A structural engineering expert has attributed recent building collapses to poor professional supervision, use of substandard materials, and failure to comply with approved construction designs.
The Ghana Institution of Engineers (GhIE) has raised fresh concerns over what it describes as persistent regulatory failures ...
There are three basic needs of man: food, shelter and clothing. A building is another name for shelter and is therefore one of the basic needs of man. We construct buildings to provide shelter for man ...
The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Four recent catastrophic building collapses and a near miss are raising concerns about ...
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Building designs must be prepared and approved by built environment professionals, engineers urged
By Albert Allotey Accra, June 11, GNA – The Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) in collaboration with other partners has ...
The six-story apartment building that partially collapsed in Davenport, Iowa, May 28 is being held up in part by the pile of debris from the top five floors dropping onto the first, a structural ...
An apartment building partially collapsed in Davenport, Iowa, on May 28. Three residents of the six-story apartment building remained unaccounted for and might be stuck inside rubble that was too ...
Four recent catastrophic building collapses and a near miss are raising concerns about the state of America’s aging buildings and questions about who, if anyone, is checking their safety. Many cities ...
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Regulatory authorities urged to enforce building regulations
Regulatory authorities have been urged to strictly enforce existing building regulations to curb the increasing incidence of building collapses across the country.The call followed preliminary ...
NEW YORK ‒ On Monday, a seven-story tenement building in New York City partially collapsed, heaping a 12-foot mound of debris on the street and forcing over 170 people, including dozens of children, ...
Structural engineers, under the aegis of the Nigerian Institution of Structural Engineers (NIStructE), have urged the government to implement laws and building codes that will stem building failures ...
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