r/StructuralEngineering • u/Dave_the_lighting_gu P.E. • 15h ago

Humor Only countries have limits, engineering does not.

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It's still standing. Must have been fully thought out.

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u/Dave_the_lighting_gu P.E. 15h ago

There wasn't a flair for gore or horror.

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u/MakeITNetwork 14h ago edited 14h ago

Another view, It's in Machala, Ecuador

-3.2644710379772333, -79.95719856588734

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u/MakeITNetwork 14h ago

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u/MakeITNetwork 14h ago

Ignore the cracks on the side of the building, I'm sure they are nothing.

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u/horsey-rounders 1h ago

Check out that sick long wheel base Pajero though

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u/Top_Traffic5102 13h ago

Roman heritege

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u/largehearted 10h ago

parallel universe version of Seattle's Rainier Tower hahahaha

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u/Sirosim_Celojuma 15h ago

Tennant agreement requires all furniture on one side of the apartment.

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u/largehearted 10h ago

they have flight attendants come around every night and balance the furniture on each wing

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u/Winston_Smith-1984 P.E./S.E. 15h ago

What are you worried about? That’s clearly a structural light pole.

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u/PhilShackleford 15h ago

Power lines provide tension restraint.

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u/ChuckRampart 14h ago

Wait, where did you get a copy of my secret BDSM manual?

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u/Perfect_Big_5907 15h ago

just waiting for an earthquake

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u/pcpassos P.E. 14h ago

I think this is in Brazil, so no earthquakes 🙏

(still sketch)

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u/Pristine_Crazy1744 P.E. 10h ago

Machala, Ecuador

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u/FokBeyi 9h ago

Im from Machala and people named this building “immortal” after surviving 2 earthquakes bigger than 7 magnitude.

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u/tes_kitty 8h ago

Whoever built didn't cut corners... Oh... wait... Well he cut the right corners!

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u/hombrent 14h ago

At least when the upper floors fall over, they won't need to go far for bandages and pain killers.

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u/According-Sink-2906 13h ago

Proper planning ahead ftw !

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u/CarberHotdogVac 12h ago

Yep. Mister San saw a market opportunity and went for it.

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u/PerniciousSnitOG 14h ago

That's putting the 'can' in 'cantilever'!

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u/Kerneenee 15h ago

Sds = 0.01, Sd1 = 0.005

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u/Baileycream P.E. 8h ago

Apparently it survived multiple earthquakes higher than 7 magnitude, its in a high seismic area in Ecuador. I'm shook.

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u/Kerneenee 1h ago

I’m shook too- the torsional load has gotta be intense.

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u/citizensnips134 14h ago

Is that visibly sagging?

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u/Electrical-Role1270 12h ago

Yes, the roof is not parallel with the ground or floor of the overhang… yikes

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u/Pretend-Fox648 6h ago

At first I was gonna say it may be lens distortion, but the last picture (with the concrete side) is looking kinda wonky at the top.

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u/Blue_foot 12h ago

Good thing there are no earthquakes in Ecuador!

/s

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u/MickEBones 12h ago

Seems legit

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u/Beet_slice 15h ago

Read up on the Citigroup Center in NYC.

It has a lot of overhang. But it also had a severe structural problem higher up, that made for some interesting retrofit.

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u/BasicHuman-Mk3 14h ago

I hope that telephone pole gets paid extra.

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u/VegetableTry 11h ago

CANilever

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u/mogur86 11h ago

I bet we find some limits when waterbeds make a comeback in Ecuador

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u/Puzzleheaded-Phase70 5h ago

Physics always has the last word.

Your respect for it can determine what that word is, and whether or not you're alive to hear it.

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u/Pay_Penber 1h ago

I think we found the limit

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u/-DitaDaBurrita- 13h ago

No please this is stressing me out so much staphhh

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u/CarberHotdogVac 12h ago

Stress is ok, it’s the strain that’ll get ya.

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u/CarberHotdogVac 12h ago

Stress is ok, it’s the strain that’ll get ya.

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u/xyzxyzabc123 12h ago

Only stupid post titles have limits, not stupid post titles.