Ikoyi Building Collapse: Reason We Withdrew Further Services – Construction Firm

• The construction company states the reason they withdrew services from Ikoyi Building that collapsed on Monday.

Ekohotblog reports that the company that began the construction of the building which collapsed in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday had withdrawn from the project in February 2020, a letter by the company reveals.

The company, Prowess Engineering Limited, withdrew its services on grounds that it no longer shared the same vision with its client believed to be Fourscore Heights Limited as addressed in the letter.

Read Also: JUST IN: Gov. Sanwo-Olu Reacts To Ikoyi Building Collapse, Orders Probe

The company said it couldn’t guarantee the integrity of the third (collapsed building) from anything above the fourth floor after it had constructed two other buildings for its client.

The letter sighted by this online media platform, titled, ‘Re: Proposed Gerrard Terraces For Fourscore Limited,’ was signed by the company’s managing director, Muritala Olawale.

It read, “This letter is to formally inform you of the withdraw of our structural consultancy service from the above named project. We arrived at this decision due to the fact that we no longer share the same vision with you as our client in terms of how the project is being executed.

“We can guarantee the integrity of the first two buildings and also work done up to the fourth floor of the third building supervised by us provided specifications have been met in terms of the required concrete strength. This we do not have control over as we do not have the concrete cube test results of each stage of the building till date. Also, note that we are not taking responsibility for any other construction errors that may have occurred overtime on the project.

“Furthermore, we request that our company’s name and logo be removed from the project board and also kindly notify all necessary approving authorities of our withdrawal from the project.

“We regret this decision and the lost opportunity to do business together. We look forward to future cooperation in other projects.”

Meanwhile, The PUNCH learnt that three survivors have been rescued while four dead bodies have been recovered from the rubble of the collapsed building as of the time of filing this report.

See letter below:

You May Also Like: Ikoyi Building Collapse: Lagos CP Reveals Number Of Casualties

---

Advertise or Publish a Story on EkoHot Blog:

Kindly contact us at [email protected]. Breaking stories should be sent to the above email and substantiated with pictorial evidence.

Citizen journalists will receive a token as data incentive.

Call or Whatsapp: 0803 561 7233, 0703 414 5611