WASTAGES IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION - CAUSES AND REMEDIES

Wastages broadly caused by inefficient planning can cause you to spend double the amount of money you ought to spend on a project if not more, yet the building may not still be in perfect shape in comparison to the ones that was properly handled. These are causes with the remedies.

Improper Planning- Before you open up a site it is important you decides on what to do and at what stages tasks will be done so that you don’t end up prolonging some tasks and not doing some until when it will affect other tasks on site. This will cause wastages to arise on a site for example if you decide to paint the building before you realized there are some spots that needs to be patched , obviously wherever the repair is done you will still need to paint back which is a loss/wastage to the project.

OWNER-CONTRACTOR SYNDROME CAN KILL YOUR PROJECT

  

Based on experience: Owner contractor syndrome can kill a project. It’s not health-related but it can kill a project irrespective of size. When a project owner, unqualified professionally want to manage construction processes on site and  assumes the role of a construction manager, it can be said that the fellow is suffering from Owner-Contractor Syndrome (OCS). When the Owner of a project also doubles as a ‘Contractor’, there must be a problem somewhere, especially if the owner is not technically sound.

Owners Contractors  Syndrome is a real threat to sustainable building development in any country and indigenous researchers are studying a link between OCS and the upsurge of sick buildings. This mostly affects small and medium-scale project owners in developing countries.

Real Estate, Construction Industry Can Salvage Economy, Say Experts

With the recession leaving major players in the real estate bruised, experts have said that the return to growth of the nation’s economy should be driven by the construction industry.
The real estate and construction sectors have been reeling from the stains of the financial crisis, meltdown of the housing market and loss of jobs.  But the experts, who comprises egghead in the industry believe that both sectors can promote growth through its links to other manufacturing sectors, such as the transport infrastructure.

A new report released by the European Commission suggested that every job created in construction results in two additional jobs elsewhere. “Construction is a bellwether of the economy, and, crucially for a bloc toiling to create jobs, generates local employment. It is the single largest economic activity and the biggest industrial employer.”

Essentially, the experts said that the sectors have an important role to play in stimulating Nigeria’s recovery. However, it needs the right economic incentives and regulatory framework that will compel the use of local raw materials in the industry to reduce the over dependence on imported raw materials.
President, Commonwealth Association of Surveying and Land Economy (CASLE) Olusegun Ajanlekoko told The Guardian, “construction Industry has always been seen globally as the barometer of the economic well being of a Nation. The current situation of the country, therefore, cannot but be worrisome. The parlous situation is worsened by the recent hike in cost of cement. It is sad development as the resultant effect on the cost of construction is definitely going to be no less than 40 per cent as cement is a major component and cost sensitive element of the construction Industry.”