Narration:
Engineering Safety Investigation conducted on the Two (2) level bank building, sequel to fire outbreak over a section of the first floor; this fire lasted long enough to have gutted out a huge portion of the roof trusses, covering & ceiling.
Report of the investigation concluded that;
- The overall structural safety of the bank building has not been impaired, although specific structural elements exposed to extreme heat long enough had suffered loss of strength,
- Column at grid point 6/E on the first floor must be hacked out and reconstructed,
- Likewise, Roof beam 10 & the Cover slab must be hacked out and reconstructed, hence their strengths have been compromised by the prolonged exposure to the heat of the fire,
- All partition walls around the immediate zone of the fire, that have been pulverized by the heat, must be demolished and re-built,
The exposed reinforcement to Roof beam -4 must be carefully dressed with water-proofed c/s mortar.
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