Experts examine good, bad sides of solar installations in buildings
Structural risks from solar panel installations primarily involve weight distribution problems and roof integrity issues
If we permit shanties, we’ll lose value – Ayinde
*‘Omoniles are enemies of housing development’ …
Mr. Toyin Ayinde, a Town Planner, is the Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning & Urban Development. In this interview, he discloses what the state is doing to ensure the availability of housing. He also speaks on the Lagos Home Ownership Mortgage Scheme- HOMS and the redevelopment of Makoko, a sprawling slum in Lagos.
Is Lagos ready for 275 days of rainfall?
RESIDENTS of Lagos State have expressed apprehension over the readiness of the state government to combat the challenge of heavy rainfall with attendant severe flooding this year following 2013 prediction by Nigerian Meteorological Agency, NIMET .
Why HOMS is yet to take off in Lagos – Bosun Jeje
The Lagos State Government last week, gave reasons for the delay in the take-off of its home ownership mortgage scheme, HOMS. The Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Bosun Jeje explained that the government wants to build enough houses for the people before flagging off the full implementation of the scheme.
FCMB partners Isolo LCDA to set up climate change unit
First City Monument Bank FCMB Plc, in collaboration with the Isolo Local Council Development Area, has inaugurated a special Climate Change Unit and Green Brigade in the area.
QSRBN boss decries high cost of construction in Nigeria
The Quantity Surveyors Registration Board of Nigeria, QSRBN, weekend, blamed the current high cost of construction projects on the exclusion of quantity surveyors from performing their cost functions. The construction cost experts claimed that such projects have become instruments for money laundering and corruption.
