This is how contractors meets challenges

This is a dramatic incident of an almost falling down four storey building along Zanaki Street in downtown Dar es Salaam city that recently surprised passersby along the street when it was discovered to have inclined against another building adjacent to it. The building whose foundation was built in 1940s is said to have been constructed on a watery ground and it seems as if its foundation was not made much stronger to sustain the weight of a building in future, an aspect that has caused the building to bend.

Two storey buildings have inclined each other. The old buildings are said to have been constructed in 1940s.

A technical expert on concrete building materials from the Structure and Building Material Laboratory of the structural engineering department of the College of Engineering and Technology of the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) is seen taking photo with a special camera designed to determine the sustainability of the building which seems to have bent against the other.

May be we should say the technology of constructing a foundation was not done in a more scientific manner. This is contrary to modern technologically constructed building whereby the technology has advanced. Both Engineers and Contractors’ Registration Boards have assigned reputable technical experts to find out the possibility of rescuing any possible losses that the building is likely to cause in future. In the picture, an expert from the department of civil engineering of the University of Dar es Salaam is seen taking a photo to establish the possible cause of the danger.