Government is set to destroy about 138 structures established using the banned Steel-Timber Concrete (STC) Composite Building Method in districts of Kampala, Mukono, Mpigi and Wakiso, authorities have said.
According to works and transport minister Gen Katumba Wamala, the crackdown follows his September 23, 2022 Legal Notice No11 of 2022, which prohibited STC for being comparatively risky in building operations.
“Between July 1, 2022-June 30, 2023, the National Building Review Board (NBRB) monitored 2,954 ongoing building operations in Kampala, Mukono, Mpigi and Wakiso where 138 (4.7 percent) of these were found to be using this method,” Gen Katumba said while receiving the NBRB technical report on STC composite at his office in Kampala on Thursday.
The minister said the number of buildings to be destroyed will depend on the further critical analysis that will be conducted by the NBRB officials through a unique committee.
NBRB investigations manager Eng Anthony Rucukye said they are convinced that the banned method is generally unsafe and not viable from a structural point of view.
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