Incompetence kila idara, hapa mkuu Kuhani inafika mahala unakubaliana na NN kwamba sisi ndivyo tulivyo! It is terrible, tunaweza wapi sasa kama kila kona tunaharibu?
Mkuu Kitila,
At last unakubaliana na mimi kwamba jamii ya watanzania imeoza...
According to a billboard on the site of the collapsed building, the main contractor was listed as N.K. Decorators, the architect as JEAM Associates and the structural engineer as CODEC. The client is McSoms Investment Ltd.
Point noted..... who own Kagoda? who took the money from CRDB, who changed it from Tshs to USD? Who paid USD 20m of Kagoda to Mwanyika? take a break and do your homework..... Wacha waendelee kutuzuga na LAANA INAZIDI KUWASHUKIA na bado
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GHARAMA ZA MAGOROFA MENGI KARIAKOO NI CHINI SANA....WAARABU AU WAHINDI PALE WANATUMIA MILIONI 800 TU KUJENGA JUMBA LA GHOROFA KUMI...WAKATI KIUKWELI UKIFUATA RATIO NA STANDARDS BILA BILIONI 3 HUWEZI KUJENGA JENGO LA GHOROFA KUMI ...TENA LA KAWAIDA SANA AMBALO HALINA MADOIDO YOYOTE.....UNIFORM FLOORS ....YAANI SIO ZELE COMPLEX AMBAKO KILA FLOOR INAKUWA NARAMANI TOFAUTI........
The client is McSoms Investment Ltd ....Point noted..... who own Kagoda? who took the money from CRDB, who changed it from Tshs to USD? Who paid USD 20m of Kagoda to Mwanyika? take a break and do your homework..... Wacha waendelee kutuzuga na LAANA INAZIDI KUWASHUKIA na bado
Hapo haina haja hata ya kuandika zaidi... Habari yenyewe ndiyo hiyo!Halisi umesema mambo mazito haya .Tafadhali tuweke sawa .Ina maana kwenye jengo yuko katika chain hii ya Kagoda ?
Mimi nadhani kuwa Decorators ni wapambaji, je wapambaji nao wanajua kujenga maghorofa au hilo ni jina tu?main contractor was listed as N.K. Decorators
Collapsed Dar building: Contractor was not properly licensed
-Company officials, building owners all nowhere to be seen
SEBASTIAN MRINDOKO
Dar es Salaam
THERE is a looming scandal in the collapse of a 10-storey building in Dar es Salaam's central business district on Saturday, following revelations that the contractor involved is not licensed to undertake construction projects of such magnitude.
THISDAY investigations have established that city-based N.K Decorators Limited is in fact licensed by the Contractors Registration Board (CRB) as a Class Five contractor, and is therefore not permitted to handle any building works valued beyond 300m/-.
According to one independent local contractor interviewed by THISDAY, it is ''virtually impossible'' for a Class Five contractor to be hired as the main contractor for the construction of a 10-storey building.
''Why was a Class Five contractor allowed to undertake a construction project that is clearly worth billions (of shillings)?'' he queried.
''High-rise buildings of this type are normally handled by Class One contractors, who are deemed to have the necessary skills, equipment and competency to handle such major projects.''
N.K Decorators, whose registered office is located on plot number 832 Senegal Street in Upanga, is listed by the CRB under registration number B5/0117/11/2000.
There are seven classes of contractors identified by the Board, with Class One contractors the only ones allowed to undertake construction projects of any magnitude.
Other classes of contractors with stated limits of the value of building projects they are allowed to handle are Class Two (up to 1.2bn/-), Class Three (900m/-), Class Four (600m/-), Class Five (300m/-), Class Six (150m/-), and Class Seven (75m/-).
N.K Decorators officials were not immediately available for comment yesterday and the owners of the collapsed building, McSoms Investments Limited and local businessman Mohsin Somji, were also nowhere to be seen.
This is against the background of spreading suggestions that shoddy construction work as well as regulatory loopholes could have been the root causes of the latest building collapse in the city.
Speaking separately to THISDAY in Dar es Salaam yesterday, a number of independent construction industry experts voiced their concerns about the ethical standards of all professionals involved in this particular project, from the architect, engineers and down to consultants, regulators and city building inspectors.
''In the construction process of such high storey buildings, there are several rules that have to be followed properly, and if not the result is likely to be such tragedies,'' said CRB contractor Mashuhuko Nkuba.
He mentioned some of the rules as properly studying the plot on which the building is to be erected, and conducting a proper tendering process for the work including architectural designs and actual construction.
According to Nkuba, after all the procedures have been fulfilled, the CRB gives its stamp of approval for the project to begin.
He said at each stage of the project, inspections and testing should be conducted and an approval given before moving on to the next stage.
Commenting on the competency of NK Decorators Limited, Nkuba said since the company was listed as a Class Five contractor, it could only have been allowed to undertake one phase of the tender that did not surpass 300m/- in value.
It has been established that two other city-based firms, Jeam Associates and CODEC, were hired as architect and structural engineers respectively for the project.
Architects and Quantity Surveyors Registration Board (AQRB) vice-chairman Amedeus Chaky also said there were indications that some procedures were ignored in the process involving construction of the building.
He said there were too many departments mandated to issue orders on such a project, which could cause confusion, in that one might say yes while another might say no.
Giving an example, Chaky noted that although CRB may refuse to approve documents related to a construction project, the Ilala Municipal council or even the Ministry of Infrastructure might go ahead and approve the same documents.
?It is sad to observe that the Ilala Municipal engineer had allowed the building construction to continue even after cracks had already started to appear,? he said.
The AQRB vice-chair also noted that some project owners do prefer to use low-profile contractors in order to cut costs, without foreseeing the hazards that might occur if some procedural steps were skipped.
According to one Ajay Laxman whose house situated next to the collapsed building was also damaged, the owner of the building was in the vicinity up to the moment when it collapsed, but apparently disappeared immediately afterwards.
Laxman said he himself had been left impoverished by the tragedy and currently he has no shelter for his family. ''Although my family is safe, I have nothing left?only good Samaritans have come to our rescue so far,'' he said.