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Tpl. Aderemi Makinde, FNITP speaks on the 50 years of Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) and the practice and development

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ward-winning property and construction solutions company, Profica is committed to excellence in every aspect of their service delivery, which includes project development, management and construction management.

This is made possible by sustaining longterm working relationships with a pool of professionally-accredited, talented and energetic people who strive to get the job done to the highest standards. And in the Cape Town region, that person is Donia Kamstra.

Profica has an ethos of leveraging local knowledge and creating value.

Donia complements this with a 22-year track record that includes a number of high-profile developments, from residential and retail to educational.

Her relationship began with Profica in 2006, a year after the company was established. In the first seven years of working with Profica, Donia flexed her muscles in a variety of roles that has included client development manager, project manager, and championing the company's sustainability focus as a technical working group member of the SA Green Star rating tool.

Between 2013 and 2015, she left Profica to work as development manager on a multi-use development in the DRC. Upon completion, Donia once again joined the Profica team, bringing with her broader experience and deepened insight gained during the intensive two-year project.

Today, Donia's areas of specialisation are project development, facilitation and conceptualisation. She likes to focus on an integrated project management and design approach, saying, "The broad spectr um of deliverables and performances that are expected of buildings over the long-term, require the inclusion of a diverse and multidisciplinary team upfront. This team is in it for the long haul and should be present from project definition and planning, through to completion."

While an integrated approach to

Donia Kamstra

property development is particularly relevant today, Donia recalls how Profica began undertaking projects such as this as early as 2006. A particularly memorable project was the development of an upmarket shopping centre in the heart of Gugulethu, Gugulethu Square.

The site of this retail centre was to be developed on an existing small-scale trading complex. Donia reflects how the project required far more than straightforward development and construction. She says, "The nature of the project - being in the heart of the Gugulethu community - included having to build trust and a shared vision with the community.

I was the client representative during the pre-development stages, and experienced first-hand the huge importance of establishing a cohesive social process when working with a multicultural group of people with diverse socio-economic backgrounds."

During the project, Profica was required to develop a strategy that ensured early identification of all stakeholders and devised methods of working in an inclusive and authentic way throughout the development process.

Profica also assisted the client with incorporating a baseline of sustainable principles, and then providing assessment

and measurement on an ongoing basis.

While this may all seem like standard practice today, a decade ago much of this signalled a new way of working.

The Profica teams' approach to the project is one that continues to impress upon Donia the need to adopt an integrative methodology of project management rather than a traditional 'top down' process.

With a wealth of experience behind her, what does Donia believe the future holds for property development? She says that development trends mirror contemporar y social challeng es: "Currently, there is an expectation of 'more for less'.

This compels the property sector to address criteria within the budget that extend beyond the bricks and mortar aspect. This adds enormous pressure to the process of property development.

Companies should equip themselves with innovative ways - sometimes beyond the property paradigm - of overcoming this challenge so that they don't fall short of delivering an excellent product that meets all the client's requirements, as well as projects that are regenerative for our societies."

About Profica Profica is a leading property and construction solutions company, known for global expertise, local knowledge and service excellence. Since it was founded in 2005, Profica has grown and managed projects throughout Africa, offering expert development, project and construction management services to high-profile international and in country clients.

Profica was recently rated the top project management company in South Africa by PMR.africa for the fourth time in six years.

Headquartered in Johannesburg, with regional offices in Nigeria, Ghana and Kenya, Profica offers strong service capability throughout Africa, with permanent teams across the continent to ensure localised solutions. The company is also known for its capacity in Frenchspeaking Africa.

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the city so they can be tested for infectious diseases and treated as needed. But these interventions are limited.

Basic infrastructure A much more widespread problem in cities than spread of disease through travel is related to the lack of sanitation.

Informal developments and slums in cities like Mumbai, Sao Paulo and Lagos often lack formal sanitation or sewage systems, and the contamination of drinking water causes the spread of gastrointestinal illness from salmonella, shigella and even the bacteria that cause cholera - the public health danger John Snow identified back in 19th century London.

Between 1990 and 2012, urban dwellers without access to sanitation facilities such as sewage systems and clean water grew from 541 million to 756 million, according to a 2014 report from the World Health Organization and UNICEF. This increase was linked primarily to population growth outpacing the provision of basic infrastructure.

Reducing global poverty is crucial, according to Fisher. He cites a report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that estimates the economic harm of a pandemic ranging from US$71 billion to US$166 billion. Those potential costs far outweigh the estimated US$16 billion the World Bank has lent over the past three decades for shelter improvement.

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directed to impoverished places to improve conditions now and avoid the huge costs that could arise if a pandemic breaks out.

Improving access to sanitation and upgrading infrastructure is a straightforward way of reducing health risks. However, there are clear challenges to building such systems in parts of cities that grew informally and outside of any plan or government control. Groups like the Society for the Promotion of Area Resource Centers have made progress in the slums of Indian cities by building communityrun toilet facilities. But public works like this are expensive, and they're not going to prevent all diseases from spreading.

The sheer variety of diseases and methods of transmission mean that even the best prepared city with the cleanest infrastructure can still be vulnerable to outbreaks. "Not all diseases are as related to not having access to sanitation," said Adriana Pacheco-Coral, an infectious disease specialist with the University College London. With something like Zika, she said, "you may find these types of diseases in very well-developed cities affecting certain areas with vulnerable people and then spreading out." From one side of the city to the other, the risk of disease can vary widely.

Develop and design The sheer variety of diseases and methods of transmission mean that even the best prepared city with the

cleanest infrastructure can still be vulnerable to outbreaks. Blodget says cities need to develop robust public health surveillance and response systems if they're going to be able to recover if an outbreak does occur. This can mean anything from relying on teams of epidemiologists to track disease f lare-ups to a simple communication campaigns to warn about unsafe water sources.

"It won't take the place of hygienic practices and having a proper sewage system, but it does help and it's relatively simple," Blodget said.

Others are thinking about these problems from an even more basic level.

The nonprofit ARCHIVE Global is using architectural design to prevent the spread of infectious diseases.

Recognizing that many diseases are spread because of cramped conditions and poor ventilation, ARCHIVE Global has worked with immigrant neighborhoods in London that suffer from high rates of aerially transmitted tuberculosis to identify design flaws in their homes and schools that are likely contributing to its spread.

Another project in Dhaka, Bangladesh, focuses on the mud floors of huts, which have been found to play a significant role in spreading bacteria and pathogens, particularly among small children. By replacing mud with concrete flooring that's easier to clean, the organization is reducing the likelihood that these easily avoidable illnesses will be contracted.

There is no one solution to preventing infectious disease, which takes many forms in cities. But experts agree that while the risk of outbreaks can rise in urban settings, cities don't have to be breeding grounds for pathogens.

By encouraging the development of proper infrastr ucture, enabling alternative infrastructures and disease prevention mechanisms in informal and vulnerable places, and building up a public health system to monitor and respond to outbreaks, cities will be better prepared to prevent diseases from afflicting their residents, and to fight them when they do.

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“Housing in Nigeria without missing word is in crisis.

As far as policy formulation is concern, Nigeria has gotten much more it required. The major bane of our national development in this country has to do with implementati on of the policies.”

or those who are familiar with the housing sector in Nigeria and globally the present scenario where every government, since 1999 when Nigeria, once again embrace democracy, several government continues to brandish the issue of shortage of the nation’s housing stock without corresponding strategy to address the challenges. The private sector that are expected to drive the growth are moving on without any concrete policy for action. The present seems similar where the current government is putting the shortage and the need at 17 million housing stock. Good number no doubt but what is the policy on ground to meet this number?

Our cover personality this month Esv. Bode Adediji speaks specifically on this issues and the strategy for taming the housing challenge.

To Bode Adediji “Housing in Nigeria without missing word is in crisis. As far as policy formulation is concern, Nigeria has gotten much more it required. The major bane of our national development in this country has to do with implementation of the policies.” And on the issue of policy enactment, “our major challenge in this country has always been the implementation mechanism. Personally, I have no problem with the procurement act having thoroughly gone through it. It's quite okay as far as I am concern, with its provision in the cause of service delivery system”.

This exclusive interview with Bode Adediji is a must read, especially with the fact that he started one of today’s most trusted and tested, integrity driven multi-disciplinary firm of estate surveyors and valuers from a very humble beginning. No doubt the story of Bode Adediji Partnership (BAP) is an inspiration to many practitioners that you can grow from nothing to something as long as you remain focused on the goal.

Tpl. Aderemi Makinde, a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners is regarded as one of the doyen of town planning practice in Nigeria hence our resolve to seek him out for an exclusive interview on the 50 years journey of the Lagos State Chapter of the Town Planning Professional’s body.

