Worried by the incessant rising cost of cement and prevalence of sub-standard iron rods or steel bars across the country, leaders of three built environment professions have called on the Federal government to come up with a policy framework that will analyse issues and take rational decisions on the cement sub-sector especially as they affect importation of the product.

Many homeowners in Nigerians are not safety conscious. It is commonplace to see people build mansions worth several millions of Naira but do little or nothing to ensure the safety of such massive investments. There are several measures that you can adopt to safeguard your investments

FEDERAL Roads Maintenance Agency, FERMA, has disclosed that parking of heavy trucks and dumping of refuse on Federal Highways, constitute a major challenge to road maintenance in Lagos.

Although it is advisable to consult qualified professionals to handle major plumbing works and repairs in your home, nothing stops you from taking on simple things like fixing a dripping faucet (tap). With a new washer and a spanner, you can make the repair yourself in less than 20 minutes and save the money that would have been paid to a plumber.

Early this year, a group of aggrieved tenants numbering about 80 persons who alleged that they were duped of various sums of money, besieged No. 5 Ogundare Street, Oke_Odo, Abule–Egba, a Lagos suburb and threatened to burn down the building

Graceland Estate, located at Irete, an outskirt of Owerri has been commissioned by the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Chief Nduese Essien who lauded Governor Ikedi Ohakim for providing the ambience that enabled the estate and many more development projects to flourish in the Eastern heartland.

The Eze Aro of Arochukwu, in Abia State, Mazi Vincent Ogbonnaya Okoro has appealed to the Federal Government to intervene and rehabilitate some major federal highways which are in deplorable conditions in Abia State.

The inability of the Government and multi-national companies to settle a debt of over N100 billion owed contractors may cripple activities in the nation’s construction sector, the Federation of Construction Industry (FOCI) has warned.

For most people living in Lagos and other cities in the country, it is hard to hear anyone complain of too much space; what we hear is that the available space is grossly inadequate to take the household furniture.

WHEN Governor Ikedi Ohakim, addressed Imo stakeholders January 4, 2011, he told them that the Bureau for Haousing was upgraded to a full-fledged Ministry to give housing and urban development adequate status and facility