Investigation Into Causes Of Building Collapse In Nigeria

Investigation Into Causes Of Building Collapse In Nigeria

Preface

Background

structure can be explained as a structural that provides sanctum to lives and parcels, it could be a academy, church, shop, or plant that has roof, walls. A lot of erecting specifically in Port- Harcourt and Lagos state have collapsed and thereby causing a huge profitable waste and lost of lives of people and parcels.

structure failure can be defined as the collapse of structure, while erecting disaster gives substantiation of a structural member being unsafe before the factual collapse. Building failure in a construction sector is an necessary factor that must be considered with great care and chops( Field, 1986 pp 7).

From the trial done so far by the experimenters, it’s being observed that structure failed and superstructure failed. Bearing capacity failed due to high humidity content and discriminational inordinate agreement.

still, disquisition of structural failure in structure is an expansive exploration work, a lot of laboratory test, observation and analysis, but for the purpose of this design, trouble have been made to reduce the exploration on those aspect considered veritably applicable.

There are so numerous factors that could lead to failure in structure and these failures have colorful modes with which they do, it should be realised, still that crimes are major causes of structural collapse and no matter how they’re deduced they’re little help in precluding collapse performing from them.

Some exemplifications of structural collapse are as follows

Terrorist attack, Pentagon, Washington DC 2001

Herron Road Bridge, Ottawa 1996

Terrorist Bombing, Murrah Federal Building, Owahoma City, 1995

Alternate narrow Ground, Vancower 1958

Tank failure, Ashland oil painting co, Pitsburgh 1988

Quebec ground( 1907, 1916)

(www.du.edu/jeaivert/failurehtm).

1.2 Area Of Study

The exploration work took place in Port Harcourt Area of Rivers State which is in the capital megacity at plot 308 Abacha Road Rumueme, Port Harcourt Rivers State.

Statement Of Problems

It’s observed that plan review and performance standard are veritably important to everyone involved but most contractors and masterminds have abandoned this practices.

The problems which has lead to failure are intended to be studied in this exploration are listed below.

i. The elision of some specification of critical element of structure envelop by contractors in order to make out some profit from the contract. And also common structure practices are generally into averted structure failure.

ii. utmost contractors aren’t apprehensive of specific details and styles needed for delicate or severe inner terrain.

Ideal Of The Study

The end and objects of the study are

To find the causes of erecting failure in construction work.

ii. To know the extent which this has affected the people involved.

iii. To give the means of controlling failures and its goods in construction work.

iv. To know the different types of failure.

Intention Of The Study

Since structure is veritably important for living effects, thus; control of its failure will enhance the performance productivity and profitability in any organisation.

The exploration work will be of immense to the government, masterminds and contractors and indeed the public.

Compass Of The Study

The exploration is on a case study of failure with further emphasis on its causes, goods and remedies with refrence to particular area of plot 308 Abacha Road Rumueme Port Harcourt in Rivers State.

still, this work has studied beyond the areas of specification and it also aimed at looking into the total collapse or failure on structure only with major concern on structures in eastern part of Nigeria.

Limitation Of The Study

Although this exploration has generally analysed the failures in structure to ascertain its causes, goods and remedies but it was n’t easy for some dreams of exploration work to be achieved.

Some of the limitations are as follows

1. Lack of finance

2. Time given is limited

3. The problem of collecting information

4. Non vacuity of books and other accoutrements

5. Lack of acceptable statistical, date or figures of structures that has failed in Port Harcourt Area of Rivers State.

Chapter Two

Chapter two of this disquisition Into Causes Of Building Collapse In Nigeria ” exploration work is available. Order full work to download. Chapter Two of “ Investigation Into Causes Of Building Collapse In Nigeria Contains Literature Review, Collapse Of structure, Design Of Structure, description Of Terms, structure, Collapse, Failure, Links, Foundation, Substructure, Superstructure, Concrete, Causes Of Structure Failure, Analysis Failure Of Structural Element Of structure, Design crimes, Constructional crimes And Poor Constructional Practice, Foundation Failure, unlooked-for lading, Use Of Inferior Material, Improper Use Of Structure, Fire Disaster, goods Of Structure Failures, Economic goods, Social goods, Remedial Measures, Evaluation Of Building Construction In Port Harcourt And Some Reported Cases Of erecting Collapse/ Failure In Nigeria Between( 1974 – 2006).

Chapter Three

Chapter three of this disquisition Into Causes Of Building Collapse In Nigeria ” academic work is available. Order full work to download. Chapter Three of “ Investigation Into Causes Of Building Collapse In Nigeria” Contains Data Collection And Methodology, Sources Of Data, Primary Sources, Oral Interview, Secondary Data, Procedure Of trials, Determination Of humidity Content Of A Given Soil, flyspeck Size Distribution Of A Soil Sample Sieve Analysis, Bearing Capacity Of Soil And Shear Strength Test.

Chapter Four

Chapter four of this disquisition Into Causes Of Building Collapse In Nigeria design work is available. Order full work to download. Chapter Four of Investigation Into Causes Of Building Collapse In Nigeria Contains preface, flyspeck Size Distribution Of A Given Soil Sample “ A ”, Evaluation Of Passing, For Sample A, For Sample B, Data donation And Evaluation, Evaluation Of humidity Content, Data donation And Evaluation, Evaluation Of The humidity Content, calculation Of Shear Strength Test, calculations Of Sample confines, calculation Of Shear Stress, calculation Of Normal Stress, calculation Of Bearing Capacity, Analysis And Findings.

Chapter Five

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