2 days ago · There was Corporate Plaza, the city's newest office building cracked in two like a discarded eggshell and half sunken below the pavement. What was hailed as the city's redevelopment salvation...

Dec 4, 2024 · There are several ways to identify a sinkhole in progress. Slumping or tilting trees or fence posts and small ponds of rainwater forming where water has not collected before can be warning signs,...

Feb 23, 2004 · Corporate Plaza’s abrupt demise a decade ago — on Feb. 23, 1994 — made the national news that day and repeatedly in the weeks leading up to the building’s March 19 demolition by a series of...

Feb 29, 2024 · There are fears an office building in Sydney’s south may collapse after a large sinkhole opened up right next to it. An exclusion zone was set up as workers were evacuated from the building on West Botany St at Rockdale about 6.30am on Friday.

A sinkhole is a depression in the ground that has no natural external surface drainage. Basically, this means that when it rains, all of the water stays inside the sinkhole and typically drains into the subsurface. Sinkholes are most common in what geologists call, “ karst terrain.”

Feb 24, 1994 · Residents and businesses in a two-block area were evacuated before dawn because of danger to their buildings from the sinkhole and potential debris from a collapse. No one was injured.

Sep 6, 2024 · By understanding the causes and consequences of sinkholes, cities can proactively protect residents and infrastructure from these unpredictable natural hazards. Here are several at-risk American cities where sinkholes are more likely.

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The runoff from all these storms finally took its toll in the form of a sinkhole in front of Corporate Plaza. The widening hole was discovered around 4:00 am by utility crews investigating a water main break. Fortunately, no one was in the office building at that early hour. By 6:30 am the situation had worsened.

May 23, 2024 · The building was badly damaged by sinkholes on February 23, 1994. It was necessary to implode the structrue. Several other buildings on North 7th street were also affected and needed to be demolished.