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.
BUILDINGS COLLAPSE: Lagos goes tough on requirements
No fewer than five buildings collapsed in different parts of Lagos State in the past three months, with the attendant loss of lives, all due to human error largely committed by property owners.
FG plans to link geo-political zones with dual carriageways
THE Federal government has finalised plans to link up the six geo-political zones of the country with dual carriageways.
Experts fault proposed mortgage refinance firm
•Says its a duplication of FMBN’s functions
THE proposed Mortgage Refinance Company slated for inauguration by President Goodluck Jonathan between now and the end of September, may not be what Nigeria requires to reduce the housing deficit currently put at a staggering 16 million units.
Why abandoned, uncompleted projects dot the landscape, says NIQS boss
HAVE you ever wondered why abandoned and uncompleted projects dot the nation’s landscape? The Chairman of the Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors, NIQS, Mr. Olayemi Shonubi seems to have an answer to why this scourge is on the increase, especially in Nigeria’s urban centres.
High cost of building: Axion comes to rescue
In a country that daily grapples with high cost of building and construction, the challenge is always on how to reduce cost, build houses that are affordable for the majority of people and also reduce the burden taxpayers bear in getting the government to construct roads.
