Regulatory Bodies In the Construction Industry In Nigeria

  

·         The construction or building industry in Nigeria is a complex and highly competitive one with varying professionals in different aspects. These professionals ensure the successful execution of its numerous activities.

·         However, just like in every sector of the economy of a country, there are regulatory bodies that are saddled with the responsibility of ensuring the effective control; coordination; organizing; directing; resource management and production of building; and other constructional activities in Nigeria.

·         This article lists the various institutions, their regulatory bodies and their functions.

Construction practices in a developing country like Nigeria differ significantly in important aspects from practices in industrialized or developed countries. In Nigeria, the greatest challenge facing professionals in the field is that the practice of construction is not uniform. It varies with the client, size or complexity of the project from the perspective of the owners.

Albeit, there are instituted agencies in the construction industry in Nigeria that regulate building practices in the country. The regulatory bodies are set up to regulate and ensure that professionals within the construction industry operate in accordance with the law establishing them.

The list of the various institutions and their regulatory body is as followings:

How to make sure your building project does not become a non achievable project!!

We are familiar with public sector projects becoming abandoned white elephant projects….but this can be the fate of smaller private building projects.

The two major cost models relative to the project design are; Cost to design (CTD) and Design to Cost (DTC). Cost to design simply means putting up a design first and then estimating the total construction cost from the design usually without formally tying it to any budget while Design to cost entails stating your budget for the project first, then ensuring that the project is designed to be completed within that budget.

For instance using the recommended DTC model, a project owner can approach a designer/contractor with let say four Million Naira to construct a simple bungalow and achieve his/her desires within it in the following simple steps;