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Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by manunitedbabes: 7:23am On Nov 29, 2021 |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by Klin1(m): 7:23am On Nov 29, 2021 |
This look obviously more like an expansion joint as rightly mentioned by some construction professional colleagues above. The only worry for is that, the column should have been two arrange side by side along the expansion joint with the beams resting separately on each side of the joint. 1 Like |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by Dirkcoyt: 7:24am On Nov 29, 2021 |
.the problem with Nigerians is half education! Everyone just think they know it when they don’t ! Independent structural engineers have stated on this page countless of times that it’s an expansion joint but some people just want to accept a foolish narrative if it’s a crack! It’s like some people just wants some fool to happen and some people just have this inferior mentality about the local engineers in Nigeria! It’s time for local engineers to start defunding themselves before these type of Nigerians take their job away from them! We do this half baked education ignorance in every facet of our life! We do it in the medical world ! Do it in architectural world ! Do it in the security world ! Do it in the IT world ! We just want to assume we know when we don’t know cause we think we have some half education! Or saw something on google! 2 Likes |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by GreenArrow1(m): 7:25am On Nov 29, 2021 |
AfroKnight: Took the words out of my mouth (hands). Just a case of poor finishing. As far as the structural members in that column can safely transmit loads to the ground within the limits of the factor of safety, all is well. 4 Likes |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by IjebuWarrior: 7:25am On Nov 29, 2021 |
BigJovi: Ghenghen pressing... |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by ollybasa: 7:26am On Nov 29, 2021 |
AfroKnight:this is an expansion joint, u can see clearly from the suspended slab ot it. 2 Likes |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by Onowu1979: 7:26am On Nov 29, 2021 |
kingjoe: Thank you man and loud it too in capital letters. Again if you paint over an expansion joint which is supposedly a breather for a column / columns what would you expect? In this case I find it 95 % hard to believe there is an expansion joint within that pillar. |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by AfonjaConehead: 7:27am On Nov 29, 2021 |
4K Sht! Thats no 4kN expansion joint! Expansion joints are well laid,well constructed..that's a bloody crack.. 1 Like |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by AfroKnight: 7:27am On Nov 29, 2021 |
ollybasa: Help me tell them o. They are still arguing with me. I don tire. 1 Like |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by funshint(m): 7:28am On Nov 29, 2021 |
Even if it's an expansion joint, this is not looking good at all! |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by lordmeks: 7:30am On Nov 29, 2021 |
This is an expansion joint though not properly dressed. There is no problem with that pillar |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by ollybasa: 7:30am On Nov 29, 2021 |
Klin1:the floor beneath has explained(slab) it is expansion joint, that is a separated columns. |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by AfroKnight: 7:31am On Nov 29, 2021 |
Onowu1979: You are the one insulting yourself. You should be able to tell us what the crack pattern says about this “failure”. See, columns can take any shape the designer likes. If they wanted it to look like halved cylinders backing each other in pairs, no problem. This was probably designed this way because other single columns are round. It’s just for visual continuity. 3 Likes |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by brandsoncharlie: 7:32am On Nov 29, 2021 |
Charmingrascal:You're blessed already. This is very clear for who want to understand. |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by awakeuche(m): 7:32am On Nov 29, 2021 |
This is a serious crack, expansion joint my ass |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by Valuc: 7:32am On Nov 29, 2021 |
Nigerians with their defense mechanism... |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by mobimuc9ja(m): 7:36am On Nov 29, 2021 |
I'll come and check it myself. |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by Tzar(m): 7:38am On Nov 29, 2021 |
I think Babalakin has employed an army to refute this claim! He has an antecedent of silencing any opposition at all cost. Now I am scared of what may happen to that structure. Hopefully they will expend the energy they use to refute the claim to fix the issue…. whether it is aesthetic or structural, FIX IT!!! |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by InvertedHammer: 7:38am On Nov 29, 2021 |
/ It could be an expansion joint... But poorly designed and finished. I expected more from BiCourtney. Come on! / |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by emae009(m): 7:40am On Nov 29, 2021 |
AfroKnight: we are saying the same thing. Like I say you can denote the expansion joint from the second column in the photo but what we're seeing on the first column is a crack not the expansion joint. Doesn't mean the joint isn't there but what's visible is a crack |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by frog12: 7:41am On Nov 29, 2021 |
dem dey lie |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by phemmyajib(m): 7:42am On Nov 29, 2021 |
It’s not a single column but an expansion joint. Though there are minor cracks on slab panels and a lot of patch repair works have been done. You will also see water seeping through the structural members. I think they have so much patches on the slab because they don’t have adequate cover. But I think the structure is okay because I have been there a lot of times |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by Alaganature09(m): 7:43am On Nov 29, 2021 |
So this man who came up with this news went to the airport to find crack pillars upanda..well nice information...I pray they repair it on time before it gets too late... |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by Nobody: 7:50am On Nov 29, 2021 |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by pickatyouu: 7:51am On Nov 29, 2021 |
shortgun: You are d second person quoting me on this. If una no fit get sarcasm, make una no dey quote me. Upgrade una sense of humour |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by alizma: 7:53am On Nov 29, 2021 |
NwaAmaikpe:Just look at how you and your likes are exposing yourselves. You agreed with the beams but disagreed with the pillers, who place two different beams on a Piller carrying the same floor? Looking at the beams and the floor are enough to convinced you but you won't see that because you are out to criticize destructively. The problem here is the finishing job. Look at other pictures that people post. You will notice the middle of the pillers as well as the floor are covered |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by dingbang(m): 7:53am On Nov 29, 2021 |
Nigerians will never believe until you plaster that thing so it will not show. 1 Like |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by Ucheamani(m): 7:53am On Nov 29, 2021 |
PLEASE TAKE A CLOSER LOOK. It's obviously an expansion joint judging by the slabs above and beneath it. Do not mind the round shape. What's causing the confusion is that they screeded the 2 columns and painted them to look like one. What appears to be a crack is the surface plaster (motar) which cracked during expansion because its inelastic. 2 Likes |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by Reference(m): 7:57am On Nov 29, 2021 |
Informed people have observed this but in the light of recent high profile engineering failure both at home and abroad one can understand the concern. I think owners of these structures like BI- Courtney should step in and address these components properly because that is not the right treatment and finishing of an expansion joint and is quite frankly unsightly, unsettling and does not inspire confidence. It is a public space, a commercial space. Ordinary people have the right to be alarmed though there is no engineering reason for that. 2 Likes 1 Share |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by streetsoldier1(m): 7:58am On Nov 29, 2021 |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by Reference(m): 8:00am On Nov 29, 2021 |
streetsoldier1: Oga, sit down. That is an expansion joint and there is nothing to dispute there. |
Re: Lagos Airport "Cracked Pillar": Bi-Courtney Reacts, Calls It An Expansion Joint by switosman(m): 8:00am On Nov 29, 2021 |
See how people criticize the guys that are right while they are in the wrong. people with no engineering knowledge correcting people with such knowledge. even common sense can help you understand the picture. You see two beams together with a padding inbetween and such padding also on the floor, expect such padding on the pillars, simple. 1 Like |
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