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Surveyors back Lagos government on recertification of buildings

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LAGOS: School children, many others feared killed as 3-storey building colapses

The recurring incidence of building collapse in Lagos on Tuesday received the attention of the Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS).

Addressing stakeholders at a news conference in Lagos, Adesina Adeleke, Chairman, Lagos Chapter of the Institution, called for the re-certification and regularisation of buildings on Lagos Island, in particular.

The conference was built around the issue of “Incessant Building Collapse in Lagos State’’ and was organized by the NIS.

Adeleke said that the regularisation and re-certification/validation of the buildings were necessary to ensure they conform to the purposes they are being used for and building plan of the locality.

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“To prevent recurrence of building collapse, the institution has declared support for the state government’s decision to remove all the defective structures hitherto marked and served the necessary statutory notices.

“In as much as we support the government to remove the earmarked buildings for demolition, we strongly advocate a re-certification process for buildings in designated parts of the state, particularly Lagos Island.

“We discovered there is usually no geo-survey information, and where such information is available, it does not usually conform with the development earmarked for the land,” he said.

He added, “As-built survey should form part of the requirements for the re-certification process.

“This is with a view of not just probing the structural integrity of buildings, but also to determine if the information contained in the building approval is adhered to in the development.”

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