According to Tpl. Remi Makinde as he is fondly called by colleagues, In 1969, precisely the first conference was held by the Institute and it took place at the University of Lagos Conference Hall and that was during the Gen. Gowon administration as Head of State of the federal republic of Nigeria, and at that conference he was represented by his Chief of Staff, Major Anyaro. The theme of the conference that year was “Town Planning in National Reconstruction”. This was because we observed that the civil war was about to end at that time and because of the destructions that took place during the war mostly in the eastern states and the then mid-western region that there was need to discuss and plan on how to rebuild the nation infrastructure That singular move gave rise to thorough understanding of the place of town planners in national development and many students became interested in the profession. Read the exclusive interview with Tpl. Remi Makinde in this special issue in our professional interview on the CED Property page.

We have come a long ways so are some key players in the built environment and their activities truly reflect on the growth we have attained , especially since the colonial masters left Nigeria with Amalgamation of the 1914 and the independence of the 1960. We feel, as the industry pioneer journal of development to continue to appreciate these major contributors: we reward them with the Certificate of Evergreen Built Environment Professional.

It is our obligation to reward excellence and integrity in practice. We salute their courage and tenacity against all odd.

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NIGERIA’S ENERGY CHALLENGE US based renewable energy firm to develop 300MW solar plant in Nigeria

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otir DuSable Power Investment Limited, a US based renewable energy power firm has injected US$200m for the Nigeria's Enugu State solar project, projected to generate 300MW of power.

The project will be developed in two phases, whereby the first phase of the project will deliver 100MW of power.

The generating capacity is expected to go up by 200MW of power in the second phase. The project generated power will be added into the national grid to contribute in meeting the nation's energy demand.

A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the Motir DuSable Power Investment Limited and the Federal Government of Nigeria to develop the project in Enugu State with the aim of transforming the state into the hub for renewable energy generation in SubSahara Africa. Motir DuSable Power Investment Limited is a joint venture of two US based power firms.

During a performance review retreat of the Enugu State Executive Council holding held early this month, Emmanuel Irono, Motir DuSable Power Investment Limited Chairman,

RESOLVING THE ISSUE Nigeria seeks remedy for housing deficit in Lagos

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fter identifying a deficit of 2.5 million housing units, Nigeria is now planning to construct at least 187,000 housing units yearly as remedy for housing deficit in Lagos.

Gbolahan Lawal, the Commissioner for Housing, revealed this during a courtesy call to the office of the Acting Deputy British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mr. Ahmed Bashir.

According to Lawal, the Lagos State Government will come up with policies that will not only hasten the process to achieve this, but which will also make it successful.

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formulated people-oriented policies that will ensure the supply of 187,000 housing units yearly to address the state's 2.5 million housing deficit over the next five years," he said, adding that the Housing Ministry would model its affordable housing after the British social housing programme.

The Commissioner added that the state will explore the vertical style of building so as to make housing units available in the employment centres, particularly for the lower and middle income earners, and address the shortage of skilled workers in the construction sector.

presented the company's planned takeoff of the project at Nike Lake hotel.

Enugu State Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi was also in attendance.

Irono expressed his gratitude for the meeting and company's presentation turning out positive. He further elaborated on the project cost that the first phase will cost US$200m while the second phase will attract a similar amount of US$200m.

The project is expected to create room for more innovations as well as employment opportunities to Enugu State and to all Nigerians.

According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) statistics, Nigerian primary energy supply was 118,325 Kilotonne of Oil Equivalent (ktoe) excluding electricity trade in 2011. Presently, biomass is the dominant energy source in Nigeria due to the huge reliance on the energy source used for cooking and heating purposes by majority of the citizens.

Despite being one of the best continents for solar irradiation and the suns power exceeds, energy in Africa is high on demand as more than half of the continent's population lives "off the grid" with no access to "plug in" electrical power. Moreover, the average annual Africa energy consumption per capita is over 500 kWh, mainly used in

He said the state government plans to address the problem of skilled workers in the building sector such as carpenters, masons, steel fabricators, electricians, jointers, painters, tillers and many more through a plan called Master Craftsman Project The Master Craftsman Project, he added, intends to encourage the younger upcoming generation to embrace skills in construction, noting that the older artisans were ageing without younger ones being trained to replace them.

Bashir added that the United Kingdom had shown interest was ready to assist the ministry in offering training for craftsmen in the state. He appealed for additional investment in housing for short stay in the state, especially for tourists and businessmen.

problem, with dense populations providing a ready conduit for its spread.

And it's not just major cities that are vulnerable.

As the Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa in 2014 showed, what matters for infectious diseases is the availability of pathways for travel, even if it's from village to village.

The risks of urbanization are closely interrelated with globalization. "Before, when Ebola would pop up in an isolated village, it wouldn't spread so much. But now the areas are so large, they're so interconnected," said Emily Blodget, a specialist in infectious disease at the University of Southern California.

"Because of the urbanization of those areas we've had outbreaks. and the amount of people that have been affected is just so much more."

Blodget says the risks of urbanization are closely interrelated with globalization, which has made it relatively easy for someone who's unknowingly carrying Zika, Ebola or countless other diseases to get on a plane and land in a densely packed city.

The SARS outbreak in Hong Kong in the early 2000s was blamed not only on density but also on the high rate of people traveling into and out of the city, according to Blodget.

Controlling the spread of disease through global travel should be a top priority, according to an article in Places Journal by Thomas Fisher, dean of the College of Design at the University of Minnesota.

Fisher argues that airport operations should be augmented to include disease detection and prevention - something like the firewalls a computer uses to prevent viruses. Some airports have instituted fever checks at the gates of arriving planes, hoping to catch people with symptoms before they can enter

SMARTER BETTER CITIES As urban density increases, so does the sharing of pathogens

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ising urban density has both positive and negative consequences.

Near the corner of Broadwick and Lexington in London's Soho neighborhood, a single spot on the ground has influenced more than 150 years of urban development. It's the location of a water pump that in 1854 physician John Snow pinpointed as the source of contamination leading to a widespread outbreak of cholera in the neighborhood that killed more than 600 people.

Snow connected the dots between incidents of illness in the neighborhood and the use of water from the pump in a feat of early data science that is heralded as a milestone in public health. It's literally a textbook example of the link between disease and population density - a link that's becoming even more important today as the world undergoes a dramatic process of urbanization.

And it's no longer just contaminated wells we need to worry about, but wallto-wall housing; poorly built, densely packed homes; unchecked informal development; insufficient infrastructure; and readily accessible international travel that can quickly carry life-threatening illnesses across continents and oceans.

Crammed and connected About 4 billion people - 55 percent of the global population - now live in what are considered urban areas; the United Nations expects that number to grow to more than 6 billion by 2050. Much of this growth is happening in countries such as India, China and Nigeria, where rural residents are flocking to cities at the same time cities are seeing their populations multiply from within.

Such urbanization is hailed by many as a positive development: Planners and social scientists have argued for decades that denser concentrations of people lead to more efficient use of resources, reduced impact on the environment and a generally more sustainable form of development.

But the concentration of people can also mean a greater risk of exposure to pathogens and a higher likelihood that infectious diseases will spread.

In Brazil, for example, an outbreak of the Zika virus is causing major concerns about public health as Rio de Janeiro prepares to host the Olympics in August. Spread to humans by mosquitoes and between humans through bodily fluids, the virus has proven to be a pernicious urban

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The City Resilience Framework provides a lens to understand the complexity of cities and the drivers that contribute to their resilience. To further friendly competition, the foundation has launched the 100 Resilient Cities Centennial Challenge, inviting individuals around the world to participate.

Even smaller towns in the Lone Star S t a t e a r e s e t t i n g n e w r e c o r d s.

Georgetown, the rapidly growing retirement mecca of about 47,000, recently became the third city in the nation to adopt a policy of 100 percent renewable energy use.

As Georgetown Mayor Dale Ross explained: "When you have fossil fuel The City of Rio generation for electricity, it takes a lot more water than wind and solar. We've been under drought conditions with half- New Orleans in 2005, the city has made Olympics is alive in cities.

He concluded with a plea: "Let's do it for empty reservoirs in recent years, so some phenomenal green achievements.

(Download the Resilient New Orleans Tuvalu. For if we save Tuvalu, we save the switching helps our environment."

Also, "if you have clean energy like solar Strategy here.) However, for some world." That this chain of densely and wind, then when that power is American cities, resilience is not about populated oceanic islands standing a mere generated, you're putting fewer particles in achieving recognition so much as survival. 3 meters above sea level is among the first "New Orleans one day may be like countries to release a climate action plan the air, and that's certainly good for the Venice, a historic city surrounded by open since the Paris Agreement demonstrates environment." water," said Smith. "What we've done in the potential of smaller players to play a As the leader of a largely conservative community, Ross focuses on water New Orleans draws on ideas from around substantive role in changing the cultural tide. conservation and economic development the country and around the world."

