As a result, it revealed that most site investigations for building construction fail to meet the minimum standards established by the Ethiopian Building Code of Standards. The findings of this two-year-long research were presented at the inaugural Geotechnical Engineering workshop organized by the Ethiopian Geotechnical Society (EGS). The workshop featured a keynote speech by Emeritus Professor Alemayehu Teferra, a renowned geotechnical engineering specialist and educator known as "the Father of Geotechnical Engineering Practice in Ethiopia." Nearly half of the site investigations failed to accurately incorporate borehole location data in their reports, with instances of incorrect borehole coordinates and even duplicated site investigation reports. They noted that site investigation and excavation support construction must be supervised in Ethiopian civil engineering practice.

Source: Ethiopian News May 30, 2023 14:22 UTC