Latest reports from the scene of the collapsed building at Lekki, Lagos said six persons have now been pulled out of the rubble, dead.

Fifteen people were also rescued injured, 10 more than the initial estimate.

The five-storey structure collapsed around 3 a.m this morning as storm and rain hit Lagos today.







http://www.metronaija.com/2016/03/lekki-collapsed-building-6-confirmed.html

Buildings are going to collapse in Nigeria unless the government start prosecuting owners and contractors of collapse buildings. Rip to the dead

Eyaaaaaaah sophisticated area with highest number of colapsed buildings

Raiders:
Buildings are going to collapse in Nigeria unless the government start prosecuting owners and contractors of collapse buildings. Rip to the dead

Prosecute who?

Do you know that before you lay one block on the ground to start your building, the Government takes a large chunk of money from you to get your building permits?

The building permit is to check your building plan if it is up to the general and specific building code, if your aechitect is even licenced to practice in Nigeria, etc . This includes checking your foundation engineering, your weight distribution and such.

Ideally this should be done by a sound graduate or contracted out to reputable companies like Bereau Veritas and co to do third party certification of your plan. Then during the course of your building, the government is supposed to carry out regular checks or in cases of megastructures, have a site rep present to regularly vet the consistency of the concrete mix, check that the building is being constructed in line with the approved plan, etc.

But now what you hear in Lekki is "just do raft foundation". Both bungalow and skyscrapers all na raft foundation. Then ofcourse contractor go dey try to cut corners dey either buy fake brittle rods or short change on the cement to sand ratio.

Before we catch the contractors and building owners, we should first go after the government agency responsible for building inspection.

May The Soul Of The Departed Ones Rest In Perfect Peace...

Have mercy o'Lord

HMMMM.....END TIME NEWS

Such a sad news - at least the bereaved were accosted some courtesy by placing them in bag...instead of putting them in public domain.

Mr Ambode why?

It is well

may the souls of the departed RIP

When you make 50 9 inches blocks from 1 bag of cement.this is the outcome.

God have mercy on their their souls

Tragedy

Bad omen!

This Administration sef na badluck...economy don collapse; buildings don dey collapse join. Everything don collapse, but I refuse to collapse.

Raiders:
Buildings are going to collapse in Nigeria unless the government start prosecuting owners and contractors of collapse buildings. Rip to the dead

But the owners keep trying to stop their trials from commencing

so sad

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asumo12:


Mr Ambode why?

Asumo12 why ?

Rip to the dead,quick healing to the injured soul..na poor engineer

All buildings in lekki should receive Sense

R.I.P to the dead

Maytheir souls rest in peace,i wish surviving weak recovering Amen

We shall not die this way.

The Building is in Lekki Gardens

http://dailypost.ng/2016/03/08/breaking-one-dead-several-others-trapped-as-building-collapses-in-lekki/

https://www.nairaland.com/862800/lekki-gardens-estate-how-genuine/16

Okijajuju1:



Prosecute who?

Do you know that before you lay one block on the ground to start your building, the Government takes a large chunk of money from you to get your building permits?

The building permit is to check your building plan if it is up to the general and specific building code, if your aechitect is even licenced to practice in Nigeria, etc . This includes checking your foundation engineering, your weight distribution and such.

Ideally this should be done by a sound graduate or contracted out to reputable companies like Bereau Veritas and co to do third party certification of your plan. Then during the course of your building, the government is supposed to carry out regular checks or in cases of megastructures, have a site rep present to regularly vet the consistency of the concrete mix, check that the building is being constructed in line with the approved plan, etc.

But now what you hear in Lekki is "just do raft foundation". Both bungalow and skyscrapers all na raft foundation. Then ofcourse contractor go dey try to cut corners dey either buy fake brittle rods or short change on the cement to sand ratio.

Before we catch the contractors and building owners, we should first go after the government agency responsible for building inspection.

spot-on

osedvgirl:
too bad

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