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by Maureen Azuh
The
Nigerian Institute of Building has said there is a need for
professionals in the built environment to focus on capacity building and
development collaborations in the industry.
The institute said this would provide opportunities for a review of global best practices that would help the industry to grow.
It added that the need for this would
form the basis of its 44th Annual General Meeting later this month, with
the theme, ‘Construction industry development collaboration,
innovations and capacity building’.
The President, NIOB, Mr. Tunde Lasabi,
said in a statement, “This is a deliberate challenge, which comes with
opportunities to explore the potential of research, collaborations,
innovations and professionalism towards positive growth and national
development of the building industry.
“As builders, our foremost concern is
that the construction of buildings will not be left in the hands of
quacks but that builders in Nigeria will continue to play their role
effectively as the critical link in production management.”
Lasabi said builders were more apt in
imbibing professional technicalities in order to forge competences and
interface with other building industry practitioners in joint efforts to
harness resources for sustainable development.
He said, “The professional builder must
master the science, management and technology of building practice to
sufficiently create innovations and adoption of world best practices as a
means of relevance and developmental progress.
“Due to modern constructional trends,
large scale projects and professional complexity, enormous demands are
thus required for higher collaborative synergy and proactive multi-facet
tasking across defined professional roles and responsibilities rather
than divisive rivalry and unneeded competition.”
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