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RSG To Commence Evaluation Of Storey Buildings

As part of moves to checkmate unnecessary incidences of building collapse in the state, the State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development says plans have been concluded to carry out independent structural evaluation on houses that are above two storey buildings in the State.
The state Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Mr. Austen Ben Chioma made the disclosure when members of Nigeria Institute of Builders paid him a courtesy visit at his office in Port Harcourt.
Mr Chioma also said that a monitoring team from the ministry made up of professionals had been going round to ensure that builders complied with laid down building standards as provided by the state ministry of urban development.
He however, regretted that most land developers did not comply with basic structural requirements like the EIS, SAR&P and soil tests which are meant to determine the soil’s ability to carry a particular building in a given area.
The commissioner said that as much as the government had taken into consideration the present harsh economic realities of the day, the right thing must always be done to safeguard lives and property.
Mr Chioma noted that builders who run foul of the ministry’s laid down procedures on property development would be made to pay contravention fees adding that the fees are not meant to discourage people from owning and building houses but to ensure that standards are strictly adhered to.
The commissioner gave assurances of tapping from the expertise of members of the organisation of institute of builders in carrying out their responsibilities in the areas of monitoring and evaluation.
Earlier, Chairman of the Nigeria Institute of Builders, Bldr Ugo Ohuabunwa said that in complying with building standards, the builders document which is the quality control document of the site, the safety and work plan must be incorporated to make improvement at controlling members of the body and also training of artisans while also sensitising land developers in relevant areas.
He said that the body was ready to work in synergy with the ministry by not only providing skilled manpower but also offering professional guidance, where necessary, adding that, quacks had been the bane of building collapse in the society.
By: Enoch Epelle
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