Recalling that jazz was invented in New As the Olympics progress, some opportunities in supporting renewable Orleans by drawing on ideas from other competitors will emerge as victors. From energy generation.

"A lot of quality U.S. companies in the places and combining them in original Team USA's cadre of 555 competitors to high-tech sector have robust green ways, Smith added, "Everyone working in Tuvalu's team of one, all participants will policies and are looking for places either to resilience has to improvise, but that come away from the contest with the expand or to relocate their operations in improvisation can produce beautiful distinction of being Olympians, even if they don't win a medal. But in the contest areas where renewable energy is available results."

That spirit is also alive in Tuvalu, the of climate change, there are no winners; and affordable," he said.

Architect Z Smith, principal and sinking nation whose plight I first learned there are simply some that will succumb director of sustainability and building about in reviewing the 2010 documentary before others.

The spirit that compelled 195 countries performance for New Orleans-based "Climate Refugees." In his speech at design studio Eskew+Dumez+Ripple, COP21, Tuvalu Prime Minister Enele to sign the Paris Agreement and 206 said, "Looking at resilience nationally, we Sopoaga urged other heads of state and countries to compete in the 2016 see each threat is different but themes are government to strive for a global Olympics is alive in cities. Such gusto for the same." He noted this at Sustainable temperature goal of below 1.5 degrees setting and goals and being accountable to Celsius relative to pre-industrial levels. a global community is vital, as cities will be Showcase 2016.

"Tuvalu's future at current warming is held responsible for much of the While cities may pursue resilience for already bleak. Any further temperature implementation of Paris Agreement goals. different reasons, those that are Fortunately, when cities and their proactive can enjoy what Smith citizens use the spirit of friendly calls the "resilience benefit," competition to save energy and the which encapsulates the health, environment, everyone wins. wellness and financial benefits that accompany efforts toward climate change adaptation, disaster preparedness and economic inclusivity.

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increase will spell the total demise of Tuvalu," said Sopoaga.

The spirit that compelled 195 countries to sign the Paris Agreement and 206 countries to compete in the 2016

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Dangote begins construction of concrete roads in Nigeria

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angote Industries Construction of concrete roads in Nigeria beginsLimited has kicked off the construction of first concrete roads in Nigeria.

According to the transport ministry the construction will involve major roads in lagos , Bauchi, Kogi, Kaduna and Ogun.

Speaking in a press event in Nigeria recently Chairman of Dangote Cement, Aliko Dangote said the government of Nigeria should consider the technology to improve on the current Infrastructure and called upon other Africa countries to adapt the same.

"We want to ensure that all roads in Africa are constructed using the technology that is on the boom in the developing world nations and that sees most of the roads last for a longer period" he added.

Besides being very cheap, he said concrete roads are more durable and that maintenance cost is near zero, stressing it would be to the benefit of Nigerians and the government to embrace the option.

"We are pushing for Nigeria to do concrete roads. It is cheaper to do a concrete road that will last 50 years than a

bitumen road. It will also help in eliminating corruption because if you build a bitumen road, it will have to be adequately maintained, unlike a concrete road that is very durable," said Dangote.

According to Dangote Nigeria government is capable of using the technology in all its road projects that will come up as they have the funds and the technology at hand.

"All we want is to ensure that the transport sector is streamlined by having steady roads that are capable of lasting for longer period of time" he added.

The giant cement supplier in Africa also called upon all other nations in the continent to ensure that they are not left behind the technology that is expected to change the game in the construction industry.

Road infrastructure in Africa Plans to construct concrete roads Nigeria began last years when when Dangote called on Nigeria to consider constructing roads using concrete. Road infrastructure in Africa continues to remain the highest investment sector for many countries.It is seen as a major economic catalyst.

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onstruction of Kenya's first double decker highway has received the much needed impetus after the World Bank agreed to finance the project.

The highway is aimed at decongesting the city.

The road, Kenya's first double decker highway, is expected to link Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) and NairobiNakuru highway. Construction is set to begin by the end of 2016.

According to Peter Mundinia the directorgeneral at Kenya National Highways Authority (KeNHA) the government of Kenya recently signed an agreement with the World Bank to finance the construction of the highway.

"We are now in a commitment to ensure that we see the project running as we have already signed a pack agreement with the World bank to give us Sh38 billion project and we expect to finalise discussions by December," he added.

He said the idea came about after realizing that Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta was becoming more busy and there was need to ensure that "we improve the infrastructure."

He added that the elevated dual carriageway is to be built in three major phases as the first one will begin with the first 6.5 kilometres running from JKIA to Likoni Road and the Southern bypass interchange.

The second stretch (12 km) will connect Likoni Road to James Gichuru Road junction on Waiyaki Way in Westlands, while the last section will run from James Gichuru Road to Rironi, on Nairobi-Nakuru highway.

He added that the KeNHA had already announced for the tender and they expect China's Wu Yi to carry it and they are in final tal to pave way for ground-breaking while designs for the first two sections are being finalized.

Motorists using the express road will pay a fee to escape the current heavy jams, especially on Mombasa Road.

"The express road will be subject to toll charges, estimated to stand at between Sh500 and Sh1,000 for convenience to those in a hurry," said Transport secretary James Macharia. "It is a matter of choice and those who don't want to pay will continue using the current roads," he added.

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transmission of our values depends on a broad concept of sustainability."

Sustainability is not a 'nice to have,' but 'an indispensable part of the Olympic philosophy.'

While a greener games won't mitigate Brazil's severe deforestation and other environmental problems, the event's achievements can raise the bar for future venues to meet or exceed. Just as Ledecky benefitted from the example of a Phelps, g reener cities are the result of commitment, discipline, adaptability and the willingness to learn from others.

The 10-year planning journey and subsequent infrastructure improvements necessary for becoming a host city also make these metropolises more resilient.

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g ypt's minister of housing Moustafa Madbouli has said that the value of social housing projects that have been set up in Egypt is approximated at US$10 billion.

The minister who was speaking during a press conference that was held at the ministry of international cooperation added that the Mortgage Finance Fund is de pending on self-financing to implement its projects, adding that the government has set aside US$112.6 million in this financial year.

The minister said that the Ministry of Housing has successfully undertaken 180.000 housing units; in addition, it is currently putting up 351.000 housing units. This has led to an increase in the number to 531 units according the President of Egypt Abdelfattah al-Sisi directives to put up 600.000 social housing units.

The minister said that some additional housing units will be done by the end of the current year while other housing units will be done by next April and June.

While Egypt has been facing difficult economic conditions in past few years the real estate industry has been so resilient.

With a total population of over 90 million people, the countries government in partnership with the private developers can't put up housing units fast enough to fulfil the increasing demand. Currently

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there is over 3 million units gap for housing units so the growth of the sector is set to continue.

This year has also experienced a greater increase in demand for residential housing units with several projects selling out just within days of going on sale. This increase in demand is as a result of continued currency uncertainty in the country and investors preferring to invest their money in real estate as opposed to leaving it idle in the banking system.

However cost effective materials, land registrations and home financing are still significant hurdles that are negatively affecting the profitability of developers and need to be addressed.

Housing Egypt intends to identify the opportunities for both the public and private sector available in the housing market as well as the solutions that can be applied to circumvent their challenges.

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he 2016 Summer Olympics ended in Rio de Janeiro and left a new page in the cities urban story. Rio's road to sustainability has had its hurdles, but the megacity's experiences will inform the sustainability efforts of future host cities.

After all, achieving milestones while identifying potential for growth is one of the Olympics' great value drivers.

Today's Olympic achievements also inspire tomorrow's success, as the radiant picture of 9-year old Katie Ledecky getting Michael Phelps's autograph demonstrates.

Among the noble sentiments that the games stirs in societies around the world, friendly global competition and disciplinedriven inspiration are forces that are also fueling the movement for urban resilience, a term that both transcends and includes sustainability.

The sheer scale of Rio 2016 and its accompanying environmental challenges put sustainability on the public's agenda as few events can.

Whether for an event or a city, the push toward resilience must come from a catalyst (think the team behind the team).

The sheer scale of Rio 2016 and its accompanying environmental challenges put sustainability on the public's agenda as few events can.

Now the Rockefeller Foundation is catalyzing urban resilience in more than 100 cities around the world. The lessons

they're learning will improve the odds for every city that aspires to go for the green.

From greener games to greener cities Rio 2016's strides in sustainability are largely the result of a commitment by the International Olympics Committee (IOC), which supports more than 10,000 athletes from 206 countries, and for the first time a "refugee nation," plus multitudes of stakeholders.

The IOC's website lists some key achievements, including a mention that Rio 2016, through a partnership with Dow, boasts the most comprehensive carbon program in Olympic Games history (and that's after the carbon-neutral London Games).

Looking ahead, the IOC's strategic roadmap Olympic Agenda 2020 addresses the future of the Olympic Games with a new approach to the host city selection process. Cities will be required to identify post-games legacy uses for all permanent venues to ensure that games-related investments deliver positive, long-term benefits for local populations.

