Health and safety NOT gone mad! Shocking snaps reveal terrible construction fails
There is no greater frustration than the disappointment when you find that the end result of the construction work is not to your liking after months of construction.
And these photos prove that you should always check references before hiring a professional workman.
This gallery of images from around the world Bored panda shows disastrous construction and renovation projects.
There is a photo of a woman on the street in Colombia trying to reach a phone that is at an unreachable height.
In the US, a gate that says “curb closed” can be bypassed simply by walking on the grass next to it.
An escalator to… nowhere! These people got a nasty surprise when the escalator they took led them to nothing but a brick wall
One restaurant has a disabled toilet, but you have to walk up a few steps to access it, making it unusable for people with disabilities.
Someone built a bridge over a pond, but it wasn’t necessary because there was already a path.
Elsewhere, a photo of a sinister slide shows a cement pit at the bottom of it, with no indication of where it leads.
Here, FEMAIL has compiled a list of the most baffling construction mistakes that will make your head spin.
You can’t park there! It’s baffling how this space is built in a car park as the curb and barrier on either side prevent you from accessing it
This photo, believed to be taken in Colombia, shows a woman struggling to reach a phone placed at an unreachable height
Hidden camera! This person invested in a CCTV camera but installed it in front of something that blocked all view
The Most Pointless Bridge: Imagine spending money to build a bridge when you didn’t need one in the first place?
Tick Tock: Whoever hung this clock clearly didn’t think it through, as half of it is covered with a metal pole. Don’t worry, they wrote the numbers over it
The only purpose of a sink is to collect the water so it can drain somewhere – this plumber clearly didn’t get the memo
This sinister slide leads to a cement pit, which begs the question: How is this regulatory compliance?
This sidewalk in the US does not have a very strict security measure, because you can easily bypass the gate by walking on the grass
This restaurant has a disabled toilet but you have to climb a flight of stairs to access it which defeats the purpose for people with disabilities
Turning on this fan can cause chaos as the projector blocks the blade. Talk about a failed job!
If a car parked in this handicapped spot in the parking lot, it would single-handedly block three cars