Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors identifies systemic failures and professional negligence as primary drivers of building collapse in Nigeria

The recurring phenomenon of building collapses across Nigeria has reached a critical juncture, prompting the Nigerian Institute of Quantity Surveyors (NIQS) to issue a stern call for a holistic overhaul of the construction industry’s operational standards. During a high-level seminar and the investiture ceremony of Ololade Sokoya as the ninth Chairperson of the Women’s Association […]

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Systemic Deficiencies in Government Oversight Allowed Substandard Materials in Hong Kong’s Deadliest Fire in Decades

The catastrophic fire that ravaged Wang Fuk Court in Tai Po last November, claiming 168 lives and becoming Hong Kong’s deadliest blaze in decades, was exacerbated by systemic failures in government supervision that allowed contractors to conceal the use of substandard building materials. This damning assessment emerged during the initial evidential hearings of a public […]

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