"We put a stronger focus on sustainability, legacy and transparency and make it easier for host cities to tailor games that meet their needs rather than trying to fit a template," said IOC President Thomas Bach. He added that sustainability is not a "nice to have," but "an indispensable part of the Olympic p h i l o s o p hy, s i n c e t h e e f f e c t ive

Catalyzing urban resilience worldwide World-class athletes can come from anywhere and find an opportunity to use their talents in the Olympics. Similarly, cities not known for being conventionally e nv i r o n m e n t a l l y r e s p o n s i b l e a r e strengthening their muscle in the new sport of urban resilience.

In this contest, "El Paso wants to establish the value of a desert ecosystem," said Nicole Ferrini, chief resilience officer for the city of El Paso at this summer's North Texas Sustainable Showcase 2016.

City Resilience, as Ferrini defines it, is the capacity of individuals, communities, institutions and businesses within a city to survive, adapt and thrive no matter what kind of chronic stresses and acute shocks they may experience. As a desert city, El Paso faces consequences of increasing heat. Four people have died of extreme heat this summer in El Paso.

In Dallas, inequality is one of most critical challenges.

"We have a $52 billion health care industry in North Texas, but we have the highest rate of uninsured people," said Chief Resilience Officer Theresa O'Donnell, who also began her position as part of the Rockefeller 100. Alongside her efforts to bolster the built environment, O'Donnell is emphasizing inclusive economic development in Dallas' roadmap to resilience.

Cities in Texas may seem like underdogs compared to sustainability heavyweights such as San Francisco and New York City, but as members of the 100RC network, Ferrini and O'Donnell have a track to run on in their race to resilience.

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REAL ESTATE

TELECOMS: Big Data Continued

REALTY BOLD ENTRY Gilanis makes foray into real estate with 14-storey building

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he Gilanis group of companies is currently constructing a 14 storey commercial building in Nakuru,

Kenya The Operations Director at Gilanis Real Estate Company, Mr. Faiz Gilani confirmed the reports and said that they are targeting middle and high end clients from across the country.

"We are targeting high-end clients and we already have bookings from different towns like Nairobi, Nyeri and Nakuru," said Mr. Gilani, Once complete, the new building will change the face of real estate in Nakuru as it will be the tallest containing some unique features like 42 offices and three basement level parking unlike the other buildings in the town which have converted their basement parking into trading floors.

The basement of the new development which is dubbed Tower One will strictly be used as parking space for the more than 400 clients who will occupy space in the building.

The building sits on 8,200 square feet of land and is it has Grade A office space which have so far been the preserve of buildings in the capital city, Nairobi.

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Exceptional features Other exceptional features of the building are that the finishing contains a marble and granite finish and the lifts are fitted with transparent glass which makes it more attractive and apart from that, each floor has at least three balconies with open space to allow natural sunlight enter.

The 10th floor is a penthouse office block made exclusively from glass and is ringed by a balcony where clients can take a walk around it while relaxing.

At the moment, at least 16 per cent of the office block has been booked by investors for business with many others still making inquiries.

The Gilanis family has an interesting history whereby they ventured into business with an undersized retail shop in Nakuru which has been formed to handle its real estate projects. After doing retail and wholesale business for more than 40 years, they decided to shift into the real estate business hence constructing the massive building in the town.

They also ventured into the transport and hospitality industry and has huge warehouses in Nakuru's industrial area.

continuation of this trend, we are going to see that conducting analysis on datasets become considerably simpler, we have already seen software that has a drag and drop analysis option available on tablets which is useable by almost anybody.

This comes not only from the needs of the untrained, but because we are still in the midst of a skills gap in the data scientist market, meaning that companies need to look at how they can leverage their data without necessarily having the skills in house to do so.

Therefore we have these pieces of software that can do relatively simple analysis for companies, but for the more complex analysis needed we are likely to see this being outsourced to companies who have the expertise. This is likely to be a growth area in 2016 and we already have a number of companies leading the way in this regard.

Data In The Hands Of The Masses Data is no longer just something being discussed in boardrooms and laboratories at the highest levels. Every day people get out of bed and look at the data collected on their sleep patterns, investigate what they are spending money on through apps or even just looking at the possession and running stats from their favourite sports teams. Data is now everywhere in our society, which means that the general population is becoming increasingly clued up on using it.

It is not to say that the general population are going to suddenly become data scientists, but it means that the kind of data shared can become more complex as the understanding of it across a population increases. When discussing important matters, informed discussions can be had with data rather than conjecture. There will still be many who throw themselves at things with blind faith and gut instinct, but 2016 will see a growing segment of the population who can engage with matters through data in a way that they never could before, both through increased access and understanding of it.

FOR SAFER WATER Africa awaits major water crisis, statistics

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vailability to safe and clean drinking water is still a major challenge that many African countries are facing. Recent statistics indicate that around 800 million people still can't access safe and clean water, while around 2.5 billion can't access improved sanitation.

This means there is a major water crisis in waiting unless governments take a united stand in prioritizing water security management and improved sanitation. Nearly 98 per cent of the affected population are found in the third world countries especially in Africa, which accounts for nearly 40 per cent of the population.

According to stakeholders and water experts, for Africa to achieve sustainable development on sanitation and water security, the governments need to develop proper financing mechanisms, taking into account huge funding requirements for the sector.

Others propose that governments in Africa should wipe out corruption in the sector to make sure that the resources allocated are efficiently used and direct their focus on the significant results of scientific research to

underpin the solutions of the challenges facing the water sector.

Recently, over 1000 participants from both the public and private sectors, researchers as well as development partners from all over Africa and beyond converged in Dar es Salaam to commemorate the 6th Africa Water Week organized by African Ministers' Council on Water (AMCOW).

With the theme "Achieving the Sustainable Development Goal (SGD) on Water Security and Sanitation," the event created an opportunity for the stakeholders in the water sector to discuss and collectively get lasting solutions concerning water security management and sanitation in Africa.

The government of Tanzania has taken significant to improve water access in the country where by at present, people in the rural areas access

the water by 65 per cent while those in urban areas the access to water is 75 per cent.

Eng Gerson Lwenge, the Minister for Water and Irrigation, said that the government of Tanzania has placed a lot of priority on the water sector by set aside 1tril/- in this year budget to, make sure that the people can access clean and safe water by 100 per cent in 2025.

Speaking when he officially opened the 6th Africa Water Week, Prime Minister of Tanzania Kassim Majaliwa said that Tanzania places a high level of importance to the water sector. He stressed the government's commitment and dedication to continue placing a lot of priority to management of water resources and sanitation according to the national plan.

Mr Majaliawa noted that access to clean and safe water is still a big challenge affecting many African countries, more so the rural population, hence through the conference the countries will jointly seek sustainable solutions concerning water security management and sanitation.

The premier appealed to African governments to address the challenges affecting the water sector such as shortage of human resource and capital investment if Africa is to achieve meaningful cooperation and sustainable development.

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THE SEASONED PROFESSIONAL ESV. AYODELE GBADEBO SANGOSANYA, FNIVS, seasoned and experience built environment professionalhas consistently project the leadership quality and transparent practice that inspire professional colleague, young andold to greater heights

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attended many courses locally and abroad, seasoned corporate property including senior and general management manager and administrator who courses. has seen 50 years of service in In 1975, the United Bank for Africa the profession of estate (UBA) noted the development in UAC management in Nigeria, was born at (Property Management-Wise) and Ijebu-Ode in 1938. ESV. Ayodele decided to have a Corporate Property Gbadebo Sangosanya, attended Olu-Iwa Department. Mr. Sangosanya was invited College (now Adeola Odutola College) to head the Department but having been Ijebu-Ode where he finished in 1957. He with UAC for about ten years he hesitated wanted to be a Land Surveyor, a until April 1976 when he decided to take profession that was well-known at the the appointment after much persuasion. time and this led him to Federal Surveys He was with UBA for a period of 18 Tafawa Balewa, Lagos in 1958, and was years and was head throughout the period, he trained as a Leveller at Akure Federal rising from Property Manager to Asst.

Government Establishment before General Manager (Property) to Deputy being posted out to the field.

General (Resources) and Alternate In October 1961, he travelled to the Director (General Resources) in 1988. He U.K in search of the "Golden Fleece" also attended a number of overseas high and as he was looking for where to train grade Institutions / attachments in in Land Surveying he was persuaded to Europe and U.S.A. He chose to retire in read Estate Management by a Lecturer in ESV. AYODLE SANGOSANYA, FNIVS April 1994 having headed the Property Land Surveying. Between 1962 & 1965 Dept/ Property Div / Subsector from he completed the B.Sc (Est. Man.) 1976. At the time he was Deputy General Manager (Special London degree in estate management.

