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In the quantity surveying profession, MRS. MERCY TORKWASE IYORTYER is a woman of many firsts. She was the first female Quantity Surveyor in the Northern Region of Nigeria, the first female chairperson of a chapter in NIQS (FCT Chapter), the Pioneer and Founding Chairperson of the Women Association of Quantity Surveyors (WAQSN), the first woman to represent the institute on the ...

Members of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) have advocated for the establishment of cost data bank with adequate dissemination of information to all stakeholders. They are also making case for appropriate standards in the Nigerian built environment. According to the surveyors, international construction measurement standards are needed in Nigeria to grow the economy and enhance the activities of ...

Mrs. Mercy Torkwase Iortyer becomes the first female president of NIQS as she was on Saturday sworn-in as president of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors. The investiture was done at the grand finale of the institute’s 26th Biennial Conference and General Meeting in Lagos. Mrs. Iortyer, first female to occupy the seat succeeds Murtala Aliyu, former Minister of State ...

The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors will examine the cost management aspect of critical infrastructure projects in the country. The NIQS in a statement signed by its Secretary for Marketing and Corporate Affairs, Mr. Jide Oke, stated that measurement and cost management of engineering infrastructure projects would form the basis of  NIQS national workshop. He said the two-day workshop, which ...

The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) has called on the government to evolve policies that would boost local building materials in the country. According to NIQS presidents and former Minister of state for Power, Mallam Murtala Aliyu, this is the way to significantly bridge the housing gap in Nigeria. NIQS’ president spoke last week at the sod turning of ...

As IO furniture hosted the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) and Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria (REDAN), last week in Lagos, the chairman, NIQS Lagos chapter, Mrs. Adenike Ayanda stated that quantity surveyors need partnership with other groups within the construction industry such as the furniture producers, as they are well connected. Towards lifting the built environment sector, ...