Ogunseye said that the rate of building collapse had reduced to a great extent, but noted that more efforts needed to be made until a zero per cent building collapse was attained.According to him, it is not until a building collapse, before provision will be made for remedies, preventive measures and solutions are required. We need to sit up and continuously push for proactive measures to ensure zero cent per building collapse.“Currently, the incidence of building collapse has reduced to the barest minimum but BCPG will not relent in its advocacy and efforts towards attaining a zero per cent building collapse in Lagos State,” he said in a report by the News Agency of Nigeria. So, it is not until a building physically falls down that it can be classified as been collapsed,” Akinyosoye said.He urged BCPG to persist on its advocacy for the use of quality building materials, saying investigations had revealed that sub-standard building materials were a major cause of building collapse. Akinyosoye further identified excessive load, design error, poor maintenance culture and structural phenomenon as other causative factors of building collapse that need to be addressed. Meanwhile, the Financial Secretary, Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB), Lagos State Chapter, Mubarak Gbajabiamila, has identified responsive procurement system as a proactive step to be adopted in combating building collapse.

Source: The Guardian June 04, 2018 04:07 UTC