Whilst waiting for his result, he was invited by Unilever Ltd Duties) and the edifice UBA House was the last project he London for an interview in August 1965. It was at the interview supervised to completion in 1994. Currently he is the Managing that he was informed that he was being recruited for UAC Nigeria Partner, A. G. Sangosanya & Co., a firm of Estate Surveyors & Ltd. He was shocked because he was still waiting for the result of Valuers.

During his stay in the above companies, and despite the heavy the final examination. He was assured that he would pass his final workload he served The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors examination based on their assessment of him at the interview.

Indeed he was successful and continued with Unilever Ltd & Valuers virtually from inception (1969) in many capacities until Property Department where he had already been placed under a he became the National President in 1988 at the Annual seasoned and elderly Fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Conference held in Akure. He continues to offer his services to the Surveyors. The training took six months before he found himself Institution up till date.

At the same period he participated in the activities of FIABCI in Lagos with UAC of Nigeria Property Division by March, 1966.

Because of the good salary he was given, it did not occur to him (International Real Estate Federation) by attending congresses in that he should apply to RICS/NIEVS to become an Associate of many parts of the Western World and the Far East. About 30 years both Institutions until 1968. Some years later he became a Fellow ago in Singapore he was chairman of a plenary session during of both Institutions. Between 1966 and 1971 he was placed under which he presented a paper on the Nigerian situation at the time. expatriates who were Fellows of the Royal Institution of He was at one time Chairman of Real Estate Financing Committee Chartered Surveyors. The three expatriate Chartered Surveyors of the body in Paris.

Five years ago he was amongst a few recognized for having succeeded themselves one by one. attended two Congresses in the same country (Taiwan) within 25 ESV. Sangosanya acted as Northern Property Manager Kaduna, Ag. Eastern Property Manager, Port-Harcourt and Ag. Western years, first in 1986 and the second in 2011. He was appointed a Property Manager Ibadan between 1968 and 1971 before member of FIABCI delegation to the United Nations about returning to Lagos. Towards the end of 1971, the post of twenty-five years ago, and in the absence of the head of delegation ESTATE SURVEYOR was Nigerianised and he became the first (Nigeria) in Australia in 1988 he led Nigeria's team (March-past) which attracted a loud applause for his beautiful Nigerian attire.

Nigerian ESTATE SURVEYOR, and Property Adviser for UAC. Between 2010 and 2013, he was the Chairman of the Estate Between 1971 and 1976 he rose to the position of Planning and Development Coordinator (Estates) under an expatriate General Surveyors & Valuers Registration Board of Nigeria. He raised the Manager who was not a Chartered Surveyor, and acted as General fortune of the board by visiting (with the Registrar) virtually all Manager (Property Division) in 1974. During his stay in UAC he State Branches of The Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors & 10 | www.cedmagazineng.com June 2016

TELECOMS the Ashley Madison hack to the TalkTalk hack, it has shown up that companies could do more to protect their data.

2016 will therefore see an increased scrutiny on how data is dealt with and protected. This will also come at a time when many countries around at the world are looking at implementing new data protection and data access laws, meaning that the waters are going to become increasingly muddied.

Within this, companies will need to increase their security spending, improve database safety and prepare for seismic changes in the way that hackers work. It is going to be a difficult year for data security, but it will build the foundation on which future stable and We take our annual look at what we think the next 12 months bring robust datawill security is created.

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ow are your data initiatives shaping up? Join over 800 data experts to find out at the Big Data Innovation

Summit As we are coming towards the end of 2015 we have seen a considerable amount of change in big data and its perception. We believe that 2016 is going to throw even more up for the industry, so we are taking a look at what we think are going to be the top trends in the next 12 months.

Quantum Computing To Grow The concept of quantum computing has been around for a long time, but has always been seen as something that we are going to see become a real possibility in some undefined future.

However, 2016 may be when its use becomes more commonplace.

After recent work by Australian researchers at the University of NSW it has become possible to code the machines in a more cohesive and understandable way. They have managed to entangle a pair of qubits for the first time, allowing for more complex coding to be created and therefore the use of quantum computers to potentially become more widespread.

2016 will not see the use of quantum

computing becoming common, but its presence within data will become far more pronounced and some of the more experimental and forward thinking tech giants may begin to use it more frequently.

AI & Machine Learning As the IoT moves steadily along the Gartner Hype Cycle, one of its most powerful foundations is going to become increasingly important and companies are likely to adopt machine learning and AI within their own systems.

It will allow devices to automatically collect, store and analyze data, of which there will again be a huge increase in the next 12 months. Through the use of both AI and Machine learning, it becomes possible for these huge amounts of information to be processed, stored and mined without needing human interactions to do so. It creates the ultimate tool for modern data driven organizations and 2016 will see even more businesses realize this.

Improved Security Scrutiny Data in 2015 has been in the media spotlight, but not for the ways that many would want. Unfortunately, the data hacks have become more common than many would have predicted, from

Big Data To Become Small This is a two fold prediction.

Firstly the use of masses of data as an indicator of success will turn to the quality of the data being collected. This will mean that the variety for each company is likely to decrease, but the specific data that will be collected will become far more efficient, useful and plentiful. As companies realize that most of what they collect isn't being used and just taking up storage space, this will become more apparent and the use of this data will come under increased scrutiny.

Secondly, the term big data is likely to become used more infrequently as a business function, instead this is likely to be broken down into the sum of its parts. Database management and data science technically fall under the same category at the moment, when the reality is that they are different.

Companies are likely to realize this and use the term as a catch all rather than a function in itself.

Analytics To Be Simplified & Outsourced We have seen the use of new data visualization and automation software breaking down the barriers between the data initiated and uninitiated. Through a

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SUSTAINABILITY

requires project teams to develop unique methods to reduce energy consumption through a tiered-goal system - prioritizing the owner's mission critical goals, followed by financial objectives and rounded out by an overall, highly beneficial target.

Multifaceted problems require multifaceted solutions Project teams typically work towards energy efficiency goals with several dimensions - rarely is a solution engineered that focuses on one particular technology or strategy. As such, it's important for project teams to have access to the right resources that allow them to determine the course of action likely to result in an optimally performing building.

Resources can be in the form of peer networks, such as the 2030 Districts initiative, which focuses on supporting major metropolitan areas in their sustainability endeavors through partnerships between public and private entities, or they can take the form of tools developed specifically for project teams in the buildings sector.

The Retail Industry Leaders Association, in partnership with the Institute for Market Transformation and Ecology Action, recently launched such resources in the External

ZERO ENERGY BUILDING shows that rising awareness regarding bio-based green building materials and supportive government regulations are likely to propel growth during the forecast period.

Additionally, technological advancements in manufacturing processes such as compression modeling, injection molding, and extrusion are likely to have a positive impact on growth throughout the next eight years, with North America dominating the market.

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Financing Guide and the SMART Scale platform, respectively.

The SMART Scale platform, developed through funding provided by the DOE, is intended for use by administrators of small- and mediumbusiness energy efficiency programs and is designed to help them achieve an average of 20 percent energy savings per building by offering a set of measures, integrated financing tools and expedited project measurement and verification (M&V). The platform aims to propagate expertise of the already sophisticated commercial energy services market ensuring that its professionals are super-efficient, smart grid-ready and zero energy-capable.

These tools all help with achieving zero energy - the unstipulated, although increasingly accepted, ultimate goal of sustainable building. Zero energy is a target which many energy service organizations in the industry are working to prepare their professionals for. Project teams are mindful of it throughout the design and construction process, taking time to incorporate components and building strategies that result in a building with hardware and engineering in place to readily accept renewable energy installations.

The future important for the construction industry and a major source of innovation.

One advanced example is scientists have started shrinking sensors from millimeters or microns in size to the nanometer scale-making them small enough to mix directly into construction materials.

However, there are still challenges associated with using these type of advances on the construction jobsite today.

"The issue with ABM, as with many other innovations, is that they require a higher upfront investment and they still lack a clear track record compared to traditional building materials," says Witthoeft. "Therefore, it is key to develop competencies on these new materials and create value proofs to

Zero energy building may be seen as a daunting challenge. However, a closer look reveals that many projects working to improve building performance and reduce energy related costs, as well as adverse impacts on the environment, are already a good portion of the way there.

The application of advanced controls strategies to mitigate energy use and costs based on Energy Management and Information Systems (EMIS) data, use of emerging technologies, welldeveloped finance plans and taking an integrated and continued whole building approach to projects will revolutionize building portfolios.

The end result? A building stock capable of generating enough power to operate based on renewable energy, as well as feed operational savings back into its revenue streams to make additional infrastructural improvements, all while feeding surplus power back onto the power grid.

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convince and better advise clients."

