The Chairman of the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON), Dr Samson Opaluwah, has urged the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to boost the construction sector as a means of solving the unemployment problem in Nigeria. What are the expectations of the built industry as a new government is about to be formed in Nigeria? […]
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The survey by the Institution of Engineers Rwanda (IER) recommended capacity-building and awareness to ensure that employers have an understanding of gender equality. The recommendation was made on Friday, April 28, 2023, during the stakeholders’ engagement meeting after presenting the findings of the survey on the challenges faced by women engineers in practice. The survey […]
There are quite many reasons as to why Rwanda chose to go green and they include the need to save the planet, and decrease building operation costs (energy and water), according to experts. Green building, a resource-efficient method of construction that produces healthier buildings which have less impact on the environment and cost less to […]
More than 11,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands are missing following the catastrophic dam collapse in the eastern Libyan city of Derna on 12 September. The dam collapse came after an extreme storm, Storm Daniel, slammed into the north African country. The Conversation Africa’s Moina Spooner asked water resources and engineering expert […]
We’ve made progress but the quality of the data is poor, especially the latest census The state, according to its records, has provided 5-million brick and mortar houses or serviced plots since 1994. There are 2.5-million households on the National Housing Needs Register according to the Minister of Human Settlements. Yet the latest census indicates […]
Experts have urged Ugandans to consider thinking of mass timber construction as an alternative to concrete in Uganda’s building industry but also as one of the ways to reduce country’s construction emissions. Speaking during the launch of the Timber Innovation Centre at Crown House in Kampala, Patience Naamara, the Country Director for Fairventures Worldwide, a […]
Nairobi — Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua says the government has disbursed at least 1 Billion Shillings has been released for rehabilitation of the roads in some of the worst hit regions by the El Nino crisis. Speaking when led a high-level humanitarian intervention in Garissa and Tana River Counties Gachagua inspected the ongoing restoration work, […]
Sports infrastructure is one of sectors that continue to make strides in Rwanda 29 years after the country was liberated. The 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi left a number of major sports infrastructures destroyed and, just like other sectors, the country had to start from scratch in its rebuilding process and has since invested billions […]
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Mr. Simbi Wabote has performed the groundbreaking ceremony of a $7.04 billion pipe manufacturing plant at Polaku community, Bayelsa State. Being promoted by AS Energies Limited, the plant would manufacture Glass Reinforced Epoxy (GRE) and Glass Reinforced Plastic (GRP) pipes and has an […]
Femi Yusuff is the Head of Mortar, Innovation & New Products Development for Lafarge Africa Plc., where he focuses on the use of Cement, Concrete, and Mortar materials in roads, buildings, and civil engineering structures. He discussed these processes with Bennett Oghifo Works at Lafarge Femi is currently focused on the use of Cement, Concrete, […]
Building collapses have become a major menace in Lagos, Nigeria. Lagos is the business hub of the country and has its largest seaport and airport. With an estimated population of 15.4 million, it is the largest city in sub-Saharan Africa and the second largest in Africa after Cairo. The city has two distinct geographical areas: […]
Luanda — Dr. António Agostinho Neto International Airport (AIAAN), located in the commune of Bom Jesus, municipality of Icolo e Bengo, Luanda province, will be open this Friday, November 10, by the President of the Republic, João Lourenço. The infrastructure, built 40 kilometers from the country’s capital, will be operational in a phased manner, with […]
The new Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of India to Liberia Pradip Kumar Yadav has expressed delight over the ongoing multi-million investment of his kinsman, Mr. Upjit Singh Sachdeva to provide job opportunities and improve the country’s economy. Ambassador Yadav said the ongoing construction of the Jeety Rubber Liberia Limited Corporation (LLC) in Weala, Margibi County […]
From their enclave, the terrorists have staged violent attacks against civilians and security personnel including local vigilantes trying to subdue their reign. The Niger State Government has budgeted N40 million for the “construction and furnishing of offices” at Allawa Game Reserve, a stronghold of Boko Haram insurgents terrorizing the area. The 2024 budget of the […]
Monrovia — As the deadline for the completion of the Roberts International Airport (RIA) to ELWA Junction Road project draws nearer, Liberia’s Public Works Minister Madam Ruth Coker Collins has disclosed that significant progress has been made and the pavement of the road will commence before the start of this year rainy season. Minister Collins […]
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), has set up a committee to determine the immediate and remote causes of the collapse of a three-storey building on Monday at Dape in Life Camp. Abuja. The Permanent Secretary, Mr Olusade Adesola, stated this during an assessment visit to the site on Tuesday. Adesola said that the Executive […]
Nairobi — A Kenyan-grown financial consultancy firm, AVLC Group, has been picked by MC Telecom, a Kinsasha-based firm, to offer lead consultancy services in the construction of a multi-billion-shilling smart city in the capital of the Democratic Republic of Congo. The state-of-the-art project dubbed Kasangulu Smart City covering an imposing 40 hectares of prime land […]
The construction of a third bridge across the Limpopo at Beitbridge between Zimbabwe and South Africa has been approved by Cabinet, as the Government moves a gear up to ensure required infrastructure is always in place for the rapidly growing regional and international trade in line with its ease of doing business policy. Transport and […]