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Lagos State Government, on Thursday, is set to deconstruct the three uncompleted high-rise structures on the site of a 21-storey building that collapsed on Gerrard Road, Ikoyi, last November.

The structures have failed integrity tests, prompting the State Government to embark on a controlled deconstruction to bring them down.

A structural engineering firm, Edge of Design, will dismantle the twin 14-storey and eight-storey structures on the site in a manner that will not pose any health or environmental hazards to residents in the neighbourhood.

The deconstruction, which is expected to be completed within 90 days, is to be supervised by relevant agencies of the Government and private stakeholders in the built industry.

The development, it was learnt, is part of the recommendations by a six-man that investigated the collapse of the 21-storey structure owned by Messrs Fourscore Heights.

The land on which the failed structures sit has been forfeited to the State Government by law. The also recommended criminal prosecution of the developer for contravening the State’s building codes.

No fewer than 45 persons, who were mainly construction workers and vendors, died in the incident. Also, the developer, Mr Femi Osibona, died in the collapsed building.

Representative of the contractor, Edge of Design, Mr. Olujimi Lewu, explained the step-by-step process to be employed in bringing down the structures, that the work would be done without any injury or fatality. He illustrated how the slabs would be removed, until the structures come down.

Commissioner for Information and Strategy Mr. Gbenga Omotoso, at a press briefing held at the Bagauda Kaltho Press Centre in Government Secretariat in Alausa, said safety would be the main consideration in the deconstruction. He said the press conference was in the spirit of transparency for which the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Oku istration is famous.

He stressed that the deconstruction was agreed upon after extensive consultations with stakeholders, residents and regulators in the built industry.

The Commissioner assured residents in the neighbourhood of their safety throughout the exercise, noting that measures had been put in place to ensure that the contractor maintains the agreed safety protocols.

“The deconstruction will be done with one key focus from all stakeholders; this is safety of people in the neighbourhood and everybody that will be working on the site. The recommendations of the are being implemented to prevent this kind of incident,” Omotoso said.

Commissioner for Special Duties, Mr. Tayo Bamgbose-Martins, a civil engineer, assured all that reports on the deconstruction would be regularly shared with the public. He described the contractor as competent.

Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, shed light on why the State Government took over the property, saying: “Section 74 of the Urban and Regional Planning and Development Laws of Lagos State 2019 (as amended) prescribes that any property that collapses in the State is automatically forfeited to the Government.”

Salako said the State Government had not decided on what to do with the site after the deconstruction.

He said: “When the State Government is ready to revive the site, we will let the public know what we want to do with it. However, I can assure you that the land will not be given to any individual developer or converted to unapproved use by the Government. The site will be used for something that will be of benefit the public.”

After the press briefing, the Government’s team moved to Ikoyi to hand over the site to the contractor

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Just cos we no dey shout dem say we no dey audible. Oya na!

This is what should have been done from the beginning. It would have saved lives

Nice steps

Ok

They should use dynamite. The whole building will come down in less than 5 seconds.

Hmmm

Nawa

Greediness ,

Him too didn't escape the consequences this time

OLUDERU:
https://lagostoday.com.ng/lagos-begins-deconstruction-of-three-structures-on-ikoyi-building-collapse-site/

Ok

Chai!
What would it have costed them to do it right....now everything will go down the drain!

Funds wasted

Life goes on.

Good

Please our honourable Peter obi for the president's of federal Republic of Nigeria, we are tired of those thief's now,

Without a tribalism and nepotism any sane Nigerian's know it's someone like Peter obi that can now rescue Nigeria from totalling sinking, but seriously some ethnics bigot's people will just still prefer to hav their own man at the affairs of the country either he is capable or not than to go for what could have been the best solution to all nigerian's current problems, #Peter obi 2023 confirm

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This is a good development, the impact of the collapse building must have affected the buildings one way or the other

Billions of Naira going just like that because certain people refused to do what is necessary.

Buyers have lost their millions of dollars o. God

deconstruct this building no be small money ooo, to build quality house na problem for some people smh

Nice

yusufu16:
They should use dynamite. The whole building will come down in less than 5 seconds.

Lol....

But Dynamite explosion would affect the foundation of other structures in the neighborhood.

iiifedimma:
Okay

Why experiment with a new contractor when the former company that did that of Bank of Industry during Fashola's regime did a fantastic job.?

What they should have done a long time before the building collapse. Is it after building collapse that they realize it failed integrity test. If the man is still alive and there were no casualties they will not destroy it and if that building did not collapse they won't do jack.

Building code and building standardization should be encouraged through out the country.

And also, any personnel found of compromising should be charged accordingly.

With this, the rate of building collapse will be minimal.

What can we say if an artisan turned to be the professional brain behinds the construction?

Who fails to plan, plans to fail.............