U.B.A No 30A Port-Harcourt Road, bridge Head market, Onitsha.

Client: UBA

Project Duration: January 2017 to January 2017

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
• Rainwater 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 beyond its extents and re-constructed
• Likewise, the cover slab to the service stairs be repaired, with a drainpipe to pipe out the stormwater 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