The General Manager of Lagos State Building Control Agency (LASBCA), Mrs. Abiola Kosegbe, an engineer, has called for collaboration of professional bodies in the built environment to rid the state of quackery in the construction industry. She made the call at the recently concluded first virtual national workshop of the Nigerian
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One person was killed and three others injured in a Midtown scaffolding collapse on Thursday — just blocks away from the scene of a partial building collapse earlier in the day, authorities said. Just how the 4:30 p.m. scaffold collapse unfolded wasn’t immediately clear, but photographs of the aftermath on East
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A high-rise building is a building with a small footprint, small roof area, and immense facades. High-rise buildings have the potential to decongest urban sprawl as they can deal with high-density issues and lack of available land for development. The approach towards the construction of a high-rise building is challenging and
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The chemical reaction which takes place between cement and water is known as hydration of cement. This reaction is exothermic in nature, which means heat is released during the reaction, and the evolved heat is called as heat of hydration. Typically, cement produces 89-90cal/gm of heat in 7 days and 90-100cal/gm
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In the era of this economic slowdown, unemployment, and national lockdown, when the whole world is continually working day and night for saving their citizens from the wrath of pandemic COVID-19, we, civil engineers and contractors, do have some pertinent questions running in our minds, i.e., how will be the
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When Princeton researchers built a small pavilion at the United World College of South East Asia in Singapore last year, they expected that their exhibit’s unique design would cool inhabitants without the need for any air conditioning. But, it didn’t work as expected. A glitch spurred Forrest Meggers, assistant professor of
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The coronavirus crisis is changing daily life around the globe in dramatic ways — and homeowners and buyers are thinking about how they might make changes, too, to their properties, to be better prepared for disaster scenarios. Survivalist prepping is nothing new for many high-net-worth individuals. Wealthy homeowners have long been
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admixtures (singular or combination of admixtures) are added to concrete or mortar or grout mixture to achieve or improve desired properties in the fresh or hardened state. The admixtures are added to concrete based on their functions which they are play. Retardation or acceleration of concrete setting time, reduce segregation and
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Human rights lawyer, Mr Femi Falana, has pledged his support towards addressing the menace of building collapse in the country by prosecuting offenders. Falana made this known during a rally to mark the maiden Builders’ Day of the Nigerian Institute of Building, in Lagos. According to him, the law is against the
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Non-destructive tests (NDT) are test methods which are used to examine the hardened concrete structure for their suitability for its intended use without interfering in any way with the integrity of the material or its suitability for service. So, locating or assessment of defects in structures and checking their dimensions, thickness,
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