Barring any unforeseen circumstances, the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) may enter into a partnership with the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission...

Months after a disagreement between estate surveyors and engineers in Nigeria over valuation of plant, equipment and machinery (PEM) ruffled feathers in the built environment, professionals in the sector are back in the trenches.

Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has urged the federal government to discard the use of Bills of Engineering Measurement and Evaluation (BEME) for construction projects in the country

The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) has inaugurated Alhaji Mohammed Abba Tor as the 25th President of the construction cost profession. Alhaji Abba Tor succeeds in Obafemi Onashile who piloted the affairs of the Institute in the last two years.

Poised to advance the built industry, the president of the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), Mr. Obafemi Onashile has called for urgent reforms and modernisation of practices in the construction sector.

The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) has reiterated its call for the establishment of Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), which will implement policies within the industry.

To boost the industry, the President of the Nigerian Institute of Surveyors Obafemi Onashile has called on other professions in the construction sector to seek global benchmarking as a way of ensuring best practices in the sector.

Experts in the built environment and construction industry have expressed worries over the misuse of turnkey operation by construction firms, saying it is the major reasons for road failures in the country.

Quantity surveyors last week enjoined the Federal government to focus and exploit the construction industry, a strategic sector of the national economy in order to make a meaningful impact in the administration of the country

Except the government restructures the nation’s taxation system, the needed funds for infrastructure projects in all sectors of the economy would remain a mirage...

The Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) has attributed increased cases of building collapse to defective construction laws in the country.NIQS President, Obafemi Onashile, who spoke at the just concluded Southeast zonal two-day workshop, with the theme...

An indigenous sanitary wares manufacturer, CDK Integrated Industries Limited has lamented absence of basic infrastructure and enabling environment in the country.   CDK, which also manufactures tiles, said lack of basic infrastructure has impeded the firm’s ability to produce with lower prices, thereby precipitating many Nigerians to patronise substandard and cheaper imported sanitary wares. The general manager…