When one considers the rate at which building structures collapse in our towns and cities nowadays one cannot help but ask "why?" The reasons are not far to seek when we take into consideration the various factors connected with building construction. It is important to be aware of the fact that building construction is a complex activity which involves so many professionals.
A building doomed to collapse starts its earth-bound journed right from the drawing board. Architects are supposed to be behind the planning of strong, beautiful, flawless structures. Working hand-in-hand with thwm are structural engineers who calculate the amount and orientation of iron works within the concrete structures. But because these professionals charge fairly high fees, a number of house owners often cut this stage.
Then comes construction costs whiin recent years, have gone extremely high. The amount of money which goes into the erection of a single structure today would conveniently have built tow or more structures a decade ago. The prihibitive costs have driven intending house owners to embark on a number of cost cutting measures.
Finally, there is the human factor. The labour force requires round-the-clock supervision. And this is not neccesarily because the labourers are ignorant or illiterate, though this in itself is a strong factor, since it is responsible for the fact that labourers are impermeable to instructions. A more relevant factor is that doing the right thing costs more energy and time, and if no one is around, the labourers will prefer to save time and energy by circumventing the right procedure. Quite apart fron these factors is the fact that honesty is a rare commodity among the labour force. Where the house owner or site supervisor is absent, for instance, of every two bags of cement supplied, one might disappear, quickly sold away by the labourers and only one bag eventually used.
When we take all these factors together, we will be in a position to answer the question, "why? "
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