The spate of building collapse in Nigeria has been steadily increasing over the past few years, drawing concerns from the government and other stakeholders.
Several factors have been fingered as the causes of building collapse in Nigeria, chiefly the use of substandard building materials, the deployment of unsafe but cost-cutting techniques in housing construction and the lack of professional supervision at various levels of the construction process.
In addition to the established causes of building collapse, data from developed countries show that many of the recorded cases in these climes are due to the fact that the current codes of practice do not make provisions for unexpected loads and an unexpected failure of a single member may lead to an all-round collapse of the entire structure.
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The Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Badaru Abubakar, has approved the allocation of a plot of land for the construction of the state chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors secretariat in Dutse.
Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) President, M. Abba, has disclosed the institute's readiness to eradicate quacks in the industry in order
Housing Deficit: REDAN plans to construct 774,000 units
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By Chris Ochayi
Worried by over 17 million housing deficit facing the country, the Real Estate Developers Association of Nigeria, REDAN, announced that it has concluded arguments to build 100 housing units in each of the 774 Local Government Areas in the country.
President of REDAN, Dr Aliyu Wamakko, who disclosed this while speaking with Vanguard in an interview in Abuja, said the association has concluded arrangements to sign a memorandum of understanding, MoU, with Family Homes Funds, FHF, to fund the projects.
Dr Wamako noted that REDAN has made several consultations with relevant stakeholders in the built industry in order to actualize the project.