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Landslide of Highland Towers 1993: a case study of Malaysia
The Highland Towers collapse was an apartment building collapse that occurred on December 11, 1993 in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. The collapse of Block 1 of the apartments caused the deaths of 48 people and led to the complete evacuation of the remaining two blocks due to safety concerns.
Landslide of Highland Towers 1993: a case study of Malaysia
In 1993, the collapse of Highland Towers in Kuala Lum-. pur, Malaysia resulted in 48 deaths. According to the report. of Maverick [ 1], one of the major causes of landslide was. improper soil ...
Landslide of Highland Towers 1993: a case study of Malaysia
Landslide of Highland Towers 1993: a case study of Malaysia. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions 2017, 2. AMA Style. Danish Kazmi, Sadaf Qasim, I. S. H. Harahap, Syed Baharom. Landslide of Highland Towers 1993: a case study of Malaysia.
Case study of Block 1, Highland Towers Condominium collapsed in Taman
There is a steep hill behind the three blocks. The main draws here are the natural scenery and panoramic vista of Kuala Lumpur. This case study investigates what factors led to Block 1, Highland Towers condominium's collapse on 11th December 1993 at 1.35 p.m. using reliability analysis approaches and human fault impact factors.
Landslide of Highland Towers 1993: a case study of Malaysia
(DOI: 10.1007/S41062-017-0069-4) Slope engineering is primarily focused on landslides nowadays due to increasing number of its episodes. Most of the landslides occur on manmade slopes and it is actually the consequence of the uncertainties carried by different contributing factors. This study explores the causes of Highland Towers 1993 landslide based on reliability analysis technique and ...
Highland Towers collapse
The Highland Towers collapse occurred on 11 December 1993 in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor, Malaysia.Tower Block 1 collapsed from a major landslide caused by heavy rains that burst diversion pipes. [1] The Highland Towers consisted of three 12-storey buildings or "blocks". The collapse of Block 1 resulted in 48 deaths. [2] Residents of the other two blocks and neighbouring establishments ...
Landslide of Highland Towers 1993 A Case Study of Malaysia
The 1993 landslide of Highland Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia resulted in 48 deaths. The main causes were improper soil testing during design and failure to consider the site's peripheral conditions. Heavy rain in December 1993 triggered a series of retrogressive landslides behind one block, inducing instability in the rail pile foundation, which was not designed for lateral loads ...
Landslide of Highland Towers 1993: a case study of Malaysia
<p>Slope engineering is primarily focused on landslides nowadays due to increasing number of its episodes. Most of the landslides occur on manmade slopes and it is actually the consequence of the uncertainties carried by different contributing factors. This study explores the causes of Highland Towers 1993 landslide based on reliability analysis technique and taking into account the role of ...
Landslide of Highland Towers 1993: A Case Study of Malaysia ...
The 1993 landslide of Highland Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia resulted in 48 deaths. The landslide was likely caused by improper soil testing during site investigation, failure to consider the peripheral site conditions, and an inadequately designed retaining wall. A reliability analysis using slope/w software and fault tree analysis found that inadequate drainage, failure of a rubble wall ...
Landslide of Highland Towers 1993: a case study of Malaysia
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Landslide of Highland Towers 1993: a case study of 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 Aini M, Fakhru'l-Razi A (2013) Latent errors of socio-technical disasters: a Malaysian case study.
Landslide of Highland Towers 1993: a case study of Malaysia
Heavy rain on December 11, 1993 had caused retrogressive landslides behind Block 1, which consequently induced the instability of the rail pile foundation, which was not designed for lateral loading. Inadequate provision of drainage and lack of maintenance of drains aggravated the Fig. 1 Highland Towers collapse 3 friable nature of the slope ...
A timeline of the 1993 Highland Towers tragedy
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — The fatal Highland Towers tragedy that happened 25 years ago in Ulu Klang, Selangor saw a whirlwind of rescue and search efforts in a desperate race against time to find survivors. The tragedy saw Malaysians rise to the occasion even if the nation may have been unprepared for the collapse of a 12-storey condominium ...
1993: Highland Towers Collapse
February 6, 1993 //. 0. [ 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. 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 ].
Case Study of Highland Tower
This document summarizes a case study on the 1993 collapse of the Highland Towers apartment building in Malaysia that killed 48 people. It discusses several factors that contributed to the tragedy, including design deficiencies in the building's foundation that made it unstable, especially during heavy rainfall. Specifically, the engineers did not properly consider horizontal loads on the ...
Landslides Disaster in Malaysia: an Overview
For example, in 1993, the collapse of the 14-storey building of Highland Tower with 48 deaths was the most tragic disaster event in Malaysia. The main cause of this occurrences was an extreme ...
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On December 11, 1993 at 1:35pm, the first tower of the Highland Towers apartment complex in Selangor, Malaysia fell, ultimately killing 48 people. 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 pipe system was originally placed on a hill ...
Fault Tree of Highland Towers 1993 Landslide
Since 1993, many landslides happened in Ulu Klang such as the collapse of Highland Towers which caused 48 deaths in 1993 [9], a landslide at Taman Hillview in 2002, landslides at Taman Hamorni ...
Highland Tower
HIGHLAND TOWER - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This document summarizes a case study on the 1993 landslide of Highland Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that resulted in 48 deaths. The landslide was caused by improper soil testing during pre-construction, failure to identify unstable soil conditions, and an inadequately designed retaining wall.
Genting Highlands tragedy: A look at past major landslides in Malaysia
Dubbed as one of the worst disasters in Malaysia's history, a 12-storey apartment block in Highland Towers development in Selangor collapsed in a major landslide on Dec 11, 1993 following heavy ...
