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Issue 10 - 2019
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14 - 21 March 2019
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Bank of Lisbon
to be demolished
‘After the assessment report, options of remedying the structure were considered, but it was concluded that it would be in the best interests of the environment for the building to be demolished. Any other option would have just been too expensive and risky for the environment’ Staff Reporter news@inner-city-gazette.co.za
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ollowing a structural assessment on the Bank of Lisbon building in Johannesburg after the fatal fire incident that claimed the lives of three people in September last year, the Gauteng government says it has decided to demolish the building. Government spokesperson Thabo Masebe said the assessment revealed that the building sustained extensive structural damage from the fire incident. “After the assessment report, options of remedying
the structure were considered, but it was concluded that it would be in the best interests of the environment for the building to be demolished. Any other option would have just been too expensive and risky for the environment,” Masebe added. He said a contractor has been appointed to manage the demolition, through the Department of Infrastructure Development. “The building has been stabilised and the contractor is conducting investigations to determine the safest way of demolishing it. All regulations and city by-laws would be complied with in carrying out the
Workers assess the building in preparation for the demolition.
demolition project,” Masebe said. He added that all neighbours and affected parties had been notified of the intention to demolish the building, and would be kept informed throughout the process. “Further
public announcements would be made about the project in due course,” said Masebe. During the fire incident in September 2018, firefighters Simphiwe Moropane, 28, Mduduzi Ndlovu,
40, and Khathutshelo Muedi, 37, died trying to extinguish the fire. Moropane plunged to his death after slipping from a ledge; Ndlovu and Muedi were trapped in the building and died from lack of oxygen.