SON sets up task force on substandard building materials KEEPING to its promise in tackling building collapse, Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has set up a task force to sanitise the building industry. Director General of the agency, Dr. Joseph Odumodu in a letter to the Building Collapse Prevention Guild (BCPG), explained that the decision follows an earlier promise by SON to partner BCPG to check influx of substandard building materials into the country. In the letter to BCPG President Mr. Kunle Awobodu, SON said its Director General has approved members of Building Collapse Task Force to work with BCPG on the collaboration activities. SON’s letter to BCPG’ read, ”The Director-General/Chief Executive approved the taskforce to work with your team on the collaboration activities as he promised during the meeting held with him on at SON operational headquarters in Lagos.” The letter was signed by the Head of Department, Metrology Directorate, Mr. O.F. Manafa, on behalf of SON’s Director General. Members of the SON’s Building Collapse Task Force include OlagoroyeOke, a civil engineer; Chaiya Minyel, an architect; Abdulrasak Oyewopo, mechanical engineer; Francis Onyeji, chemical technologist; Maureen Okeke, lawyer; and Onipede Adeoye, civil/building engineer. President of BCPG, Awobodu in a statement noted that said some of the factors responsible for building collapse include use of substandard building materials, faulty foundation, wrong construction methodology, shoddy jobs, poor procurement system, faulty design, poor concrete mix, engagement of quacks by building owners, government’s lack of capacity to monitor and supervise building and construction sites,, and lack of building approval among others BCPG is made up of volunteers, who are professionals and artisans in the built environment, who came together for the common purpose of putting an end to the embarrassing incidents of building collapse in Nigeria., especially Lagos.
Posted on: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 12:33:58 +0000
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