably of lesser strictness.
I used to live in a house that got a bomb hit during WWII. Part of it was rebuilt. It was ok, I guess...
Haemaelaeinen
Reinforced concrete tho. Not just putting concrete slabs there.
AzgarOgly
Reinforced it is. Though the reinforcement makes it stronger to stretching loads and does not do that much against compression. Main concern here is that if the same building should take more damage, it could collapse completely because of preexisting damage.
SloppyPotter
missile must not have had a payload of jet fuel
Teledabby
it was not the jet fuel that melted the steel beams, it was the chemtrail fluid!
toolzgalore2
Its concrete not steel beams
Jamesstin
The steel beams in the wtc buildings were jacketed in concrete and the floors were concrete iirc
ByThePowerOfSCIENCE
insulation slows down heat transfer - doesn't prevent it forever
Jamesstin
That wasn't what I was saying. Concrete being damaged that weighs a lot is ultimately what caused the failure to cascade.
Filanwizard
WTC was also a totally different style of structure, Its exterior walls and the central core were the primary load bearing. This optimized floor space because it meant no large columns through out. The building pictured is likely a traditional steel skeleton or if its all concrete still the same thing a skeletal structure.
keyserv
My guess is this is all poured-in-place, not pre-cast. It adds immense structural integrity and I just don't see a giant Lincoln log building taking a missile and not being condemned.