Hazina Towers in Nairobi. [Photo/skycrapercity.com]
Hazina Trade Towers will be scaled to 15 floors due to structural weaknesses.
The National Social Security Fund says it would complete the building at its current height owing to structural weaknesses that cannot support the initial planned of 180 metres.
The building, which houses the Nakumatt Lifestyle outlet, is currently on the 15th floor even though it was expected to go up to the 39th floor.
Construction was stopped last October over safety concerns, where the beams were found not be strong enough to support a building of such a height.
NSSF said after considering other options that included strengthening the beams, it has decided to complete it at its current height. Anthony Munyiri, an NSSF trustee, said the Fund is seeking approvals from the County Government of Nairobi to complete the building.
“We have decided to stop at 15th flour and are currently waiting for approvals from the County Government so that we can complete it as it is,” he said yesterday during NSSF’s Annual General Meeting in Nairobi. T