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’We had approval for four-storey building'

Says factory manager contradicting owner's claim on compliance

Staff Correspondent
The manager of Spectrum Sweater Industries Ltd yesterday admitted that they had constructed the 'eightstorey building' although they had approval for a four-storey one, contradicting the factory authorities' claim that they had built it following all rules and guidelines.
"Approval for the construction of a four-storey building was obtained
from the Cantonment Board in Savar," manager Jahangir Alam told the BBC Bangla Service last night, adding that they have applied for approval for the construction of more floors.
Asked how the additional floors were built, Jahangir said: "I can not exactly say how that was done. Our. engineering department staff can tell itbutwecan notfindanyofthem."
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The manager's statement however goes against the statement of the factory authorities who claimed through advertisements in newspapers yesterday that they had followed all existing rules for building construction in the country.
"The building was constructed using standard materials," reads the advertisement. "Hundred percent standard has been ensured at every phase of the construction."
The advertisement also says the structural design of the building was made by an engineer who passed from the engineering university [Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology] and designed many multistoreyed buildings of Dhaka."
Moreover, the construction was supervised by the same engineer, the factory authorities claimed.
"The building has been built on 60 feet pilings with a strong foundation suitable for a 10-storey building after soil test on approval from the authorities concerned," the advertisement says.
But Rajuk Chairman Shahid Alam told The Daily Star on Monday that the building collapsed due to improper design and faulty construction.
On the quality of construction materials, the Rajuk chairman said the building was poorly built without doing tasks that are necessary for constructing a nine-storey building.
"The columns are not strong enough for withstanding the load of a nine-storey building," he said, adding the building was constructed in a low-lying area without proper pilings.
However, advocate Mahbubur Rahman MP, father-in-law of the factory and building owner Shahryar Sayeed Hossain, brushed aside the Rajuk chairman's statement.
"They are making such assumptions without reviewing the design of the building," Mahbubur, who is a BNP leader and the chairman of the parliamentary standing committee on land ministry, told The Daily Star over phone Monday night.
Officer-in-Charge of Savar Police Station mentioned in a case filed after the disaster that the building have collapsed due to faulty construction.