Tag Archives: Construction Industry

Embassy of the People’s Republic of China on Monday refuted allegations that China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) was among companies recently blacklisted by the World Bank. The statement released by the Embassy in Abuja explained that it was another company that was blacklisted. It said the company that was blacklisted violated the World Bank’s Procurement Guidelines during the prequalification ...

The Construction Skills Training and Development Project (C-STEmp), has called on the Federal Government to embark on massive infrastructural projects to boost job creation in the country. Mr. Samson Opaluwah, Chairman, C-STEmp 2019 Construction Artisans Awards Technical Committee, made the call on Wednesday in Abuja, at the closing ceremony of the Artisans Award and Job Skills Expo, organised by C-STEmp. ...

The President, Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), Mr.Obafemi Oluwole Onashile, has cautioned that while addressing the huge housing deficit in Nigeria, the adoption of monopoly knowledge should be jettisoned. To this end, he posited that housing crisis in Nigeria requires a robust collaborative strategy by all professionals in the housing sector. Onashile, who spoke in an interview in Abuja ...

The construction industry is in a critical situation and requires urgent reforms to make it function optimally andmore profitably, the President, Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, Mr. Obafemi Onashile, has said. Onashile said after agriculture, construction was the next biggest employer of labour, engaging at least five per cent of the workforce and about two per cent of the nation’s ...

In a move to embrace modern procurement systems, procedures and processes in the construction industry, quantity surveyors have introduced new innovations to its practice. Apparently to increase the number of registered young members, the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS). (NIQS) has now opened its profession to all graduates and created divisions such as building, civil engineering, mechanical and electrical ...

Some operators in Nigeria’s building sector say the benefits of the country’s independence have not been felt in the housing and construction industry. They urged the leadership to prioritize the industry for Nigeria’s economic revival. They insisted that the federal and state governments should stimulate the economy through the housing and construction industry, which has been “left unattended for a ...

Nigerian building developers have come together to discuss the pathway for a greener Nigeria through the construction industry. Financial institution and mortgage re-finance provider NMRC has pledged to be a leader in pioneering the implementation of EDGE certification in the construction industry. NMRC and the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, along with the consortium ...

More evidence that architectural companies are embracing design and build concepts are emerging, following the lull in the construction activity. The move is triggered by declining new projects coupled with escalating construction cost that has forced individual builders to vacate sites. Design-build is a project delivery system used in the architectural companies. It is a method to deliver a project ...

The Lagos State Commissioner for Housing, Mr Gbolahan Lawal says the state government will train 1,000 artisans in 2018 under its Master Craftsman Project to tackle skill gap in the construction industry. Lawal made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Wednesday in Lagos. The commissioner said that the state government had a target ...

Glimmer of hope is beaconing towards solving problems confronting the nation’s built environment as professionals in the sector have entered into strategic move to address the problem. One of the rewards of such move was the call for the establishment of Nigerian Construction Industry Development Board (CIBD), which they said would be saddled with the roles of; formulating, implementing, regulating ...