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BLACK
AMBER
DEA
Executive Summary
Connect Fashions Ltd. was surveyed for structural safety on 5th July, 2015 by TV SD
Bangladesh (Pvt.) Ltd. The purpose of this survey was to identify significant structural safety
issues and to provide recommendations for remediation based on guidelines for Assessment
of Structural Integrity for existing RMG factory buildings in Bangladesh.
The assessed factory building is a 6-Storey RCC building. The building was constructed in a
single phase, construction starting in 2002. Connect Fashions Ltd. operates partially on the
2nd floor (Approx. 50% of the floor area) and completely on the 3rd, 4th and 5th floors of the
building. The partially occupied 2nd floor houses the finishing section, the 3rd and 4th floors
house the sewing floors and the 5th floor houses the Bonded warehouse and accessories godown. The 2nd floor and the remaining floor area of the 1st floor are occupied by a private
Bank (Mutual Trust Bank Ltd.) where the ground floor is occupied by the parking area and
the generator room. The roof floor was found to contain telecommunication transmission
structures (BTS room and transmission tower). The factory operates on the occupied floors
of the building on a rental basis. The structural safety assessment was carried out on the
total factory building.
The building has approval for a Basement+ 6-Storey commercial cum residential building on
29th July, 2001 from RAJUK, Dhaka.
Complete sets of structural and architectural drawings were available at the factory on the
day of assessment but found to mismatch with the as built construction. Soil test was found
at the factory on the day of assessment. According to the soil test report, soil investigation
has been conducted for foundation of a 6-Storey building. In the foundation recommendation
section of the report, construction of shallow foundation has been proposed at 7-6 depth
below EGL. According to the structural drawings, shallow foundation system has been
designed at 10-0 depth below EGL.
Note: 1 Ton = 2000 lb (As per soil test report).
Specific columns have been found highly stressed at the bottom tier level of the building,
which may pose risk to operations in the factory. Based on this non-conformity, the building
is rated AMBER. Detailed Engineering Assessment (DEA) is recommended. Immediate,
Mid-term and long-term corrective actions are recommended for this non-conformity. Other
non-conformities have been found for which long-term corrective actions are recommended.
On the day of assessment, the 1st floor and a partial floor area of the 2nd floor could not be
accessed due to restrictions from the occupying organization (Mutual Trust Bank Ltd.). Due
to this reason, the report is marked BLACK.
Some other minor non - conformities were found at the factory regarding laggings in
maintenance, summarised as follows: hair cracks on random locations of walls and damping
on random wall locations.
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Table of Contents
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ........................................................................................................................ 1
TABLE OF CONTENTS ......................................................................................................................... 2
GENERAL INFORMATION .................................................................................................................... 3
Location and Co-ordinates................................................................................................................... 3
Exterior View of Factory Building ....................................................................................................... 4
Factory Information .............................................................................................................................. 5
Work activities and loading conditions on all floors ......................................................................... 5
DESCRIPTION OF STRUCTURAL SYSTEMS...................................................................................... 6
Review of structural drawings ............................................................................................................. 6
Structural Measurements ..................................................................................................................... 8
DETAILED OBSERVATIONS OF NON-CONFORMITIES .................................................................... 9
SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS ............................................................................................... 11
DETAILED ENGINEERING ASSESSMENT ........................................................................................ 12
DIFE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................. 13
Basic Information ................................................................................................................................ 13
Recommendations for corrective actions ........................................................................................ 13
DISCLAIMER ........................................................................................................................................ 15
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General Information
Connect Fashions Ltd.
Factory Name & Address
Factory B Code
3606
Date of Inspection
Michelle Quiah.
+880-1711-679066
mc2@connect-bd.com
Latitude 23.811698 N
Longitude 90.421398 E
Factory Building
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Roof Floor
5th Floor
4th Floor
3rd Floor
2nd Floor
1st Floor
Ground Floor
Factory ID
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Factory Information
Total Number of Floors
is
Total Building
Phase
Year of Construction
Construction started
in January, 2002.
Operations
Roof Floor
295.0
(On Panel of Slab)
th
Floor
Storage section
35.0
th
Floor
Sewing section
30.0
rd
Floor
Sewing section
30.0
nd
Floor
30.0
st
Floor
30.0
>50.0
5
4
3
2
Ground Floor
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2m Pole
BTS Room
10m Tower
structure
2 nos. 1000L
tanks
18,600L reservoir
1 no. 1000L
tank
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Columns calculated
for FoS
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Structural Measurements
Floor to ceiling heights (typical
and ground floor if different)
Floor
Height
Ground
9.70 ft
Typical
10.00 ft
1.5 inch
Slab thickness
5.0 inch
12 X 10
8X5
Column type
Central
Edge
Edge
Corner
Column grid
B5
A5
D3
A2
18.75 X
17.40
18.75 X
13.40
13.88 X
17.75
17.25 X
13.40
15 X 15
15 X 15
15 X 15
15 X 15
Tributary dimension
Column size (excluding
plaster)
Aggregate type
Brick
Aggregate
was visible
opening
plaster by
chipping.
