Pesa Nane wrote:Coolbull wrote:
@a4architect - you've made me cringe. I was in one building, built next to a road and when cars passed outside one would feel like the vehicles were in the next room. A minor tremor will bring the building down. I think that building was put up by watu wa mkono from a nearby site on their way home.
@Coolbull, citizen duty! Name and shame before they collapse on us.
@a4architect, is this project suspect?
@pesa nane, the only fool proof method to check on structural integrity of a project is to ask the seller if he can give you the structural engineer's contacts so that you can verify his capacity to design such a structure. Verification is simple. If he is registered by ERB, then its safely assumed he can handle such a building. You can go further and consult an independent structural engineer for a more deeper analysis. Currently, there is a machine that structural engineers connect to a laptop then it automatically gives the structural design of the building, like sort of an x ray where it analyses how the chumas inside have been set up. Such analyses are good for people who are buying a complete building as opposed to an individual apartment whereby the risk is quite small.
As Iron Sharpens Iron, So one Man Sharpens Another.