Narration:
Engineering Safety Investigation conducted on the Three (3) level bank building, sequel to reported vibrations at a section of the building in addition to sundry observed maintenance defects on the building & its external grounds.
Report of the investigation concluded that;
- The structural integrity of the building is still intact; with section capacities of structural elements of the building’s frame still exceeding their external actions,
- Yes, there is a wide divergence of 23.75MPa in the crushing strengths of the basement columns, but load-coordinates for all critically loaded columns at 2/D, 2/C & 3/D fall below the equilibrium curve,
- Beam-3 of the entry floor & soffit of the suspended entry floor slab with exposed reinforcement, must be thoroughly wire-brushed & treated with “Sikalite”, before dressing with rich-mix of C/S mortar,
- All masonry walls with cracks can be filled-in with epoxy-resins after grinding out the cracks,
On the external the paving stones can be removed, the depressions filled with sand and compacted, before laying the stones again.
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