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A Real Estate Developer, Architect Bello Moruf, has advocated the use of local materials in the built environment in order to reduce the high cost of building houses in the country. With just two bags of cement you can assemble a building. Moruf made a case for the adoption of brick building, which he said, is very cheap and less ...

Just like the foundations of a marriage is essential to the sustenance of a home so is the foundation of a building pivotal to the sustenance of a home as related to the building. This article explains why the foundation is the most important part of a home. Home building isn’t rocket science, but local building codes may require the ...

Last year, a product was launched giving hope to the emergence of modern dry construction in Nigeria. Therefore, it was a welcome development when one of our correspondents spoke to a consultant with vast experience in the dry construction method of building this past week. This article captures salient points that formed the basis of the discussion. Dry construction as ...