Health Science Building. Funding was obtained by UNIVEN from Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) in the Third Infrastructure cycle (2012/13 to 2014/15) for the Health Science Building, comprising, a 2 150 Seater Lecture Rooms, 19 Offices, 4 Seminar Rooms, 2 Health Laboratories, 2 Classrooms, 4 Meeting Places. 4 Meeting Rooms, 2 Kitchens and Stores, Ablutions, 2 Nutrition Laboratories, 1 Food Science Laboratory, 1 Cold Room and 1 Lift. Construction commenced on the on 21 March 2015. The expectation was that it would be completed by 21 July 2016 . The Health Science Building was intended to be an architectural landmark building. It is a multi storey reinforced concrete frame building with a void below the first floor. An underqualified professional team and a contractor who was not up to the challenge were appointed through UNIVEN’s SCM system to construct this landmark building. The contractor lacked financial capacity to perform the works which resulted in a slow pace of progress. Members of the DHET’s MIF Support Team visited the site during August 2019 and observed several potential shortcomings in the fire and structural safety performance of the building. This team commissioned an experienced and credible structural engineer and an architect to review the structural and fire safety performance of the building. On advice from this team, all construction work was stopped during October 2019. The contracts with the contractor and the professional team have subsequently been terminated. The findings of the structural engineer and architect may be summarised as follows:
Health Science Building. Funding was obtained by UNIVEN from Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) in the Third Infrastructure cycle (2012/13 to 2014/15) for the Health Science Building, comprising, a 2 150 Seater Lecture Rooms, 19 Offices, 4 Seminar Rooms, 2 Health Laboratories, 2 Classrooms, 4 Meeting Places. 4 Meeting Rooms, 2 Kitchens and Stores, Ablutions, 2 Nutrition Laboratories, 1 Food Science Laboratory, 1 Cold Room and 1 Lift. Construction commenced on the on 21 March 2015. The expectation was that it would be completed by 21 July 2016 . The Health Science Building was intended to be an architectural landmark building. It is a multi storey reinforced concrete frame building with a void below the first floor (see Figure 1).
