Narration:
Engineering Safety Investigation conducted on the Four (4) level bank building, sequel to observation of;
- Spalling of soffit of third floor slab & Service stairs landing,
- Long diagonal cracks (3mm to 7mm wide), on the short opposite sides of the Archives,
- Rain water ingress into rear sections of the ground floor,
- Spalling of the rear left side column,
Report of investigation concluded that;
- The third floor slab panel P12, be carefully demolished 250mm well beyond its extents & re-constructed,
- Likewise Cover slab to the service stairs be repaired, with a drain-pipe to pipe out the storm water collected there, all the way down to the ground.,
- The cracked short walls to the archives be replaced using engineering clay bricks, that can better sustain load,
- The rear left edge column be repaired.
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