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sabharim General Sponsor

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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 8:21 am Post subject: 5 die in building collapse on Infosys campus |
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BANGALORE: Five construction workers at software major Infosys building in Electronic City were crushed to death on Wednesday morning when the building collapsed.
The five labourers — Nagaraj, Tirupathi, Ramesh, Nagappa and Vijaykumar all in their 20's — were working on a massive glass facade. All the workers hailed from Raichur district. The labourers were working on the sixth floor when the incident occurred. All five were taken to the St John's Hospital.
Three other workers — Gafoor, Venkappa and Biju — were admitted in a critical condition, said Mabel Vasnaik of St John's Hospital.
The DCP (south-east) Soumendu Mukherjee said they had registered cases under Section 304 A for causing death due to negligence. A post mortem will be conducted on Thursday, added the police.
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ajitkbhattacharyya ...

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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 11:30 am Post subject: 5 die in building collapse on Infosys campus |
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What is of interest to us is the cause of accident,negletful site safety precautions even in such High Tech Environment.The management owe an explanation to the society for such a tragic event.It is not the Contractor only the Client primarily owes responsibility for safety of workers.Construction organisation will look forward for a detailed report.We need not look towards West to bring in Safety measures at site.
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[quote]BANGALORE: Five construction workers at software major Infosys building in Electronic City were crushed to death on Wednesday morning when the building collapsed.
The five labourers — Nagaraj, Tirupathi, Ramesh, Nagappa and Vijaykumar all in their 20's — were working on a massive glass facade. All the workers hailed from Raichur district. The labourers were working on the sixth floor when the incident occurred. All five were taken to the St John's Hospital.
Three other workers — Gafoor, Venkappa and Biju — were admitted in a critical condition, said Mabel Vasnaik of St John's Hospital.
The DCP (south-east) Soumendu Mukherjee said they had registered cases under Section 304 A for causing death due to negligence. A post mortem will be conducted on Thursday, added the police.
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vikram.jeet General Sponsor

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Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 12:49 pm Post subject: 5 die in building collapse on Infosys campus |
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To avoid the disasters in constructions done by unorganised contractors :
I feel that civil construction of any magnitude from small housing to bigger ones must be properly documented and signed by competent engineer ( at least Dploma -civil engg) who should supervise/ inspect the work ---,if not regularily( due to small project size/fimancial constraints) then in stages . The standard formats shall be made available giving the necessary checks/checl list at every stage of constuction and these shall be signed . checks shall be documented for: i) Founding Level --- The foundation level must be checked at site and signed . This will solve many problems of construction indusry. ii) Fondation reinf plcement, cover etc iii) column reinf placement
The above is very important because any error in foundation is difficult to rectify.
iii) check for centring staging adequacy - to avoid mishap during const.
iv) slab /Beam reinf at each Floor / Roof Level
v) curing of works etc etc
A system of mandatory checksshall be enforced to ensure that construction is done in a responsible way to avoid disasters as reported time to time. The Architect involved must hire a part time/full time experienced supervision consultant -at least diploma civil--- to fulfill the above.
vikramjeet
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