Why structures fail, collapse — NSE
The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) has attributed structural mess ups within the event exchange basically to base designs and the utilization of unpleasant materials.
This used to be said by the NSE President, Mrs Margaret Oguntala, at some level of a public lecture and induction ceremony held on Tuesday to label the 2025 Engineering Week in Damaturu, Yobe Declare.
Talking by strategy of the NSE Vice President, Usman Tijjani, Oguntala wired the need for strict adherence to customary and estimable engineering practices to stop project delays, budget overruns, and structural collapses.
She highlighted that such mess ups no longer simplest pose significant security dangers but also safe far-reaching financial penalties.
The theme of the occasion, “Constructing of Flyover and Varied Linked Engineering Infrastructures,” used to be described as timely, in particular in light of the continuing infrastructural dispositions within the teach.
Oguntala counseled the Yobe Declare Authorities for its efforts, in particular the event of Damaturu’s first flyover, which she cited as an instance of commitment to engineering excellence.
Alternatively, she warned that mettlesome initiatives fancy flyovers seek files from comprehensive structural integrity assessments, sparkling soil testing, simply plan, and rigorous quality build a watch on to invent particular sturdiness and security.
She also pointed out that flyover initiatives are capital-intensive and require satisfactory budgetary provisions and supervision to construct far from abandonment, which is ready to flip such investments into liabilities.
Oguntala advised engineers, contractors, and authorities companies to uphold estimable ethics and standards, paying discontinuance attention to technical factors including soil bearing ability, concrete power, plan masses, and environmental impacts.
Earlier within the occasion, the NSE Chairman for Damaturu Division, Mr. Aliyu Sabo, outlined the dreams of the 2025 Engineering Week, which encompass promoting excellence in engineering agree to, raising public consciousness about quality project execution, and encouraging moral standards within the occupation.
The week’s actions will feature visits to engineering-linked organisations, project sites, orphanages, and hospitals, concluding with a dinner and award evening.
Mr. Sabo also paid tribute to the tedious Mr. Jibrin Umar Kortoni, a conventional Director-Traditional at the Ministry of Lands and Gaze and former chairman of the NSE Damaturu Division, acknowledging his contributions to the Society’s Secretariat vogue within the teach.
At some level of the occasion, 17 unusual members had been officially inducted into the Damaturu Division of the Nigerian Society of Engineers.
