DONE Building Retrofit Continues
Dakar, Senegal: Retrofitting the DONE Building in Dakar is still in process. Renovation work on the second floor is completed and already Bishop Ba and has family have moved. Renovation work on the third floor will be completed over the week end and Rev. Browne and family is expected to move in early next week.
With other building being constructed on the both sides of the building, engineer says that it is
not necessary to continue with previous plans of removing the third floor. According to the engineer this puts the building in a better position to retrofit as compare to the previous plan of knocking down the third floor which could have effected and cause harm to the building because of the impact of knocking. They indicated that when retrofitted, the building could go for another 7 to 10 years.