KAMPALA'S BUILDING INFRASTRUCTURE.

In light of the recent catastrophes since the begining of the new millenium, it's on a sad note to have had life lost due to the laxity in the building procedures. During the end of the last millenium, such catastrophes were so minimal and did not cause public alarm. Before, buildings were simply done and barely was anyone involved in putting up a big structure. All businesses seem to have existed in buildings built in the 1970s and before.

Best practices are always, or should be, set for all buildings and their are normally presented in form of technical specifications. In most cases they are standard. All major projects in Kampala should include along them technical documents. The selected contractor is also supposed to produce a construction procedure document indicating how they are to go about the project. Because there are laws existing hence they can work but failure to revise them over certain periods hence the problem. One major problem is when a law to include provision for parking set forth.

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The building professionals in Uganda have failed to impress upon us a set of best practices that are ideal for the soils, drainage in Uganda. It is an open secret that even the most elegant structures in the city have cracks: some major, others minor revealing compromised foundations.
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