Tag Archives: Building Collapse

Since the purpose for any structure of a building is to satisfy some human needs, there is need for the design of such structure to be at par with the functional objectives of safety, serviceability, and economy.This article delves into the menace of structural failures in Nigeria The tools to enable an engineer realise the functional objectives of safety, serviceability, ...

“Tragedy occurred yesterday in Umuguma axis, Owerri West Local Council of Imo State, following the caving in of a massive three storey building at the roofing stage of construction, heightening tension that yet -to be known number of persons may have been trapped. The building is located near Imo Foundation and Imo Specialist Hospital, Umuguma, near Owerri metropolis.As at the ...

PM NEWS reports that the Lagos State Government has warned the residents to keep off all collapsed building site land until necessary scientific tests are carried out and investigations concluded to determine reasons for the building collapse. Speaking during a meeting with the five newly-posted Divisional Heads and Monitoring officers at the Lagos State Building Control Agency, the General Manager, ...

Premium Times reports that rescuers pulled out the body of another victim from the rubble of 2/4, Richard Abimbola Street, Ilasamaja, Isolo, Lagos building collapse. The General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Adesina Tiamiyu, told NAN on Sunday that the body was discovered on Saturday night. “The body was pulled out during the post disaster clearing of the ...

“To stem the tide of building collapse in Lagos and other parts of the country, the Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has called for collective responsibility from professionals in the built environment and members of the public.”- The Guardian The group said the collapse of buildings have become a serious challenge in the country, especially in Lagos area and therefore requires urgent actions so that ...

According to The Nation, two artisans were yesterday killed and another injured after a building collapsed in Lekki area of Lagos State. The building, situated at Nicon Town Estate, Admiralty Way in Lekki Phase One, was under construction when it caved in around 11:40a.m. The deceased simply identified as Tasiu and Abdulahi were crushed by the collapsed beams of the ...

“The Minister of Power Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola Thursday challenged the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON) to end incessant building collapse in the country. Fashola said during the council’s 15th induction ceremony, held in Abuja that the situation had reached an embarrassing proportion, thus needed a complete overhaul. He stated that since the Council was vested with ...

“The growing incidences of building collapse in Nigeria in the last 25 years have assumed a very worrisome dimension as many lives are lost and huge investments wasted.”- Leadership Several causes of building failure have been attributed to either natural or man-made phenomena. Surveys carried out have shown that the use of substandard building materials, poor workmanship, the use of ...

This Day reports that against the backdrop of incidents of collapsed building and other mishaps in recent times resulting from shoddy construction jobs by untrained artisans, gesellschaft für internationale zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and European Union (EU) have begun re-training of artisans in Plateau state, to adequately equipping them to deliver optimally on their jobs. Graduating the first batch of 160 trainees, ...

As a result of the constant collapse of structures in the country, engineers have called for the review of the national building code before its passage into law. The Guardian reports that the engineers under the aegis of Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers (NIStructE) said some aspects of the current building code are not applicable to engineering structures. According to ...