On Monday, an official said that rescue and excavation operations on the collapsed building had reached the basement and that more bodies were unlikely to be recovered. He set the final death toll in the tragic collapse of the partially completed building in Tanzania at 36. The 36 dead included some young boys who had been playing football nearby when the building in the Kariakoo district of Dar-es-Salaam suddenly collapsed. Several cars were also crushed by the collapse. Our U.S. building collapse attorneys note that 18 people survived the tragic Tanzania building collapse.
The collapse of the partially completed building in Tanzania occurred in the Kariakoo district in the booming city center. The building was under construction by a mosque near the booming city center and had already reached a height of more than 12 stories when the tragic Tanzania building collapse claimed its 36 lives. Authorities are still investigating the collapse, and promise arrests and punishment for those whose negligence caused the deadly structural collapse. (Source: firstpost.com and Reuters, 4/2/13)
Rapid Construction to Meet the Demands of a Booming, Emerging Economy Sometimes Compromises Safety
Tanzania has been enjoying an economic boom, but like in other economically vibrant areas, the boom fuels a demand for housing and new commercial buildings. Our U.S. building collapse attorneys emphasize that the speed of construction in these emerging economic centers often leads to safety concerns and tragic structural collapses due to safety standards that lag behind industrialized western nations. In such areas, building inspectors might be few, poorly trained, and sometimes caught up in a web of corruption that compromises safety.
Our U.S. building collapse attorneys have written in the past about similar situations in south India and in Nigeria where the pace of safety standards and building inspections is not keeping up with the pace of construction. Those areas have also seen dramatic building collapses that claimed many innocent lives. And as in this tragic Tanzania building collapse, in many cases the buildings that collapsed had not even been completed yet.
Contact the Experienced U.S. Building Collapse Attorneys at Denena Points, PC if You need Help after a U.S. Structural Collapse has Harmed You or Your Loved Ones
To win the financial compensation you need and deserve after a disastrous structural collapse has injured you or your family, you’re required to prove all the essential elements of your claim. The law places the burden of proof on the injured victim rather than on those who caused the collapse.
The cause of the structural collapse might be related to poor construction techniques, low quality construction materials, design flaws, or inadequate maintenance of the building, among other things. Proving any of these causes, as well as their relationship to your injuries, generally requires highly technical, complex evidence.
You’ll likely need qualified expert witnesses to testify to these matters on your behalf. And you’ll need an experienced U.S. building collapse attorney to guide you in building a successful claim and in locating the qualified experts you need.
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