Month: January 2010

How to Demolish a Building after a Disaster-Earthquake. Building demolition has become common now that cases of building collapse due to natural causes such as earthquakes and man-made causes such as poor workmanship are beginning to show up more commonly. Recently, two high-rise buildings collapsed in Kiambu town and currently Haiti has been hit by…

NEW BUILDING CONSTRUCTION METHODS- PRE-ENGINEERED STEEL BUILDINGS [PEB] We are increasingly seeing the effects of building collapse due to earthquakes in regions such as Haiti and collapse due to poor workmanship such as the recent building collapses in Kiambu. With rapid urbanization, more high-rise buildings are coming up in major towns creating perfect recipes for…