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Not a single person was wearing any safety equipment.

And that bridge building looked very shoddy with very bad concrete beams and exposed rebar.

My guess a cowboy contractor

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primezz

· #4 · Mar 27, 2014

^^
true. the bridge support rebar are barely covered!
this will come down very soon.

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I.M Boring

· #5 · Mar 27, 2014

Adm.Adama said:
:cripes::cripes::cripes:

Not a single person was wearing any safety equipment.

And that bridge building looked very shoddy with very bad concrete beams and exposed rebar.

My guess a cowboy contractor

It's quite normal to have exposed rebar when a bridge is under consturction. If you look closely, you can see that they are actually made of three concrete layers. They are also arriving pre-fabricated (pre-fabricated means they were made off-site).

I think each of the layers has a core made of steel bars, which we can't see of course. But we know this because otherwise the long concrete columns would have collapsed when they were put on the bridge. This happens because even though concrete is strong and good at compressive forces, it's not that good at shear or tensile forces. That's why they add the metal beams, they are much better at resisting tensile and shear forces. It's a little difficult to understand but trust me, even wood is stronger than concrete at these other "types" of force.

I understand that the rebar on the top is confusing, but it's not there to support the columns. The rebar is used to fasten the road that they put on top to the bridge. It isn't supposed to be covered until the road has been added.

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Adm.Adama

· #6 · Mar 27, 2014

I.M Boring said:
It's quite normal to have exposed rebar when a bridge is under consturction. If you look closely, you can see that they are actually made of three concrete layers. They are also arriving pre-fabricated (pre-fabricated means they were made off-site).

I think each of the layers has a core made of steel bars, which we can't see of course. But we know this because otherwise the long concrete columns would have collapsed when they were put on the bridge. This happens because even though concrete is strong and good at compressive forces, it's not that good at shear or tensile forces. That's why they add the metal beams, they are much better at resisting tensile and shear forces. It's a little difficult to understand but trust me, even wood is stronger than concrete at these other "types" of force.

I understand that the rebar on the top is confusing, but it's not there to support the columns. The rebar is used to fasten the road that they put on top to the bridge. It isn't supposed to be covered until the road has been added.

Yes

but the way the concrete has been poured even you can spot broken and bent pieces of rebar. This bridge will not last 6 months

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nairoberry

· #7 · Mar 28, 2014

sadly the county is going broke.

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DAKTA

· #8 · Mar 31, 2014

primezz said:
^^
true. the bridge support rebar are barely covered!
this will come down very soon.

The exposed rebars are tied with other horizontal rebars that becomes embedded to concrete deck-this is not a mistake. The beams are precast, though quality of workmanship is very low.

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kijana

· #9 · Mar 31, 2014

nairoberry said:
sadly the county is going broke.

I wonder why? Hmmm....
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garang

· #10 · Apr 27, 2014

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garang

· #11 · Apr 27, 2014

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I.M Boring

· #12 · Apr 28, 2014 (Edited)

^^ Finally some proper agricultural tools! Glad that they now have something to show for their budget.

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the perfect love

· #13 · May 22, 2014

thanks for the pics...it would be more helpful if there were tags..u know explaining what's what in the pictures. Thanks all the same.

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I.M Boring

· #14 · May 22, 2014

garang said:

How can you be going broke yet buying these massive cars? This county, bungoma and Kisumu have their priorities in reverse!

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garang

· #15 · May 28, 2014

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garang

· #16 · May 28, 2014

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kaguangi1

Discussion Starter · #17 · Jun 3, 2014

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kaguangi1

Discussion Starter · #18 · Jun 3, 2014

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african

· #19 · Nov 1, 2014

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Kirinyaga county starts work on Sh400 million (US$4.5mn) headquarters

The Star

The Kirinyaga County Government has finally embarked on the construction of an ultra–modern office to serve as the county headquarters.

Area Governor Joseph Ndathi said the headquarters will be centrally located for ease of access by the area residents.

He said anyone seeking for services from the county headquarter will be able to access the premises with ease from any corner of the county due to the unique location.

Ndathi said leaders previously opposed to the location of the headquarters in Kutus should now support the project.

He said the county assembly approved Sh150 million for the first phase of the project which is projected to take 90 weeks. The entire project is expected to cost Sh390 million.

“I was a civil servant working for the national government when the residents proposed that the county headquarters be located at Kutus” Ndathi said.

He said the headquarters will serve well residents from Mwea, Ndia, Gichugu and the rest since is the most central place in the county.

The governor said those opposed to the county headquarter in Kutus should know that most of the other key services are still based in Kerugoya.

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Muitu

· #20 · Nov 1, 2014

Kutus is more central, Kerugoya is a bit too interior, far from Sagana and Mwea.

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