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Photos of the Day: Collapsed Factories Built Without Engineers

By The Associated Press | June 13, 2013

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Bangladeshi garment factories are routinely built without consulting engineers. Many are located in commercial or residential buildings not designed to withstand the stress of heavy manufacturing. Some add illegal extra floors atop support columns too weak to hold them, according to a survey of scores of factories by an engineering university.

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In this photo, a worker leaves the site where a garment factory building collapsed near Dhaka, Bangladesh. The collapse of the Rana Plaza building killed 1,129 people in the worst garment industry tragedy. (AP Photo/Ismail Ferdous, File)

In this Thursday, May 2, 2013 file photo, a worker is seen through a broken cement wall as he toils in a collapsed garment factory building in search for bodies in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Many factories are located in commercial or residential buildings not designed to withstand the stress of heavy manufacturing. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
In this April 29, 2013 file photo, a collapsed garment factory building is seen from a building nearby as a crane prepares to lift the fallen ceiling in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. Some factories add illegal extra floors atop support columns too weak to hold them, according to a survey of scores of factories by an engineering university. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
In this April 30, 2013 file photo, a worker toils in a collapsed garment factory building in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. The textiles minister said a third inspection, conducted by the government, could show that as many as 300 factories were unsafe. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E, File)
In this April 25, 2013 file photo, Bangladeshi people gather as rescuers look for survivors and victims at the site of Rana Plaza building that collapsed a day before, in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AP Photo/A.M.Ahad, File)
In this April 26, 2013 file photo, Bangladeshi rescue workers search for victims amid the rubble of a collapsed building in Savar, near Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer, File)

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