Month: March 2015
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Building Structural Safety in Kenya.
Recently,there has been several occasions of buildings collapsing in Kenya. A building has just collapsed in Roysambu today 2nd April 2015. There are several reasons to this. 1. Government, represented by the County Government Planning departments, is not doing enough to enforce developers to use qualified consultants to design and supervise buildings. With rampant corruption,…
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Gabbion Walling
Gabbion walls are used to retain soil from steep embankments . They are also used to create extra strong walls for buildings. They are usually 2 meters long by 1 meter high by 1 meter wide. For retaining wall structures, its best to step them by 1 foot depth. Buildings such as the Fort Jesus…