ENGINEERING BODIES IN NIGERIA SEEK SOLUTIONS TO BUILDING COLLAPSES

Engineering bodies in Nigeria are standing up after several building collapse in the country has dragged the society to a negative limelight.

During a webinar organised by the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB), The Chairman of the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON), Professor Kabir Bala, had charged construction sector professionals to update their knowledge continually to stem incidences of building collapse in the country.

The workshop addressed critical knowledge and practice areas in foundation design and construction; structural analysis and design of buildings; software application in the design of building structural system; structural failure in buildings; design of concrete mix and field applications; builders and formwork design in building construction; and detailing of structural elements in buildings, including practical experience sharing on building projects.

According to President of NIOB, Kunle Awobodu, the workshop was one of the Institute’s “practical and proactive steps towards addressing the unwarranted and embarrassing menace of building collapse in Nigeria.”

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