ALTERNATIVE CONSTRUCTION METHOD TO BE UNVEILED BY NSE

NSE to collaborate with COREN to create alternative construction methods and check unqualified Engineers.

The Nigerian Society of Engineers (NSE) to unveil alternative construction method that will be cheaper and durable during the forth coming International Conference and Annual General Meeting tagged Unity 2017 with the 2-day conference theme “Civil Infrastructure Development in a Challenging Economy.’’

NSE’s National Chairman, Mr Adem Ekpo-Bassey, ”We choose the theme because we are just coming out of recession and infrastructural development is key to national development plus we have to research to make sure that construction goes on in the midst of economic challenges,”

According to him; ”We are in a challenging economy and we have researched on how to engage less expensive material.”

Chairman, Planning Committee, Yakubu Garba; ”Most building projects do not engage engineers; we will seek for laws that would keep unqualified people out of building projects and our finding shows that 80 to 85 per cent of building collapse in Nigeria is do to the involvement of qualified professionals.”

According to him; “Nigerians need to be sensitised on this; whoever is embarking on a construction project should look for a professional.”

NSE is expected to collaborate with the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria(COREN) in checking building collapse and also try to come up with a way of recycling asphalt instead of using new one.