The Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI), has commenced investigation to unravel the cause of a collapsed portion of a seven-storey building under construction in Asaba, the Delta State capital.
NBRRI, a Federal Government research based agency, is under the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation. Its core mandate is to carry out comprehensive and forensic investigation on collapsed critical infrastructure across the country.
The six-man team led by Akaolisa Ezeagu, met with officials from the Delta State Ministry of Urban Renewal as well as the state Ministry of Housing. He also stated that preliminary investigation has been conducted by the NBRRI.
Ezeagu said, “We have done a scientific prima-facie assessment of the collapsed section of the building and equally had a prima facie survey of the whole structure.
“We thank the state government for the preliminary access to the team, and urge them to grant us full access to the site to run a full-scale investigation.
“We believe that our expert reviews and findings as a research institute with the core mandate of research on critical infrastructure, in this case, the hospitality industry, will help government, the client and all agencies to forestall future occurrence not only on this but in other subsequent projects,”
“Now, we want to go into full-scale investigation, which must be documented. We have applied and waiting for approval. We learnt that the commissioner is out of the state for official assignment. Hopefully by next week, we will get the documented approval,” Ezeagu added.
The team, acting on the directive of the Director-General of NBRRI, Prof. Samson Dunia, included other members, including Kingsley Oghoro, Ikenna Onuorah, Chidiebere Afamefuna, Wan Igwe Daniel and Leonard Okolo (South-East zonal coordinator of NBRRI).
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