Sampoong Department Store Collapse: How a 25% Thinner Column Caused a Disaster
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The Sampoong Department Store collapse was caused by columns poured at 60 centimeters instead of the designed 80, with half the required reinforcement. In this video, we trace how escalator cutouts and missing beams turned a construction shortcut into a fatal structural failure.
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