A building collapsed in maryland bus stop opposite the Brt. The building is located directly opposite the former offices Channels television in the Maryland area of Lagos.


LAGOS – There was pandemonium yesterday as a six-storey building located at 11 Aderibigbe street in Maryland area of Lagos collapsed.

An eye witness told Vanguard that at about 3.30 pm occupants of the building heard a loud noise which shook the building violently leaving cracks on the walls.

The building, Photo: Sahara reporters

It was gathered that all the occupants of the building were evacuated when there were signs the collapse was imminent and they all gathered outside watching until the building gradually started giving way.

Three officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Authority, LASEMA, who arrived the scene before the building collapsed at 6.30 pm had cordoned off the Aderibigbe Street and restricted movement of people and vehicles.

Over ten different companies were occupying the building before the collapse which included Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, CITN, SCIB Nigeria and Company Limited, Okay God Investment Limited, Klear Concept Limited, Global PMG Ltd Jira and Associates amongst others.

The building before it collapsed

More than 300 staff of the companies were seen scampering for safety when they heard a loud slam coming from the building. It was gathered that no casuality was recorded in the incident.

Source: http://www.latestgists.com
http://www.vanguardngr.com/2011/10/six-storey-building-collapses-in-lagos/

Any pictures, can anyone of us in Lagos cover this so we can look at the probable causes?

Fidelo726:

The causes of building collapse are numerous and cannot be determined by pictures but by professional investigation and analysis.

May GOd bless you for this answer,

@OP
Cowboy builders

Before the Fall

Thank God nobody died

I saw this happen, it was in two phase, I thank God no life was lost. I even took the picture of the two phased collapse, I ll get the pix later

Poor engineering the cause I believe

Just saw this on the news now
Gosh!
To think I had a flat tire 20 meters away from that same building yesterday around 1pm
As Natasha said, thank God no one died.

rareman:

I saw this happen, it was in two phase, I thank God no life was lost. I even took the picture of the two phased collapse, I ll get the pix later

Would like to see your pics

Haaaa, this bad constructions again.

Causes of collapse:: Shoddy contractors, cutting corners at every twist and turn, sub-standard materials, poor calculation and weight and support distribution by the building designers and architects, bad foundation, e.t.c,

Point is someone needs to be in jail,

First time Nigeria got safety of lives right? Thank God!

bros12345:

First time Nigeria got safety of lives right? Thank God!

In my opinion, as long as a contractor is not supervises by an external third party supervisor, the story of collapse building will never end.

i leave in maryland. I saw it falling. No casualties though. Only dat d collapse sounded like earthquake.

Abujabir24:

i leave in maryland. I saw it falling. No casualties though. Only dat d collapse sounded like earthquake.

better call experts to check ur building oh . . .
_{.just kidding} . . . .lol

But in all fairnes and for safety purposes, all high risers in the surrounding environment needs to be checked out for structural defects that may have been caused by the tremor from this collapse

we thank God for everything oooh, poor reconstruction.

Abujabir24:

i leave in maryland. I saw it falling. No casualties though. Only dat d collapse sounded like earthquake.

Are you sure you are not the cause of this collapse?

When was the building built? cHINEKE!

Now everybody claims to have seen it falling and none managed to shoot a video with their phone but they would rush to Youtube to view videos uploaded by others.

I have phobia living or entering any house in Nigeria that is more than a floor. It is better for you to buy your materials to build your house by yourselve than contracting these half baked contractors here in Nigeria. You give them money, they look for substandard materials to use for you so that they can make much profit/or steal you dry and build their own houses. I have had an experince with some of these people. They suck

When a buildin collapses, no one thinks of the architect, ℓ☺ℓ, usually the problem is with not following the design, or an outright bad design, makin computers completely take over the function of ur brain, Anywayz I wud like to sell my wears, I am a civil engineer dat can give u accurate an concise designs contact me on 08101672511, hope I dnt get banned for this ℓ☺ℓ,

So with all the camera phones around, no one could get a live video?

I wonder if this will ever stop in Naija.

Some more pics,

Taken today.

More.

In Nigeria, we construct Reinforced Concrete Framed Structures.

Problem is, we use portal frames, made up of only Columns and
Beams, bearing the Slabs and Walls.

So, like in the picture, what happens is that the central Columns,
which are subject to greater loading than those closer to the perimeter
(edges) are more susceptible to failure.

What we need to do is to introduce RC Shear Walls to serve as the core
of the Buildings. They traditionally house the lift wells and conveniences,
so we don't need to pass pipes through the Columns and Beams as is
the current practice.

Of course, the magomago wey contractors dem dey do na anoda
wahala,

I wish NSE and COREN can be empowered to carry out unscheduled
visits to construction sites to enforce adherence to Building Standards.

Plus, the practice of making Reinforcement Bars out of old, rusty metal
scraps doesn't help, either.