Construction Industry

News : Construction Industry

Former Bank of Tanzania (BoT) director personnel and administration Amatus Liyumba was a key coordinator in the twin tower project, the Kisutu resident magistrate court heard yesterday. (AllAfrica)

Tanga Cement (TCC) expects brisk business from implementation of the East African Community (EAC) Common Market, its officials have said. (AllAfrica)

As part of efforts aimed at addressing problem of water scarcity in Katsina, the state government says it has approved for construction of four Independent Water Supply Schemes (IWSS), at a cost of over N651.3 million in the state's metropolis. (AllAfrica)

Ogun State Governor, Gbenga Daniel, has commissioned four industries built at the cost of N15 billion by a diversified Indian company, Parco Group with manufacturing and trading activities in chemicals, steel and glass. (AllAfrica)

The cassakero project has targeted the installation of 10,000 small scale bio-ethanol refineries in the 36 states of Nigeria including the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), over the next four years from December 2009 to December 2013 to produce the daily ethanol cooking fuel requirement for 4 million families. (AllAfrica)

Work on the roundabout at Sango - Ota on the Ota - Abeokuta Federal Highway is to be completed in February 2010, a contractor handling the project, Julius Berger Nigeria Limited has assured. He gave the assurance at the site when the Minister of Works, Housing and Urban Development, Dr. Hassan Muhammad Lawal, paid an inspection visit. (AllAfrica)

MURRAY & Roberts yesterday masked its dismay at announcing an expected fall in earnings in the six months to December by assuring shareholders of a robust order book and said that its international business was showing signs of life after being knocked down by the effects of the global recession. (AllAfrica)

The establishment of a cement factory in Pokot will help bring down cement prices and curb shortages of the commodity in the country, Prime minister Raila Odinga has said, adding that it will also help end cattle rustling by creating jobs for youth and women, and improve the economy of the district. (AllAfrica)

Plans to build a bridge or an underwater tunnel to ease congestion at the Mombasa Port are not viable. (AllAfrica)

Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Fashola has said that the Federal Government projects will have more meaningful impact on the people if the state governments get involved in the identification and award of contracts for such projects. (AllAfrica)

Teachers and pupils of Baptist Day Primary School , Agbesi Ewekoro, Ogun State had cause to celebrate, as Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria Plc. recently renovated and provided electricity for the entire school complex comprising five blocks of 14 classrooms, laboratory, head teachers office and the toilet. (AllAfrica)

The delay in the rehabilitation of a key market in Meru has been blamed on government's failure to release Sh150 million. (AllAfrica)

Senate Committee on Works, Housing and Urban Development yesterday said about 30 federal roads were in critical conditions across the country. (AllAfrica)

The President of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Comrade Abdulwaheed Omar, has expressed optimism that the performance of Governor Olusegun Mimiko of Ondo State would increase the number of Labour Party (LP) governors in the next election in the country. (AllAfrica)

A new oil refinery is to be established in Eket local government area of Akwa Ibom state. (AllAfrica)

Members of the Orlu Market Amalgamated Traders Association (OMATA) at the Imo International Market, Umuna in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State have once again raised alarm on the non-completion of construction activities and provision of infrastructure at the complex even three years after the take of commercial activities. (AllAfrica)

The United States government, through the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), officially handed over the rehabilitated Harper City Hall/ Maryland County Administration Building to the government of Liberia, after completing five months of rehabilitation work. USAID provided a $450,000 grant to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to rehabilitate the building under its Liberia Community Infrastructure Program (LCIP). (AllAfrica)

The East African Community now expects to move into own premises in 2012, the year that construction work of its Arusha based headquarters are scheduled for completion. (AllAfrica)

As part of efforts to realise the resolve of Anambra citizens to enjoy air transport services within and outside Nigeria, the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) panel review for the construction of Anambra International Cargo Airport has ended its sitting in Awka. (AllAfrica)

Barely two weeks after a N100 million worth of property belonging to a renowned auto dealer, Mr. Arthur Orakpo, was demolished by officials of the Enugu State government for allegedly encroaching on the water buffer zone of the Asaba River bank, a human right activist in the state, Dr John Agu, has taken a swipe at the state government's action, describing it as illegal and flagrant disregard of rule of law. (AllAfrica)

In a move aimed at reducing frequent overseas travelling of people with various kinds of ailments in Nigeria, Kwara State government has commenced the construction of a N2.2 billion ultra-modern Diagnostic Centre in Ilorin. (AllAfrica)

With a whopping credit facility of $200 million (N25.2 billion), World Bank Assisted Improvement projects in Lagos State have not lived up to expectations, THISDAY has learnt. (AllAfrica)

Vincent De Vischer commissioning the construction of Palero sub-county office block (AllAfrica)

CCECC, the Chinese construction firm handling the provision of roads in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital, and its sub-contractors, are yet to return to site, more than two weeks after the end of October which the government promised as deadline for work to pick up. (AllAfrica)

Nigerian engineers have been urged to live up to expectation to enhance technological development and stem the tide of rampant building collapse in the country. (AllAfrica)

An expert in the building industry has identified the need for adequate training for artisans in the industry as a means of curtailing the incidence of building collapse in the country. (AllAfrica)

Contractors handling various roads and building projects for Imo State Government, have been ordered to go back to site and complete their assignments. (AllAfrica)

Commercial and business outfits around the Area 10 shopping complex in Abuja have expressed dismay over the non-completion of the proposed multi-level car park project initiated by the FCT Administration, which according to them, is causing them severe hardship. (AllAfrica)

Lamentations of motorists along the Lagos/ Aabeokuta Expressway due to traffic gridlock may soon be over following recent pledge by the construction giant, Julius Berger Construction company that the construction of Sango Otta bridge would be completed come February 2010. (AllAfrica)

Two major contractors handling the N30 million Naira renovations work at the Police Children's School at the Police Barracks, Otop Abasi in Cross River State, have been accused of using inferior materials for the job. (AllAfrica)

The Principal District Officer (development) Gobe Macha has said that a plot has been secured for the construction of a community junior secondary school at the Gerald Estates location. (AllAfrica)