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…

Quantity surveyors are proposing a new set of guidance for the overhaul of the nation’s construction industry. They are also seeking for the establishment of a Federal Social Housing Corporation, which will deliver houses to the vulnerable civil servants, especially school teachers......

Professionals in the building construction industry have urged the Lagos State government to reduce building permit fees, make approval process less cumbersome and shorten the time frame. They said it was critical for government to toe this line, as it would end incidences of building collapse in the state since the process for approval would…

Quantity Surveyors last week backed the Federal government’s new Executive Order on Road Infrastructure Development and Refurbishment Investment tax Credit Scheme, as they seek the inclusion of professionals, especially its members in the proposed management committee. However, the innovative Order whilst very good in principle, they said, could fail due to many possible abuses and…

Former Federal Commissioner for works and housing, Chief Femi Okunnu has appealed to quantity surveyors to help the government in reducing the increasing cost of construction in the country. Okunnu said as the determinant of the quantity of building materials needed for construction, the professionals have the primary responsibility to help the nation in cutting…

With 50 per cent of fatalities on construction sites attributed to weak scaffolding, wrong formwork placement and poor training, experts in the construction industry said inclusiveness and increase in local content would significantly reduce the trend. They stressed that local content would also groom entrepreneurs, creates employment opportunities in construction and other sectors of the…

The Lagos chapter of Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) has urged the Federal government to involve indigenous consultants in the ongoing railway projects across the country.

The President, Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS), Obafemi Onashile has called on other professions in the construction industry to embrace international training tours as a way of benchmarking capacity and creating opportunities for business development  in the Industry. Onashile made the call in Doha, Qatar recently when he led a 35- man delegation of…

Stakeholders at a two-day workshop organised by the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) have urged surveyors to groom their firms to comply with international standards. They stressed the need for services to be client centered, adding that the quality of surveyors service should be evaluated by the client whether it meets expectations or not.…

In a move to embrace modern procurement systems, procedures and processes in the construction industry, quantity surveyors have introduced new innovations to its practice.Apparently to increase the number of registered young members, the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors...

Quantity surveyors last week called for the adoption of best practices in the construction industry, especially the Joint Contract Tribunal (JCT).The adoption of the procedure, they said would bring about remarkable development in construction industry, as the document is used in the vast majority...