Building collapses in Tassia

[Cortedivoire]

Many feared trapped as a six-storey building collapses in Tassia estate in Nairobi

 

[crucial]

Was it one of the buildings earmarked for demolition?

 

[Ssabasajja]

That area has been badly affected by the rains.

 

[mzeiya]

Oh Lord, please take care of any trapped people. This is bad

 

[Brisc0]

Wow. When was this?

 

[Introvert]

Fakkshait..

 

[Field Marshal]

Nothing to report here, just Darwin hard at work...............................

PS: I can count six slabs..............how high was the building supposed to be?

 

[kibinda nkoye1]

Oh my God! Praying for their safety

 

[Tuthu wa Ndenderu]

@shocks and others who are well versed with structural integrity, when a building goes down perpendicularly like the one above. What would be the most probably cause of such ?.

 

[Duke of Busia]

So sad

 

[Kasaman]

sad

 

[Doc oga]

Bonobo Landlords, civil engineers, contractors and corrupt county council officials. Hawa wote wanafaa wakamatwe na watiwe ndani wachunishwe skuma till kingdom cum.

 

[shocks]

@shocks and others who are well versed with structural integrity, when a building goes down perpendicularly like the one above. What would be the most probably cause of such ?.

When slabs do that huitwa pancaking, whatever was resisting gravity loads failed, either walls au columns

 

[Mzito Jimit]

Bonobo Landlords, civil engineers, contractors and corrupt county council officials. Hawa wote wanafaa wakamatwe na watiwe ndani wachunishwe skuma till kingdom cum.

Hii wimbo ya wakamatwe imeimbwa mara ngapi?? Ata ile yenye watoto walidedi iyo story ilipoteanga tu ivyo sijawahi skia any amekua prosecuted successfully for such.

 

[Doc oga]

Hii wimbo ya wakamatwe imeimbwa mara ngapi?? Ata ile yenye watoto walidedi iyo story ilipoteanga tu ivyo sijawahi skia any amekua prosecuted successfully for such.

It is the norm so let's wait and see.

 

[Mutwemumu]

Wh

Oh my God! Praying for their safety

They are getting exactly what they deserved,why go live in houses that are death traps knowingly.Mambo ingine needs kutumia individual akili

 

[Nattydread]

Many feared trapped as a six-storey building collapses in Tassia estate in Nairobi
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Same story, same reactions, same behaviour ahead.

 

[Nattydread]

That area has been badly affected by the rains.

If a building is poorly constructed and the foundation gets soggy, it will be badly affected.

 

[Tuthu wa Ndenderu]

How deep should one dig in Eastlands and other parts of Nairobi before getting to the base rock , for the purposes of laying foundations ?

 

[shocks]

How deep should one dig in Eastlands and other parts of Nairobi before getting to the base rock , for the purposes of laying foundations ?

There is no standard answer, each site has to inspected independently, then the engineer makes the call depending on ground conditions and load type and magnitude.
For example a simple flat of say 4 floors in an area with well compacted murram or rock, foundations huwa around 1m.
On the flip side a 2 storey residential house on the slopes of spring valley built on redsoil will have to go deeper
Then there are soils that loose their strength if you allow water to go to the foundations, good example is redsoil. Hapa your site should be well drained to ensure rain water does not go down. Ikiwa kuna threat ya ground water coming from outside you either build cutoff walls around the property or do check boreholes and pump out water to ensure your foundations never sit on matope