Addressing the value of eco-friendly building materials, Berk of EcoSupply Center says the short-term benefit is better IAQ (indoor air quality) for the c o m p o n e n t s a n d b e t t e r wo r k performance and health outcomes, while the long-term benefits are lower energy use and less impact on the environment.

In the end, the building materials used on a project can have a long-term influence for the project owner.

Smarter, more sustainable building materials are available today. Now, it is time for the construction industry to identify how to best leverage them

LEGACY DRIVEN PRACTICE ARC. GABRIEL YAKUBU ADUKU, RIBA, FNIA, PPNIA, OON (Amana Ogohi 1 Ata-Igala is a one time federal minister of health and a professional that has impacted positively and invested heavily in human capital and professional development

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architect of the controversial, 13% hief Gabriel Yakubu Aduku, derivation formula embedded in the FNIA, PPNIA, OON. A 1999 National Constitution) of the Fellow and a past President 1994/95 Constitutional Conference. of the Nigerian Institute of Recently Nigerian Minister of State, Architects, currently a Health and inducted into the Nigerian's member of the Board of Trustee of the Construction Industry Hall of Fame.

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Since 1989 has been a very active A Chartered Architect and a Past participant in partisan politics of President of Architect Registration Nigeria.

Council of Nigeria. A Prime Consultant His varied contributions to the and Executive Chairman of a reputable economic, social and political growth of Architectural Practice - Archcon Nigeria, Igala Kingdom and the Nation, established over three decades. Was once m eri to ri o usl y ea r n ed h i m th e a Council Member of the International Traditional Title of Amana-Ogohi 1Union of Architects (UIA). A one-time Ata Igala and the National Honours Chairman, Nigerian Merchant Bank Award of the Officer of the Order of Limited, United Nigerian Insurance the Niger (OON). His philanthropic Company Plc. (UNIC) and Lower River ARC. GABRIEL ADUKU, FNIA gesture is cheerfully acknowledged in Basin Development Authority. An elected many needy circles.

Married and blessed with children.

Member and Chairman, Revenue Allocation Committee (the Valuers (excluding the areas threatened / occupied by BOKO HARAM). He launched the first Newsletter of the board for the purpose of keeping members informed of the activities of the board. He also introduced to the board the need to adopt “ESV� to make members better known in the country and to attract recognition amongst other professional bodies. This idea was well received by the President of the Institution at the time who gave his nod before it was introduced to the generality of members of the Institution who received the idea overwhelmingly.

ESV. Sangosanya is a prolific writer and has presented professional and technical papers at various fora on a wide range of topics including economic utilization of resources, housing, property development, property/management/maintenance, corporate property management etc. He was a former Guest Lecturer, the Financial Institution Training Centre and Lagos State Government Civil Service Fora. He was chairman of First State Holdings that produced the Nigerian Building Industry Annual (1991) and the Construction Industry Annual (1992). He is the author of the Estate Surveyor & Valuer in the Nigeria's Socio-economic Development Process & Corporate Property Management & Administration.

He has participated in the deliberations of many b o d i e s / c o m m i t t e e s s e t u p b y government/parastatals/professional bodies in respect of policies for the betterment of the society e.g. location of the new Federal Capital, Abuja, Land Use Decree, etc. He also has practiced the profession of Estate Management for 50 years and has continued to offer and share his experiences with his colleagues especially the younger ones.

ESV. Sangosanya was inducted into Nigeria's Construction Industry Hall of Fame in 2011, Construction and Engineering Digest (CED Magazine). He served as a member of the Technical Advisory Committee off the Nigerian Building & Road Research Institute in the early 90s and Chairman of a session on Land Use Decree under the auspices of the Nigerian Law Reform Commission.

Apart from his Professional utilitarian roles, ESV Sangosanya's services have been demanded by many services and charitable organizations. A few of them are membership of Tai Solarin University of Education Trust Foundation, Ijebu-Ode, Grand Patron, the Boys' & Girls' Brigade, Board of Lagos Mainland Diocese (Anglican Diocese) as Adviser on properties, Board of Governors Adeola Odutola College Foundation, the Cathedral Church of Our Saviour Building Committee, Ijebu-Ode. Others include presidency of the Rotary Club of Onigbongbo, Maryland, Ikeja, Cathedral Church of Our Saviour, Ijebu-Ode, Adeola Odutola College, Old Students Association, and Patron of a number of Church Societies.

He has capped it all by being a beneficiary of marry merit awards from social, clerical and professional bodies. His dream is always to leave a place better than he met it. Consequently, in all leadership positions he served he has always been guided by it. His hobbies include watching live football matches and playing table tennis.

ESV. A. G. Sangosanya is happily married to Mrs. Adenike Omolola Sangosanya who has been a pillar of support to him and they are blessed with successful children, and grandchildren.

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development. He also worked with planning research corporation (Nigeria) Ltd., as an associate consultant to the TPL. MOSES OLUBUNMI AJAYI, FNITP, PPNITP, RTP is regarded in company; there he participated in the the industry as the perfect practitioner with strong knowledge of the built planning and infrastructure development environment’s challenges and solution and he is always on top of the game of Onne new town and Aladja Steel Township. He was also the project manager for the ar ticipator y planning design and preliminar y remains one of the best engineering of Mabushi ways to practice this noble District of FCT, Abuja Phase profession, all because of its II development. huge advantage over all other Tpl. Ajayi, was an associate methodolog y in planning consultant to some of his practice. Tpl. Moses Olubunmi colleagues, such as Adeboye Ajayi, Past President of the Sonaike and Company, City Nigerian Institute of Town th Beautiful Associates, where Planners, was born on 9 he participated in the federal December, 1948 at Odo-Ona, housing prog ramme in Ibadan, Oyo State where he had Plataeu State and the Master his primary education. He later Plan for Ipaja new town, proceeded to Baptist high Lagos. Because of his zeal for School, Iree for his secondary teaching, he was a part time school education and obtained lecturer at yaba College of Higher School Certificate (HSC) Technology (1978 – 1980) and at Olivet High School, Oyo. He Lagos State University, Ojo later in 1968, gained admission to (1998).

University of Ibadan to study Tpl. Olubunmi Ajayi, is one Geography and graduated in of those town planners who 1971 with Bachelor of Science believe in themselves and the Degree in Geography. profession, he established his In 1972, Bunmi Ajayi consultant fir m, Molaj proceeded to Federal School of Consultants in 1979 and to Sur veying, Oyo where he date the firm has done obtained pre-diploma in tremendously well in the Surveying and because of his profession, most especially in TPL. MOSES OLUBUNMI AJAYI, FNITP quest to know more on his urban master planning, choosing profession, he went to the University of Sydney, Australia in 1973 for his Masters structure planning and urban renewal studies. He has also carried programme and graduated with Masters in Town and Country out an outstanding infrastructural development study for the World Bank in Niger State, site and service programmes for the Planning in 1974. federal, state and local government. He had also done some His professional career practice started in 1971, when he was engaged as a pupil surveyor with the federal surveys department institutional master plan which includes master plan for Osun and worked for five years and in 1975, he joined the federal State College of Technology, Esa-Oke, and Osun State ministry of economic development as a planning officer grade 1 Polytechnic, Iree to mention but few. He is also a master in at the regional development division of the central planning residential and industrial schemes planner, some of those done office and in the capacity, he was responsible for housing, town were Idi-Igba for Oyo State, master plan for Bwari Satellite and country planning policies for Nigeria. He was part of the Town, FCT, Abuja, structural plan for Onitsha, Anambra State team that wrote the regional development section of the 4th for the UN-HABITAT (2008 – 2009), urban renewal projects includes Idi-Araba for Lagos State Urban Renewal Board, Badia National Development Plan.

– East and Oto, Mainland LGA, Lagos State.

While at the ministry, TPL. Ajayi was the secretary of the Other major areas he is specialized in are recreational scheme, management meeting and had also represented the permanent environmental impact analysis/assessment reports, and secretary on the federal registration board, federal tenders' board technical reports on land and building matters, advocacy and the board of the federal housing authority. planning such as scheme for Oko-Baba Sawmill Estate.

On retirement from the civil service, TPl. Ajayi joined Tpl. Bunmi Ajayi's skills in this profession has no bounds as he Onakanmi and Partners, an estate surveyor and valuers firm in has carried out programmes for capacity building training for 1976 as planning and development executives, he was in charge various ministry of state and local government alike. He has of planning and development unit of the office, also carried out feasibility reports for commercial, industrial and residential

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SUSTAINABILITY: The Future of Building Materials

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magine a construction jobsite without 3D printers, robots, and drones. Instead, there are simply building materials that are able to take shape on their own, helping build the jobsite of the future.

While this reality is certainly a ways off-and 3D printers, robots, and drones are becoming more common on a construction jobsite-the opportunity for new types of materials also exists and is becoming more of a reality today.

Consider new research on Photoresponsive Liquid Crystalline Epoxy Networks with Shape Memory Behavior and Dynamic Ester Bonds.

