Standards organization of Nigeria (SON) ask Nigerians to steer clear of the Rivers monorail, calls it a death trap: Arcus Gibb a technical partner to Mega Star technical & construction company for the Rivers monorail project has written to the Rivers State government and the Standards Organization of Nigeria, stating the danger of mounting train coaches when structural and civil work are barely 30% complete and power not in sight. Engineer Clive Arries, Project Manager civil Engineering & Transport of Arcus Gibb-South Africa, informed SON, that installation ofcoaches midway is a violation of global practice. That a stationary train on a track beam will exert shear forces on the columns and the foundation; which will adversely affect and reduce the 50 years designed life span of the foundation of the columns. Engineer Clive, in his statement commended the revamping of therailways by the federal government. But he however, expressed worry over the impact the vibrations from the Federal government train will have on the integrity of the foundation of thecolumns of the Rivers monorail, giving that the two rails are closelyconnected. Engr. Clive also informed SON that the design of the foundation of the columns of the monorail didnt consider the impact, the vibrations of the Federal government train will have on the foundation of the columns, because Rivers State government thought the railways will never work again, at least not in the next 50 years. However, Engr. Clive restated his earlier resolve to the Governor to dismantle the coaches to avoid endangering the lives of Nigerians in the future. Engr. Clive also advised the Governor, that governance is a continuous and the next government will continue from where he stopped. He said, it will be wrong to attemptto save face at the detriment of peoples lives. This practice is wrong and Arcus Gibb as technicalpartners to the monorail project are not part of it In response to Engr. Clives warnings, Dr. JosephIkem; the Director-General of (SON), has asked the Rivers State government to dismantle the coaches immediately. Following the instruction from the Director-General of SON for the coaches to be dismantled, the Rivers State government through the commissioner for transport, has halted the scheduled tour on Wednesday and pleads with the Standards Organisation of Nigeria to be patient with the government, that they are not unaware of the danger the installation of the coaches will pose. But that the installation is temporary and simply to give the project a facelift and avoid the payment of further demurrage at the Onne port. We will dismantle the coaches when we get a more convenient place to stack the coaches, please bear with us the Commissioner pleaded. #Say No To knee-jerk solution! #SteerClearthemonorail#SayNoToAPC#SupportPGEJ2015
Posted on: Sat, 12 Jul 2014 13:52:07 +0000
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