THE Senate last week, said arrangements have been concluded for an investigation into the demolition of mass housing estates in the Federal Capital Territory. The upper legislature vowed that those found wanting at the end of the exercise, will face the full wrath of the law.

Built environment professionals and stakeholders who have been tinkering with ways of reducing construction costs, last week, x-rayed the potentials of the dry construction method. The setting was a one-day summit with the theme Bridging the 16 million National Housing Deficit: The Dry Construction Solution organised by Redwood Consulting in partnership with Messrs Nigerite Limited.

The process of being transformed into an emerging modern city is in top gear in Orlu, a hitherto forgotten town in Imo state. The urgency attached to the execution of the infrastructural projects in this town is most attractive. A visit to the city today will reveal construction of both highway and street roads, Orlu Garden Park and the Orlu City Gate.

Determined to address the shortfall in the housing sector, the Federal Government has approved a new Technical Board to restructure the Federal Housing Authority, FHA, with a view to repositioning it for effective service delivery.

…Makes C of O mandatory in Imo State
Barely one year to the celebration of Nigeria’s centenary as a nation, the Imo State Governor, Owelle Rochas Okorocha, has challenged estate surveyors and valuers in the country to partner with state governments to build centenary cities in each of the 36 states in the country.

Apart from the Building Code, Nigeria has a National Fire Safety Code which sets out rules guiding fire prevention and control in all public buildings in the country. But a code is not yet a law hence violators cannot be prosecuted in the law courts. Against this backdrop, built environment experts have been lobbying the Federal Government to initiate bills in the National Assembly that would ensure that these codes become Acts of the Parliament.

Stakeholders in the building and construction industry will this week hold a summit on how to tackle the 16 million national housing deficit in the country. The one-day event with the theme Bridging the 16 million national housing deficit is being organised by Nigerite Limited and REDWOOD Consulting.

Determined to ensure early completion of ongoing housing projects in Lagos State, Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola, last week undertook an inspection tour of some housing projects sited in different parts of the state.

Motorists who are usually trapped for several hours in the traffic gridlock along the Mile 12/Ikorodu Road, will soon heave a sigh of relief . This is because the ever-busy 14 kilometre road will now be expanded to take six lanes.

When Professor Chigozie Cyril Asiabaka was named the substantive Vice Chancellor of Federal University of Technology, Owerri, FUTO, it was naturally received with mixed feelings. There were those who rightly or wrongly, did not believe in Asiabaka’s ability to move the institution to greater heights.