Photographs show a high-rise construction site flooded by waters from a nearby marina.
Construction projects, both large and small, can be delayed or set back for any number of reasons - labor problems, material shortages, budget overruns, economic reversals, bad weather, faulty planning, etc. But not often do we see construction delayed in as spectacular a fashion as happened with the Infinity Tower project, an 80-story, helix-shaped high-rise building currently being erected within the Dubai Marina district of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.The pictures displayed above illustrate a February 2007 accident in which a wall holding back the waters of the Dubai Marina was breached, completely flooding the construction site. As the Gulf News reported of the accident:Nearly 100 workers at the site of the 'tallest building with a twist' had a lucky escape as a wall holding back the Dubai Marina waters breached and flooded the foundation site. Excavation work on the 80-floor Infinity Tower was nearing completion when there was a sharp and loud sound, said a worker. 'We then saw sand pouring down the sides,' he said. The workers were ordered to evacuate immediately, said the foreman. According to a manager of Arabtec, the incident is under investigation.Additional post-accident photographs of the Infinity Tower site can be viewed at the Dubai News Online web site.
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