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9 July 2016
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Loud shattering sound as condo pool’s glass panels crash down
Glass panels in front of a fifth-storey infinity pool at a condominium in Whampoa came crashing down yesterday, sending water raining to the ground.
Those who were near the Cradels condominium in Lorong Limau said they heard a loud shattering sound as a number of glass panels fell at about 2.30pm.
Glass panels in front of a fifth-storey infinity pool at a condominium in Whampoa came crashing down yesterday, sending water raining to the ground.
Those who were near the Cradels condominium in Lorong Limau said they heard a loud shattering sound as a number of glass panels fell at about 2.30pm.
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The Building and Construction Authority (BCA) said its engineers found that a row of glass panels that acted as a safety barrier for a stretch of maintenance ledge on the outer edge of the swimming pool “had fallen off from the fifth floor”. It added that the glass “does not contain the water in the swimming pool”.
BCA has given instructions for the entire fifth floor, as well as the affected area below the fallen glass panels, to be closed. A spokesman said that “glass that is used as a safety barrier must be laminated glass and designed to withstand horizontal loading determined in accordance with prescribed standards”.
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