Guild Alleges Imperfect Soil Test In Lagos Coastal Region

Members of the Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPC), Iru-Victoria Island Cell, person raised the alarm implicit imperfect ungraded tests successful the Lagos State coastal region.

In a connection signed by the coordinator of Iru-Victoria Island Cell, the guild, Adefemi Afolabi, an Architect; its wide secretary, Taiwo Ayanboade, a Quantity Surveyor; and Engr. Wale Oyetayo, a Civil/ Geotechnical Engineer and Public Relations Officer, expressed nonrecreational concerns implicit the imperfect subsoil investigations successful the coastal portion of Lagos State.

They noted that Iru—Victoria Island Local Council Development Area is surrounded by the Five Cowrie Creek and Atlantic Ocean, adding that conducting broad subsoil investigations to find the mechanical properties and shear spot of the ungraded that could carnivore the loading exerted by the gathering instauration is inevitable.

The guild averred, “Soil tests are indispensable for gathering development, particularly successful the coastal region, to forestall gathering illness owed to instauration failure.

“Geotechnical sub-soil probe report, if correctly done, enables the civil/structural technologist to find and plan the astir suitable instauration benignant for the projected gathering development.
“Lack of effectual regulatory monitoring of geotechnical signifier successful Lagos State portends aboriginal incidents of gathering illness successful Iru – Victoria Island LCDA.

“Our investigations revealed that the underlying origin of execution outgo being astatine variance with the declaration sum/budget paved the mode for astir of the substandard ungraded tests being conducted around. This excuse by immoderate practitioners is not tenable since nary 1 compelled them to judge debased prices.

“What is the relevance of the sub-soil probe study successful the gathering program support requirements? In this portion of the world, it seems the relevance is much for ceremonial purposes. Conducting ungraded tests successful Lagos State is simply to comply with the regulation.

Observations from geotechnical sites wrong our locality, BCPG Iru – Victoria Island Cell, and different parts of Lagos State person raised doubts connected the superior nonsubjective of sub-soil investigations arsenic a prerequisite for gathering development. Many of the ungraded tests conducted were beneath standard.

“Lack of sub-soil investigations was identified arsenic 1 of the causes of gathering collapse. Hence, arsenic portion of solutions to gathering illness challenges, subsoil investigations person been made mandatory.’’