A Study on the Contributing Factors of Major Landslides in Malaysia
According to the findings of Highland Towers (1993) landslide, the main causes of failure were inaccuracies in design, poor supervision during the construction and inadequate drainage system.
Sequence of retrogressive landslides
Download scientific diagram | Sequence of retrogressive landslides from publication: Landslide of Highland Towers 1993: a case study of Malaysia | Slope engineering is primarily focused on ...
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The Highland Towers collapse was an apartment building collapse that occurred on December 11, 1993 in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor, Malaysia. The collapse of Block 1 of the apartments caused the deaths of 48 people and led to the complete evacuation of the remaining two blocks due to safety concerns.
In 1993, the collapse of Highland Towers in Kuala Lum-. pur, Malaysia resulted in 48 deaths. According to the report. of Maverick [ 1], one of the major causes of landslide was. improper soil ...
Landslide of Highland Towers 1993: a case study of Malaysia. Innovative Infrastructure Solutions 2017, 2. AMA Style. Danish Kazmi, Sadaf Qasim, I. S. H. Harahap, Syed Baharom. Landslide of Highland Towers 1993: a case study of Malaysia.
There is a steep hill behind the three blocks. The main draws here are the natural scenery and panoramic vista of Kuala Lumpur. This case study investigates what factors led to Block 1, Highland Towers condominium's collapse on 11th December 1993 at 1.35 p.m. using reliability analysis approaches and human fault impact factors.
(DOI: 10.1007/S41062-017-0069-4) Slope engineering is primarily focused on landslides nowadays due to increasing number of its episodes. Most of the landslides occur on manmade slopes and it is actually the consequence of the uncertainties carried by different contributing factors. This study explores the causes of Highland Towers 1993 landslide based on reliability analysis technique and ...
The Highland Towers collapse occurred on 11 December 1993 in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor, Malaysia.Tower Block 1 collapsed from a major landslide caused by heavy rains that burst diversion pipes. [1] The Highland Towers consisted of three 12-storey buildings or "blocks". The collapse of Block 1 resulted in 48 deaths. [2] Residents of the other two blocks and neighbouring establishments ...
The 1993 landslide of Highland Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia resulted in 48 deaths. The main causes were improper soil testing during design and failure to consider the site's peripheral conditions. Heavy rain in December 1993 triggered a series of retrogressive landslides behind one block, inducing instability in the rail pile foundation, which was not designed for lateral loads ...
<p>Slope engineering is primarily focused on landslides nowadays due to increasing number of its episodes. Most of the landslides occur on manmade slopes and it is actually the consequence of the uncertainties carried by different contributing factors. This study explores the causes of Highland Towers 1993 landslide based on reliability analysis technique and taking into account the role of ...
The 1993 landslide of Highland Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia resulted in 48 deaths. The landslide was likely caused by improper soil testing during site investigation, failure to consider the peripheral site conditions, and an inadequately designed retaining wall. A reliability analysis using slope/w software and fault tree analysis found that inadequate drainage, failure of a rubble wall ...
adshelp[at]cfa.harvard.edu The ADS is operated by the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory under NASA Cooperative Agreement NNX16AC86A
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 Aini M, Fakhru'l-Razi A (2013) Latent errors of socio-technical disasters: a Malaysian case study.
Heavy rain on December 11, 1993 had caused retrogressive landslides behind Block 1, which consequently induced the instability of the rail pile foundation, which was not designed for lateral loading. Inadequate provision of drainage and lack of maintenance of drains aggravated the Fig. 1 Highland Towers collapse 3 friable nature of the slope ...
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 11 — The fatal Highland Towers tragedy that happened 25 years ago in Ulu Klang, Selangor saw a whirlwind of rescue and search efforts in a desperate race against time to find survivors. The tragedy saw Malaysians rise to the occasion even if the nation may have been unprepared for the collapse of a 12-storey condominium ...
February 6, 1993 //. 0. [ 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. 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 ].
This document summarizes a case study on the 1993 collapse of the Highland Towers apartment building in Malaysia that killed 48 people. It discusses several factors that contributed to the tragedy, including design deficiencies in the building's foundation that made it unstable, especially during heavy rainfall. Specifically, the engineers did not properly consider horizontal loads on the ...
For example, in 1993, the collapse of the 14-storey building of Highland Tower with 48 deaths was the most tragic disaster event in Malaysia. The main cause of this occurrences was an extreme ...
On December 11, 1993 at 1:35pm, the first tower of the Highland Towers apartment complex in Selangor, Malaysia fell, ultimately killing 48 people. 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 pipe system was originally placed on a hill ...
Since 1993, many landslides happened in Ulu Klang such as the collapse of Highland Towers which caused 48 deaths in 1993 [9], a landslide at Taman Hillview in 2002, landslides at Taman Hamorni ...
HIGHLAND TOWER - Free download as PDF File (.pdf), Text File (.txt) or read online for free. This document summarizes a case study on the 1993 landslide of Highland Towers in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia that resulted in 48 deaths. The landslide was caused by improper soil testing during pre-construction, failure to identify unstable soil conditions, and an inadequately designed retaining wall.
Dubbed as one of the worst disasters in Malaysia's history, a 12-storey apartment block in Highland Towers development in Selangor collapsed in a major landslide on Dec 11, 1993 following heavy ...
According to the findings of Highland Towers (1993) landslide, the main causes of failure were inaccuracies in design, poor supervision during the construction and inadequate drainage system.
Download scientific diagram | Sequence of retrogressive landslides from publication: Landslide of Highland Towers 1993: a case study of Malaysia | Slope engineering is primarily focused on ...