Brick
Aggregate
was visible
opening
plaster by
chipping.
Brick
Aggregate
was visible
opening
plaster by
chipping.
Brick
Aggregate
was visible
opening
plaster by
chipping.
8 nos. rebar
observed
through Ferro
scanning. Bar
size
considered
20mm as per
structural
drawing.
6 nos. rebar
observed
through Ferro
scanning. Bar
size
considered
20mm as per
structural
drawing.
6 nos. rebar
observed
through Ferro
scanning. Bar
size
considered
20mm as per
structural
drawing.
8 nos. rebar
observed
through Ferro
scanning. Bar
size
observed 20
mm as per
structural
drawing.
Stress in
column was
found very
high
(AMBER).
Stress in
column was
found very
high
(AMBER).
Stress in
column was
found very
high
(AMBER).
Stress in
column was
found very
high
(AMBER).
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Specific central, edge and corner columns were found highly stressed.
High stress in columns is due to deviated column construction from
designed column sections (designed sections contain 12 nos. re-bars,
while as-built columns contain 6-8 nos. re-bars), use of low strength
aggregates (Brick chips) and overloading from cantilever spans. This
problem can become more severe if not addressed adequately.
Location
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Location
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Summary of Recommendations
Item
No.
Observation
Recommended
Timeline
1.1
Immediately
1.2
Immediately
1.3
Immediately
1.4
Immediately
1.5
6 weeks
1.6
Detail Engineering
completed.
6 weeks
1.7
6 months
Cracks on wall
6 months
2.1
Assessment
to
be
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Any proposals for Retrofitting to follow guidance developed in the Tripartite Document. DEA
must be approved by the DIFE Task Force prior to commencement of any retrofitting work.
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DIFE Summary
Name of the Factory
: Operational
Basic Information
I.
: Garment factory
II.
Structural System
III.
Floor system
: Beam Slab
IV.
Floor area
V.
No. of Storey
VI.
Construction year
: 2002
VII.
Foundation type
VIII.
Design Drawings
IX.
: Available.
X.
Construction materials
: Brick Aggregated.
XI.
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1. Produce and actively manage a loading plan for all floor plates of the Building,
giving consideration to floor capacity and column capacity.
2. Detail Engineering Assessment to be completed.
Long Term (Within 6 Months):
1. Sections of plaster finish to be removed to investigate if cracks penetrate the wall
and carry out any remedial actions as directed by the Building Engineer for cracks
on walls.
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Disclaimer
This report is intended to serve the Company in helping to understand the current safety
conditions under the prevailing system and proposed changes that will help improve the
safety and reliability of the systems installed at the Companys facility. At the time of the
audit/ survey, all the systems were working as intended, as produced by the Company to the
auditors. The above result reflects TV SDs findings at the time and place of inspection.
This report does not release the Company or any other entity dealing with it from their
contractual responsibilities nor does it prejudice any ones right of claim for compensation for
any apparent and/ or hidden defects not detected during inspection or occurring anytime
thereafter. This report indicates the measures advised to be installed at the facility to
improve safety performance, provided that the compliance to the national standards and all
legal and statutory requirements are adhered to by the Company. TV SD doesnt hold the
accountability or responsibility, directly or indirectly of any mishap/disaster happening in the
facility audited as it doesnt have any control over the Companys process and practices.
This report is made solely to the management of the Company for which this report is
produced, as a body, in accordance with agreed scope of work and for no other purpose.
TV SD does not assume any responsibility to any other person or body for the content of
this report.
TV SD makes no representation or warrantee, either expresses or implied, with respect
to this audit/ survey report, its quality, accuracy, or fitness for any specific application.
Therefore TV SD shall have no liability to the company for which this report is produced,
or any other person or entity with respect to any loss, liability or damage caused or alleged
to have been caused directly or indirectly by the report. This includes, but not limited to,
interruption of services, operations, losses of anticipatory profits or consequential damages
from use of this report.
In so far as audit reports are prepared in the course of processing the order and which are
subject to the protection of copyright, TV SD shall grant the Company a simple, nontransferable right to use the audit report, , insofar as this is necessary and in accordance
with the contractually presupposed purpose. Other rights shall not be transferred; in
particular, the Company shall not be entitled to modify (edit) audit/ survey reports or to make
use of such reports outside of its business premises.
TV SD, its staff and any experts that may be called in shall not disclose and use trade
and business matters of the Company about which they have gained knowledge of during
the performance of their work, without proper authorization.
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