Why completing abandoned buildings for habitation is dangerous —Experts
Completing abandoned uncompleted buildings for habitation carries major safety and financial implications including structural degradation and high renovation costs. To ensure the buildings are safe for use after their completion, the issue of structural degradation and others must be adequately addresed, according to construction experts.
New Lagos Land Use Charge: All you need to know
THE re-enacted Lagos State Land Use Charge Law that has replaced the one enacted in 2001, has been greeted with public outcry because of misunderstanding of its provisions. However, a detailed look at the Land Use Charge (LUC) Law (2018), which is the state government’s property tax, indicates that it is a consolidation of ground rent, tenement rate, and neighbourhood improvement levy
Refuse collection: PSP factions differ on government’s position
Association of Waste Managers of Nigeria AWAM, the umbrella body of private sector participation otherwise known as PSP in refuse collection in Lagos State, is at loggerhead with a splinter group of the association that calls itself Concerned Waste Collectors in Lagos over disagreement on the state government’s decision to exclude them from collecting domestic waste.
New Haier Thermocool energy saving electrical appliances unveiled in Lagos
As part of its efforts to protect the environment, help in cutting down on power consumption and saving teeming Nigerian consumers some money on electricity bills, the leading electrical appliances retailer, CoolWorld Retail Store, has introduced a new range of energy saving Haier Thermocool refrigerators, freezers and air conditioners into the Nigeria market.
Former NIESV president elected OAU EDM President
Former President, Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers NIESV, and Chairman, Bode Adediji Partnership, a firm of estate surveyors and valuers, Mr. Oyebode David Adediji, has emerged president of the Alumni Association of the Faculty of Environmental Design and Management, EDM, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State.
Two firms partner to promote elevator, escalator equipment in Nigeria, West Africa
To strengthen the services of elevator, escalator and related construction components in Nigeria and West African construction industry, Eliel Jerahmeal Nigeria Limited, which specialises in marketing, distribution, sales and services of elevator and escalator equipment in the country, has been granted exclusive right by China’s leading elevator company, Xizi Elevator, first class manufacturers of elevator and escalator equipment to promote construction activities in Nigeria and West Africa respectively at affordable cost.
