Highland Tower Collapse Case Study

The highland towers collapse occurred on 11 december 1993 in taman hillview ulu klang selangor malaysia the towers collapsed following a major landslide that is said to be the cause of the tragedy.

Highland tower collapse case study. Case study of highland towers. The towers were built in 1978. The most notorious one was the collapse of a slope with rubble walls bringing down the tower 1 apartment of highland towers and killing 48 people on 11 dec 1993. The cause of failure was attributed to a landslide that occurred due to pipes that burst allowing for the barren ground near the site to wash away a.

The highland towers collapse was an apartment building collapse that occurred on 11 december 1993 in taman hillview ulu klang selangor malaysia. Aini m fakhru l razi a 2013 latent errors of socio technical disasters. Directly behind the three blocks was. Each block is named.

11 th december 1993 marks the date of a heart breaking tragedy that occurred in taman hillview ulu klang selangor. Historical of highland tower the highland towers tragedy was one of the most tragic tragedies in malaysia. Mpaj 1994 report of the technical committee of investigation on the collapse of block 1 and the stability of blocks 2 and 3 highland towers condonominium hulu kelang selangor darul ehsan 4. The towers blocks were built quite close to one another at the base of a rather steep hill.

The highland towers consist of three blocks of a 12 storey apartment namely block 1 block 2 and block 3. It is the first case that involved high story apartments collapse. Collapse in 1993 siti khairiyah sulaiman construction of the building. Highland towers consists of three 12 storey buildings in a steep hill was later extensively on the terraces in the early 1980s in western base built in stages between 1974 to 1982.

A malaysian case study. The highland towers were originally built as homes for the malaysian middle class in the mid 1970 s. Shocking the whole nation. The highland towers case was a classic mistake.

Block1 built in 1977 the most southern. It was on this very day that one of the three blocks of highland towers collapsed and took the lives of many. The highland towers consisted of three 13 story buildings or blocks. Abstract collapsed of the 14 storey block of the highland tower in ulu klang selangor was the most tragic landslide in malaysia with 48 deaths.

This paper reviews on the collapse of highland tower causes and prevention of the incident. 1 2 on december 11 1993 at 1 35pm the first tower of the highland towers apartment complex in selangor malaysia fell ultimately killing 48 people. It was constructed between 1975 and 1978.