Lotus Riverside Apartment Building
On the morning of June 27, 2009, one of eleven buildings in the Lotus Riverside complex in Shanghai, China, collapsed without warning. Investigators determined that the collapse was the result of the 13-story building being built against a mound that was 10 meters high on one side, and an underground parking lot 4.6 meters deep on the other side.
Oddly enough, the accident only resulted in one death, but a Shanghai court found six people guilty of the horrible accident and sentenced them to 5 years in prison. And although the cost of the collapse was not mentioned, it’s safe to say that the number was extensive.