As watchers call for urgent structural engineering audit of all flyovers built by the company so far, there was palpable fear among the residents of Port Harcourt over the weekend when the Rumuokwurusi flyover being constructed by Julius Berger Nigeria Plc partially collapsed, causing panic.

The flyover which is the 10th awarded to the engineering construction company last February 28, by the state government, was due for opening in a matter of days.

According to some eye witnesses, the incident happened when one of the beams of the bridge still under construction fell off.

Some other watchers said a machinery operator accidentally knocked off the beam “while doing some work,” causing it to fall off.

Meanwhile, watchers of the development have called for urgent audit of all the flyover bridges constructed by Julius Berger Nigeria in the state as well as the ongoing ones to forestall any unforeseen incident.

According to Leo Ndubisi, a resident of Elimgbu Street in the area, “Thank God no life was lost, and no injury too. But there is now need for every flyover constructed by Julius Berger and the new ones to be audited for any structural engineering defect or threat.”

https://www.blueprint.ng/anxiety-as-julius-berger-bridge-collapses/

Imagine the uproar that will rise from evil peoples camps if flyover collapsed in Anambra?

They would have blamed Peter Obi for the collapse.

Nawa o

Seems flimsy.....

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Bilfinger Berger seem to be doing shoddy works in Nigeria. Is it due to Nigeria's endemic corruption?

The company dare not try such in Bundes Republik Deutschland, their ass would be sued to hell.

PRESS STATEMENT

Our attention has been drawn to a misleading narrative concerning the incident that occured at the Rumukrushi (Tank) Flyover project site yesterday, Saturday, 6 August, 2022.

What happened yesterday was not an issue of structural failure but was entirely an accident caused by some careless heavy equipment operators .

Routine construction works were going on the site when an excavator horizontally collided with an already launched beam while trying to assist a tipper that got stuck in the mud due to the kind of soil peculiar to a typical construction site. The beam moved out of place and made impact on other beams.

The erroneous narrative being propagated by mischief-makers is with the sole aim of causing unnecessary panic amongst unsuspecting members of the public.

The good people of Rivers State should disregard it in its entirety because there is no cause for alarm whatsoever. The structural integrity of the 10th flyover is not in dispute in anyway. What happened was an avoidable incident caused by two careless equipment operators.

To the glory of God there was no casualty. The management of Julius Berger has been swiftly notified by the Honourable Commissioner for Works; the beams will be removed and new ones will be relaunched. There is no need for panic as the situation is fully under control.

Dornubari Kiinee
Special Assistant (Media & Documention) to the Hon. Commissioner for Works, Rivers State.
7 August, 2022.

Th story is a useless lie.

A truck driver carelessly drove his truck with the bucket up and hit a beam on the flyover. The beam then had a domino effect on five other beams close to it.

This is how Druggie intends to collapse the entire country along with his health, it must never happen! Nigerians have collectively decided to reject agbado and cassava

Ok noted! The narrative was spurn out of control.

ThrownBack:
Imagine the uproar that will rise from evil peoples camps if flyover collapsed in Anambra?

They would have blamed Peter Obi for the collapse.

How many flyover did obi build, for your village, them dey call bachelor make e come settle quarrel between husband and wife? Better use your head

alizma:

How many flyover did obi build, for your village, them dey call bachelor make e come settle quarrel between husband and wife? Better use your head

You would still have called his name in your desperation. Peter Obi is God's answer to liberate the poor and needy in Nigeria.

The bridge was damaged by a crane operator in error please ..it wasn't a structural fault .. The bridge is still in construction and would be remedied