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- Jun 7, 2012
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A storey building under construction collapses in Kinoo, Kiambu County, leans into an adjacent 7-storey building causing serious damages.
Residents say that the building caved in during the night, and is now leaning on the adjacent seven-storey building – Crestwood Apartments.
Police went at the scene to control the situation as occupants of Crestwood Apartments were being evacuated, to avert an even more disaster.
The Funny thing about this building is that it was under supervision of a company going by the name Stable Engineering.
In September 2021, another five-storey residential building under construction collapsed in Kinoo after developing cracks.
Back then Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) President Engineer Nathaniel Matalanga said the Kinoo building crumbled because it stood on a weak foundation.
According to Eng. Matalanga, Kinoo area and the larger Kiambu County has red soil which requires a large and strong foundation built with quality materials to support a building.
He linked the rampant collapse of buildings to greedy developers who hire unqualified contractors instead of qualified professional engineers to build their houses.
Residents say that the building caved in during the night, and is now leaning on the adjacent seven-storey building – Crestwood Apartments.
Police went at the scene to control the situation as occupants of Crestwood Apartments were being evacuated, to avert an even more disaster.
The Funny thing about this building is that it was under supervision of a company going by the name Stable Engineering.
In September 2021, another five-storey residential building under construction collapsed in Kinoo after developing cracks.
Back then Institution of Engineers of Kenya (IEK) President Engineer Nathaniel Matalanga said the Kinoo building crumbled because it stood on a weak foundation.
According to Eng. Matalanga, Kinoo area and the larger Kiambu County has red soil which requires a large and strong foundation built with quality materials to support a building.
He linked the rampant collapse of buildings to greedy developers who hire unqualified contractors instead of qualified professional engineers to build their houses.
