What caused the recent building collapse and what are the implications for safety standards in Thailand?

A building not yet finished has no structural strength untill they get get the roof on to tie it all in so I'm not surprised it fell over

If you play vid at .25 and watch closely it appears that the foundational supports gave out initially (around 6.5s in). Bangkok, being built on high water content clay and sediments (2000m down until bedrock!) is at extreme risk for damage (via liquefaction) from earthquakes. My mind is blown as to how much shaking occurred in BKK from an epicentre that was ~1000km away. If I was living in a high rise condo I'd be sh*tting bricks now. Assume the price of these condos will quickly drop (for a while, until everyone forgets) and the price of suburban sprawl houses/townhouses will spike.

😢

From my understanding this style of building the strength of the building comes in the core elevator shafts. With shear walls to resist lateral movements. I don't know perhaps just bad timing in the building phase as the building didn't have it's full design integrity yet.

The rest of city reasonably safe , dodgy contruction no doubt someone cutting corners graft etc rift

Men just trying to earn a living.

Also a brick building with like everywhere in Thailand, no skilled workers in Thailand.

So devastating among all the other things that continue to happen globally! Ugh.

There will be some that made and unfortunately some not. The next 48 hrs will play out. My heart goes out to those affected.