Dress up your construction, don't ignore structural health !

In India, specially at Kolkata, a new trend / practice has began . Most of the builders dress up their construction like a bride on her first day of wedding ! Buildings look beautiful and glamorous, but for a few days . It is only when the 'bridal' make up of the building comes off after a couple of odd seasons ; one get to see the building / structure as it actually is !



Most of the buildings are only elevation oriented, not safety oriented . Normally; a weak, poor structure is covered with beautiful cladding. That obviously does not improve the overall quality of the building because the safety is completely ignored . Exceptions are there, but as we know, majority rules ! After all, a gorgeous make up of a building gives more profit to the builders /promoters . They provide swimming pool, gymnasium, community centre , club etc. and take a decent amount of money from the buyers . They don't look after the safety, stability and quality of construction for the main dwelling structure where the buyer has to live most of the time .
In comparison, small, single unit apartments are built with some amount of safety consciousness . These builders don't have a huge money to provide exotic elevation , so they properly emphasize on the structural beauty and health !


The tiny Residential building project , where safety is the prime concern !
Holy Construction at Kolkata .


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More photos of damaged structure !

This amount of damage in a column may cause a collapse of the structure . This is another column at Nagerbazar Bus stand , Beside South Dum Dum Municipality . Nobody still haven't taken a step to repair the damage . Ironically , the Chairman of SDDM has been informed several times !

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A DAMAGED STRUCTURE MAY CAUSE HARM TO PEOPLE !

Dangerous condition of Nager bazar Bus terminus :


Situation :- One of the column of Nagerbazar ( Dum Dum ) bus terminus has become dangerous and may collapse any day ! Anybody can imagine , what could happen if a mishap occurs in such a crowded place like Nager bazar bus terminus !




Action Reqd :- Immidiate repairing should be done to save lives of innocent people .



How to :- I considered the damage very dangerous as I found there are many deep cracks in it caused by impact of the Buses .
Non-shrink granular concrete jacket-ing will be an effective solution ( in one line ) .



Surprised :- I have really surprised that nobody didn't informed nearby Municipal office about this in spite of seeing this danger everyday !