Highland Tower Case Study
Highland towers consists of three 12 storey buildings in a steep hill was later extensively on the terraces in the early 1980s in western base built in stages between 1974 to 1982.
Highland tower case study. Each block is named. Highland towers consisted of three 12 story blocks of apartments known as blocks 1 2 and 3. This study explores the causes of highland towers 1993 landslide based on reliability analysis technique and taking into account the role of human errors in the contribution of landslide.
The 1st defendant was the developer of the 3 apartment blocks in highland towers and is still the registered owner of the 3 pieces of land lot 494 495 653 in the mukim of hulu klang district of gombak state of selangor on which the buildings stood. The collapse of the highland towers block 1 resulted in 48 deaths. The highland towers collapse was an apartment building collapse that occurred following a major landslide on 11 december 1993 in taman hillview ulu klang in selangor malaysia.
At the time of the collapse the highland towers complex consisted of three similar 13 story blocks built in. This study explores the causes of highland towers 1993 landslide based on reliability analysis technique and taking into account the role of human errors in the contribution of landslide. Block1 built in 1977 the most southern.
Ltd v eastern countries leather plc 1all er 53 at 70. It is an established fact that the probability of failure derived from structural reliability analysis is conditional which does not incorporate human factors. It is the first case that involved high story apartments collapse.
The highland towers decision confirms that i pure economic loss in the form of a diminution in the value of land is recoverable in nuisance ii the damage recoverable in nuisance must be of the type that the defendant could reasonably foresee adopting a principle from an english case cambridge water co. Directly behind the three blocks was a steep slope.
