Tag Archives: Construction Industry

Construction practices in a developing country like Nigeria differ significantly in important aspects from practices in industrialized or developed countries. In Nigeria, the greatest challenge facing professionals in the field is that the practice of construction is not uniform. It varies with the client, size or complexity of the project from the perspective of the owners. This article sheds more ...

Four-years after the Federal government approved new cement standard for the producers, the Technical Committee set by the Governing Board of the Standard Organization of Nigeria (SON) is again reviewing the quality of the products. The grade-strengths of cement production existing in Nigeria have been NlS 444-1, which was adopted as composition and conformity criteria for common cement in the ...

“The Minister of Water Resources, Mr Suleiman Adamu has called for synergy amongst research institutes, policy makers and professional bodies in the construction industry to tackle housing challenges in the country.”- The Tide Adamu made call while speaking with newsmen Abuja, on the sideline of the 28th Archibuilt Exhibition and Conference on building materials. The exhibition and conference is organised ...

“The volume of financial packages in the forms of loans and mortgage finances, which Nigerian banks traditionally provide to the country’s housing industry remain very low and yet to pick up from the country’s decent into an economic recession, the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) has indicated.”- This Day According to NIA, though the federal government had insisted that Nigeria ...

“Developers under the aegis of Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), South West Zone, have condemned the action or inaction, negligence, lack of professionalism, etc, that have led to the series of building collapse incidents in Nigeria.” –Business Day The country has, in the last six months, witnessed several cases of building collapse with Lagos leading the pack having ...

This Day reports that Bosch, a German multinational engineering and electronics company, has promised to work keenly with players in the nation’s construction industry to enhance quality work in the industry as well as increasing the brand’s market share in Nigeria. This was the take home from a VIP market launch, which took place recently in Lagos with targeted demonstrations ...

According to The Nation, stakeholders in the block moulding sub-sector of the country’s building and construction industry have called on the Federal and state governments to institute a body empowered by legislation to monitor the quality of building blocks being produced in the country. They are convinced that such effort will help prevent cases of collapsed building in the country.     ...

The Guardian reports that professionals in the building sector have solicited cooperation among the key players to achieve quality housing in the country. They made the call at the opening of the 2017 edition of Lagos International Housing Fair, which had participants from within and outside the country. The Chairman, Lagos International Housing Fair Committee, Moses Ogunleye, said professionals, researchers and government ...

“To check corruption induced by inflated project costs in the construction industry, the Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria (QSRBN) has called for the establishment of a national construction cost database.”- The Guardian The proposed costing templates will be for all categories of construction projects. Such templates should create a cost bands/ ranges for roads, bridges, railways, public buildings, and ...

In recent times there has been a dramatic increase in the costs of building materials in Nigeria, and this development threatens the performance of the construction industry. This article assesses the implications of the recent rising cost in building materials. Building materials have been playing an important role in the construction industry—they are those materials put together in erecting or ...