This research is identifying how materials that are photoresponsive have the ability to shift shape, undergo optical healing, and be reprocessed.

Because of active response, the orientation of the liquid crystals can be adjusted to tailor the mechanical behavior.

This is simply one example of how materials are evolving-and will ultimately impact the construction jobsite of the future.

How contractors and builders use new materials via technological innovation and advances in material science will ultimately reinvent the construction industry.

Today, suppliers are reengineering the process for creating a greener footprint using more sustainable materials.

What's more, engineers, scientists, and designers are all working together in new, innovative ways to deliver materials that will help build projects in the field.

A Need Today Perhaps one of the big reasons why sustainability is becoming such a big priority in the construction industry today is there is a greater need than ever before to build projects that are selfsustaining-and advances in building materials can help.

"Sustainable construction technologies are becoming so

important today due to increasing scarcity of natural resources and growing awareness within the industry to take responsibility to achieving the UN's Sustainable Development Goals, Habitat III, and COP 21 objectives," says Sven Witthoeft, manager for the Future of Construction project at the World Economic Forum.

As the single largest global consumer of resources and raw materials, Witthoeft explains that the construction industry consumes about 50 percent of global steel production and, each year, 3 billion tonnes of raw materials are used to manufacture building products worldwide.

What's more, roughly 40 percent of solid waste in the United States derives from construction and demolition, he says. Additionally, throughout the world, such waste involves a significant loss of valuable materials, metals, and organic materials. Thus, there is a great opportunity to create closed material loops in a circular economy.

As for energy use, buildings are responsible for 25-40 percent of the global total, thereby contributing hugely to the release of carbon dioxide, according to Witthoeft.

With all this in mind, there is a real need to identify how advanced building materials can help deliver sustainable buildings now. The materials used on projects today will ultimately determine the value the project owner receives in the long run.

As one example, Bre innovation parks

in the United Kingdom, Brazil, China, and Canada are showcase neighborhoods that experimentally incorporate new cycle performance.

Here an insulation material, originally developed by NASA, is used in window blinds to control heat during different seasons. This type of material can save up to 40 percent of energy costs during the operations phase, according to the report from World Economic Forum called Shaping Future of Constructiona Breakthrough in Mindset and Technology.

Being able to save that type of money throughout the lifecyle of a facility is a big value add for owners-and something that contractors can deliver on projects today. The bottomline is there is a real need today to leverage smart, sustainable building materials-both in terms of environmental responsibility and delivering costs savings to the owner.

Materials Evolve The good news is materials are evolving at a rapid clip-and contractors can incorporate advanced materials into projects.

Matt Berk, CEO, Eco Supply Center, a provider of sustainable, highperformance building materials, says there aren't many materials that are truly sustainable. Rather, he explains the most exacting definition is something that despite being exploited for human use in large volumes can easily sustain those rates without much net energy use or damage to the environment when extracted or processed.

To gain a competitive advantage in the market, he suggests contractors learn about recent code changes and proper technique and planning when it comes to air sealing.

Analyst firms are also predicting growth of advanced building materials.

In a new report, Grand View Research predicts the global natural fiber composites market will reach $10.89 billion by 2024. These composites are eco-friendly materials used to provide durability and strength to the physical structures used in automotive and the construction industry. The research

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The Lewis Center for Environmental Studies at Oberlin College is a zero-energy building.

CAN ZERO-ENERGY BUILDINGS BECOME NORM?

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he energy landscape in the U.S. has been shifting towards cleaner energy sources, which is indicative of societal mindfulness of the need for sustainable development that ensures maintenance of a healthy environment for generations to come.

Despite this shift, we face domestic and international energy challenges that must be addressed in order to successfully mitigate climate change impacts as well as to ensure economic and national security.

The industry has responded with innovative solutions intended to equip the public and private sectors with the tools necessary to decrease energy consumption and increase the resiliency of communities by incorporating the use of energy efficient technology and strategies. As it turns out, buildings are a great place to start.

With buildings accounting for nearly 40 percent of the nation's energy consumption, they ser ve as a substantial part of our energy challenge, as well as a potential solution.

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With buildings accounting for nearly 40 percent of the nation's energy consumption, they ser ve as a substantial part of our energy challenge, as well as a potential solution - and a key sector on the path to a zeroenergy society.

The basics - a zero-energy building First, what exactly is zero energy? As defined by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), a zero-energy building is an energy-efficient building where,

Monica Kanojia, Consultant, U.S. Department of Energy

on a source energy basis, the actual annual delivered energy is less than or equal to the onsite renewable exported energy.

According to the 2016 Energy Efficiency Indicator (EEI) Survey published by Johnson Controls, 85 percent of respondents across regions s u r ve y e d i n d i c a t e d t h a t t h e i r organizations are paying considerably more attention to energy efficiency with 72 percent planning to increase investments in this capacity and in renewable energy.

Often what project teams fail to realize when incorporating energy efficient technology and strategies into building schematics is that they are already on the cusp of developing a zero-energy building.

A building stock capable of generating enough power with renewable energy coupled with energyefficient technology to avoid as much energy waste as possible represents an opportunity to create a resilient society.

It would be able to reallocate money from energy savings to other necessary infrastructure improvements.

Building smarter Opportunities to decrease reliance on unsustainable resources and strategies are plentiful with a variety of industry stakeholders ste pping in with innovative solutions in the marketplace.

Seventhwave is one such innovator facilitating the infusion of energy requirements within design-build contracts, also known as "performance based procurement," to support building owners who are interested in reducing energy costs, but are wary of the substantial upfront investment.

Performance-based procurement (PDF) allows owners to solicit bids from project teams that align with their energy goals, working to achieve a preestablished EUI, along with additional sustainability goals. The Seventhwave team provides technical guidance and assists owners with the establishment of energy targets before start of construction.

This distinct RFP process then

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rof. Nwilo has a B. Sc. and Vulnerability of Coastal Cities M. Sc. deg rees in of Africa to Impacts of Climate Sur veying from the Change. This is an African University of Lagos and Ph.D. Development Bank funded in Environmental Resources research work by researchers in from the University of Salford, Nigeria, Egypt and South Africa UK. He is a fellow of the (2015 - 2016).

Nigerian Institution of Some of his publications Sur veyors; A Registered include but not limited to: Sur veyor of the Federal Contributing to the WSSD Republic of Nigeria; a Member Targets on Oceans and Coasts in of the Geoinformation Society West and Central Africa: The of Nigeria; a member of the Guinea Current Large Marine American Geophysical Society; Ecosystem Project, a Member of Hydrographic Development of a Lagos Society of Nigeria and a Coastal Information System. member of the Presidential The environmental review, Task Force on Land Reform determination of land surface amongst others. temperature (LST) and potential Prof. Nwilo is a Professor of PROF. PETER C.NWILO, FNIS urban heat island effect in parts Surveying & Geoinformatics at of Lagos state using satellite the University of Lagos, the imageries, determination of land surface temperature (LST) immediate past Surveyor General of the Federation (21 and potential urban heat island effect in parts of Lagos state November 2011 - 4 May 2015). He is currently the Head of using satellite imageries. Environmental technology. the Department of Surveying and Geoinformatics at Others include conference papers like; “The Nigerian UNILAG, former Acting Head of the Department and Geocentric Datum (NGD2012): Preliminary Results. former Sub-Dean of the Postgraduate School of the Proceedings of the FIG International Conference on University.

Environment for Sustainability, held in Abuja Nigeria.�, Prof. Nwilo was at one time the pioneer General Manager Stochastic GIS cellular automata for land use change (Research Planning and Environment) at the National Inland simulation: Application of a kernel based model. Proceedings Waterways Authority, Lokoja (January 2002 - 1 March, of Geo Computation 2009 in Sydney, Australia, Predicting 2003). He was the Coordinator, GCLME/UNILAG Centre future land use change using support vector machine based for Environmental information Management System at the GIS cellular automata: A case of Lagos, Nigeria. Journal of University of Lagos, a $500,000.00 Centre set up by the sustainable development, modelling and predicting future Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem Project of urban expansion of Lagos, Nigeria from remote sensing data UNIDO. He was also a Regional Expert on EIMS for the using logistic regression and GIS. The International Journal Guinea Current Large Marine Ecosystem Project. As Head of Applied Science and Technology, Spatial Changes in the of Research, Planning and Environment at the National Wetlands of Lagos/Lekki Lagoons of Lagos, Nigeria: Inland Waterways Authority.

Interim Results for Coast GIS 2011 Conference.

Professor Nwilo hosted a workshop on Sediment and Among the coastal research works are Land Cover Pollution in the National Inland Waterways. This workshop Dynamics Associated with the Spatial Changes in the led to a publication by UNIDO with the same title in 2003.

