₦airaland Forum

SmartPolician:
Buildings have already started collapsing in Abuja of yesterday. When did the FCT become a federal capital that houses built yesterday are already collapsing?

The government needs to enforce building standards and regulations to end this once and for all. Apart from corruption, what have we gotten right in this country?

SmartPolician:
Apart from corruption, what have we gotten right in this country?

Vintage001:
Buildings just Dey collapse carelessly. Meanwhile, I mass produce cloths,bags,shoes etc. see my thread for info

saveman91:
10 children's have die in the building

franchasofficia:
Dangote needs to be invited by the House of Reps.

This is no longer about builders but cement manufacturers in Nigeria need to be grilled and cautioned.

They produce substandard cement and still sell it at exorbitant price to struggling Nigerians yet government and SON does nothing to checkmate them

millionboi2:
Do you produce women clothes and bags?

franchasofficia:
Dangote needs to be invited by the House of Reps.

This is no longer about builders but cement manufacturers in Nigeria need to be grilled and cautioned.

They produce substandard cement and still sell it at exorbitant price to struggling Nigerians yet government and SON does nothing to checkmate them the problem may not be the cement but the builders who steal half of what's given to me them and steal the rest...

Vintage001:
Yes boss.

millionboi2:
your WhatsApp number

saveman91:
Did you live there

franchasofficia:
Dangote needs to be invited by the House of Reps.

This is no longer about builders but cement manufacturers in Nigeria need to be grilled and cautioned.

They produce substandard cement and still sell it at exorbitant price to struggling Nigerians yet government and SON does nothing to checkmate them

99thEnemy:
Wetin concern dangote for this one?

Is it not the same dangote, lafarge and bua cement that is used for capital projects by all major construction companies throughout Nigeria?

how many of them have collapsed or how many of these companies have complained of the cement not reaching recommended standard?

vince96w2:
sometimes it's the people that try to get more blocks instead of the required amounts per bag of cement. Also,they build stories on top of foundation of bungalow..Nigerian builders and landlords are not sincere especially if they won't live there..All they think of is profits rather than life.

CorrectionFLuid:
Blocks are not a major structural part of a building. If it's just the blocks, a house won't collapse. Major structures are foundations, lintels, beams, and columns. Then the roof.

Only time blocks can cause collapse is in bungalows with no columns.

Love800:
Is it not blocks they use to do the bolded?
What are you saying?

Love800:
So who is to be blamed?

CorrectionFLuid:
Concrete, and iron rods. Not blocks.

99thEnemy:
Common sense cannot tell you that they didn’t use qualified people to do the job?

In the name of cutting costs. They don’t use the required standards.

For example, General purpose concrete in the ratio of Cement : Sand : Gravel is supposed to be 1 : 2 : 4

for higher strength when constructing even 1 : 1.5 : 3 can be used.

how many constructions done by individual contractors in Nigeria follow these standards?

even the rods used for reinforcements are most times far below the recommended sizes for high rise buildings.

The worse buildings are those in estates. the construction is done shabbily for construction to be at a barest minimum and the sell at exorbitant rates to make maximum profit.

So you who did you think was to blame before?