The Registrar of the Engineering Council under the Ministry of Works, Housing and Water Resources, Engineer Isaac Badu, has revealed that several potentially unsafe buildings have been identified across Accra, with the abandoned La Beach Towers project currently undergoing technical assessment.
Speaking on Joy FM on Monday, March 30, Engr. Badu said the Council is actively reviewing structures to ensure public safety and compliance with building regulations.
He confirmed that the La Beach Towers development is part of the ongoing assessment and that the Council has already engaged with the project’s developers and consultants.
“We’ve had meetings with the developers and consultants, and we are assessing it. Once we complete our assessment, we will make recommendations,” he said.
Engr. Badu explained that such cases often come to the Council’s attention during routine inspections or through reports, highlighting the importance of stricter adherence to building codes.
The announcement follows the recent collapse of an uncompleted three-storey building at Accra New Town, which claimed three lives and reignited public concern over structural safety and regulatory enforcement in the capital.
“When there is activity and the need arises to investigate, we assess to ascertain whether structures are unsafe. If we establish that they are unsafe, then action is taken, and recommendations are made to the appropriate authorities,” Engr. Badu added.
He emphasised that while the Council carries out technical evaluations and makes recommendations, enforcement is primarily the responsibility of Metropolitan, Municipal, and District Assemblies (MMDAs), which have the legal mandate to act on findings.
La Beach Towers, a high-profile luxury residential project on Accra’s La Beach waterfront, was initiated around 2009 by Cypress Investments Limited. The development was planned as three 17-storey towers—Oceanic, Palms, and Waves—but construction stalled around 2016 due to financial and ownership issues.
Though the project has attracted public attention for its scale, authorities have not officially declared it structurally unsafe.
