Geodesists under the auspices of the Nigerian Geodesy Association (NAG) have said that the lack of deformation studies for monitoring structures is the main factor responsible for the frequent collapse of buildings in Lagos state and other major cities in the country. .
The association, which is a group of scientists and researchers specialized in surveying scientific areas, said so in a statement issued at the end of its annual conference, entitled “Geodetic solutions to multidisciplinary problems,” held at the Federal School of Surveying. Or me.
Newslodge recalls that a 21-story building collapsed on November 1 in the Ikoyi area of Lagos state. No fewer than 40 people lost their lives as a result of the incident.
Our correspondent recalls that another building collapsed on November 17 in the Badagry area of Lagos state.
However, NAG has said that the absence of deformation studies for tracking structures such as high-rise buildings, bridges and dams is responsible for the frequent collapse of buildings in Lagos and other cities.
The association, in the statement made available to Newslodge through its president, Professor Timothy Oluwadare Idowu, insisted that the only solution to reduce the incessant collapse of buildings is to ensure rapid implementation and compliance with Federal Government policy. on the control of the deformation of infrastructures.
NAG suggested that an acceptable format for the generation and presentation of deformation monitoring data should also be developed to reduce the incessant collapse of buildings across the country.
The association explained that Lake Chad’s alarming rate of retreat is a major international border problem that has potential conflict consequences in the country.
He observed that the “Absence of deformation studies for the monitoring of structures such as skyscrapers, bridges and dams is responsible for the frequent collapses of this type of structure in the country.
“Inadequate monitoring and poor understanding of underground activities, particularly in intensive mining areas, result in a poor estimate of the environmental impacts of these activities.
“The lack of an accurate geoid model for the country is a major problem in developing a common and unified reference system for the country. The insufficiency of gravity data in the country is a setback for the determination and modeling of geoids.
“Lake Chad’s alarming rate of retreat is a major international border issue resulting in potential conflicts for major socio-economic and national security concerns.”
While speaking, NAG further suggested that there is a need to ensure rapid implementation and compliance with the Federal Government’s policy on monitoring the deformation of infrastructures to reduce the incessant instances of building collapse in the country.
“Speed in the implementation and compliance with the Federal Government’s policy on control of infrastructures deformations. An acceptable format for the generation and presentation of strain monitoring data should also be developed. An acceptable format for the generation and presentation of strain monitoring data should also be developed.
“Geodetic solutions to the spatial dynamics of the receding shores of Lake Chad should be adopted for sustainable planning and management of socio-economic activities and mitigation of the environmental impacts of receding shoreline, particularly as it relates to the sectors Nigerian border areas where significant perceptible variations occur.
“Geodesy should be considered as a complete departmental program in an appropriate faculty / school within the university and polytechnic systems to deeply enrich investigations in geodesy options such as space geodesy, marine geodesy and geophysical exploration, among others.”
Geodesists offer a solution to the incessant collapse of buildings in Lagos and other countries