Building Collapse •  Says Construction Turns All-comers Affair, Industry Bedeviled By Quacks By Femi Esan The chairman, Building Collapse Prevention Guide (BCPG), Lagos state chapter, Lt.Col. Jide Olayinka (rtd) has attributed the recurring building collapse in Lagos to non-enforcement of state Laws and poor collaboration among concerned bodies in the state. He made this known during a virtual interactive session with the Housing Development Programme on AIT on Tuesday. Reacting to the recent building collapse at 24, Ibadan Street, Off Muritala Mohammed Way, Ebute-Metta, Lagos, Olayinka described the incident as unfortunate, saying the building and many others were marked for demolition having failed integrity test almost a year ago but with no action taken to facilitate the demolition process.  He added by saying: “in a situation where a building has failed integrity test, the best thing to do is vacate such building within the time-frame given to avoid casualties while the ...

By: Femi Esan As part of efforts to curb incessant building collapse and unethical practices in the built industry, the Nigerian Institute of Building has re-emphasized the need for stakeholders in the industry to sustain the development of frameworks and regulations for building process control and urban development practices. Speaking at the third anniversary commemoration of Builders’ Day themed: “Building with Integrity”, the President of the Institute, Bldr Prof. Yohana Izam said the theme is deliberately orchestrated to initiate a paradigm shift from “Collapse” to “Integrity”. He frowned at the recurring incidents of building collapse in the country, adding that the risk of collapsed building has gradually become synonymous with many building developments initiatives across the country. He noted with delight some states of the federation who are currently towing the path of integrity as far as the construction industry is concerned to include the Lagos State Building Regu...