Wetlands of Lagos/Lekki Lagoon System of Lagos, Nigeria, Some of his research works include Sea Level Variations and Spatial Changes in the Wetlands of Lagos/Lekki Lagoons of the Impacts along the Coast of Nigeria (1995); Study of the Lagos. Prof. Nwilo is married and blessed with children.

Spatial Distribution of wetlands of Lagos State (2009 We at CED Magazine celebrate you as one of the Nigeria's 2011); Study of Spawning Grounds for Fishes in the Guinea Evergreen Built Environment Professional. Congratulations!

Current Large Marine (2009).

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PROFESSIONAL STRATEGIST ON HOUSING SPEAKS THE EXPERIENCED AND INNOVATION DRIVEN BODE ADEDIJI, FNIVS, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, BODE ADEDIJI PARTNERSHIP (BAP) BELIEVES THE SOLUTION TO NIGERIA’S HOUSING CHALLENGE LIES WITHIN AND CAN BE RESOLVED WITHIN

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n this exclusive Interview with Esv. Bode Adediji, FNIVS, Past President of Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV), he speaks on the housing challenges, market situation and his idea on the possible solutions to tackle the deficits in the country. By Festus Oseji

Your practice as an Estate Surveyor & Valuer, how did it all started?

My practice as Estate Surveyor and Valuer is dated back at the time I left the University of Ife in 1979, I had and still have a clear objective that drives all my endeavours, which can be summarized as follows: Whatever you choose to do as an individual strive to be at the pinnacle of it.

In summary, my career pursuit started during my one year national youth service programme, which I had in Port Harcourt, and within a period of one year I was able to gain knowledge through the company I joined. Firstly, I worked with a firm called Knight Frank and Rutley, which at that time was the foremost real estate consulting company in Nigeria. But most evening I deliver lectures as a part time lecturer at the University of Science and Technology, Rivers State.

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everything from job costing and bidding to project management and HR. These companies and many others are recognizing the trends in this space, and are using AI as a powerful tool to capitalize on these trends. For example, AI can help with the skilled labor shortage the construction industry is currently facing. Due to a downturn in the industry, workers were either laid off or venturing into a different field.

With AI and automation, simple, redundant jobs can be left to machines, leaving the more skilled tasks to humans.

AI also plays an important role in BIM (building information modeling).

With BIM, people have access to the entire history of a building, from its birth, to the management in between, all the way until its demolition. AI and VAs come into the picture by adding a conversational interface to this knowledge. The vision would be to integrate this conversational interface with NFC (near-field communication) to give the VA access to sensors in the building itself, so if something is happening it will be known in realtime.

One scenario where this would be beneficial would be with first responders. Imagine first responders getting to a location, and the VA and NFC provides them with information pertaining to the building in realtime, allowing them to make the most appropriate decisions, quickly.

The technology is here and readily available to use. Constr uction companies have already started adopting the use of ar tificial intelligence within the field, and tech companies are starting to recognize the impact AI will have in the construction industry. As for the future, AI is still in its elementary stage. When you take a step back and look at how much growth AI still has, the possibilities are endless for AI to impact any industry.

Diego Ventura is the CEO of nohold. He can be reached at diego@nohold.com

After that I joined a robust and highly focused real estate company called Epega and Company that focus on key core competence like property development and finance, valuation and estate agency, which was where I worked and gathered the needed experience until in 1992-93 that I floated this company called Bode Adediji Partnership. This up till today is regarded as the foremost multidisciplinary professional firm in Nigeria in the field of estate management and valuation.

That is under the same roof we have a conscious policy to see ourselves as a multidisciplinary firm engaging surveyors and valuers, architects, quantity surveyors, engineers. So we bring on board a synergy that is unequal in most parts and places of Nigeria. In terms of aspiring to be a leader in the profession, I have served my institution as publicity secretary, national secretary and later I became the 19th national president of the Institution in 2010, and looking at that in the area of service I could say I feel fulfilled.

Speak briefly about your firm, background and outstanding jobs done over the years?

As a company, even though the firm was setup in 1992, I had a clear idea of what I would end up doing way back when I was at the University of Reading in United Kingdom, for my Master's

Artificial Intelligence in the Construction Industry

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he world of AI (artificial intelligence) and VAs (virtual assistants) has expanded into many different verticals, one being the construction industry. We have seen a huge jump in the use of AI within the construction space and that is a great sign for what the future holds.

When looking at how AI is being utilized within the construction space today, it can be categorized into four different perspectives: equipment, administrative, constr uction methodology, and post-construction.

From an equipment perspective, Komatsu started Smart Construction where drones are used to survey construction sites, create 3D maps, extract blueprints, and simulate construction plans. Now, processes such as these that can typically take weeks can be done in one day.

From an administration perspective, AI is being used to move toward a paperless, more streamlined industry.

For example, the exchange of information that needs to take place between architects, construction workers, and the ultimate customer can be cumbersome. PlanGrid is a program that allows people to access and exchange blueprints on different devices to create a smoother interaction between people.

One of the biggest advantages of AI is in construction methodology, especially from a safety stand point. So,

imagine you are an engineer working on developing a tunnel support system. In the past, you would have to rely on your own experience and that of those around you. Now, engineers can leverage expert systems that include evidence of designs that have been done in the past 50 or so years. These expert systems can intelligently provide suggested designs, assist in reviewing and verifying designs, and offer engineers a large set of knowledge that would otherwise be unbeknownst to them.

Lastly, AI in post-construction has been trending for a few years now in the form of smart home systems and IoT (Internet of Things). One of the major players includes Samsung C&T with its ability to control temperature, lights, electricity, locks, and robot vacuums; the list goes on and on.

In addition to the companies mentioned above, many leading brands are making significant investments further branching into the construction space. Oracle recently acquired Textura to form the Oracle Engineering and Construction Global Business Unity, which offers a comprehensive cloudbased project control and execution platform that manages all phases of engineering and construction projects, according to the company's website.

Also, SAP provides construction companies with solutions that cover

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ENERGY In sunny places solar power is now "shoulder to shoulder" with gas, coal and wind, says CĂŠdric Philibert of the International Energy Agency, a prominent forecaster. He notes that since November 2014, when Dubai awarded a project to build 200MW of solar power at less than $60 a megawatt hour (MWh), auctions have become increasingly competitive.

Some renewable-energy developers are gaining global reputations as recordbreakers. The Dubai bid was won by Acwa Power, a Saudi company that is taking big strides across the Middle East and Africa, despite the oil-rich kingdom's own half-hearted plans for solar development. In Morocco it has built the first phase of the world's largest solar-thermal plant, which is using mirrors to generate heat to drive electricity turbines. Moody's, a rating agency, says the completed plant will cut Morocco's oil-import bills by 0.3% of GDP. Let the sunshine in Italy's Enel Green Power (EGP) is also attracting attention. In February it won a tender to provide Peru with 20 years of power from solar PV at just under $48 a MWh. Just over a month later Mexico awarded it a similarly lengthy contract to generate solar power in the arid northern state of Coahuila at a price of about $40 per MWh. Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), a research firm, called it "the lowest subsidy-free solar contract we have ever seen". EGP's head of business development, Antonio Cammisecra, says there is a clear trend of falling prices. "We are trying to drive it," he says.

The main factor behind the price drop is an 80% fall in the cost of solar panels since 2010, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency, an industry body. But Mr Cammisecra says that may now be close to ending. He travelled to China this week to persuade panel manufacturers to invest more in technological improvements, in order to increase the amount of solar energy that can be converted into electricity.

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Analysts are also concerned that some providers' auction bids may be over-aggressive, though companies can incur stiff penalties if they fail to complete a contract. Mr Philibert notes that some contracts may collapse because bidders are unable to raise finance.

Jenny Chase of BNEF says that in some cases "the model is being pushed to the absolute limit". Indian firms, for example, are calculating development costs well below comparable global benchmarks. "I struggle to see how they will do this without cutting corners," she says.

Jordan is a case in point. A Greek developer, Sunrise, last year agreed to charge $61 per MWh to build a 50MW solar plant north of Amman, which rival developers thought too cheap because of relatively high financing costs in Jordan. Last month Acwa Power bought the Jordanian unit in order to rescue the contract. Analysts say it is hard to see how Acwa will make money from it, but the gesture may help it win solar contracts in the future.

The kingdom offers more lessons on potential pitfalls. Like many developing countries, its national electricity company, NEPCO, has failed to expand its grid as quickly as private firms can

erect solar parks, though it now has funding to build high-voltag e transmission lines to connect the solar plants to Amman, the capital, where most electricity is consumed. (This problem is shared with China, which sometimes forces solar and wind plants to "curtail" their electricity output because the grid lacks the capacity to absorb it.)

But Jordan is blessed with geographical features that will let it expand its solar capacity once it has ironed out its problems. Engineers say that the area around Ma'an, with about 330 sunny days a year, has some of the best solar irradiance in the region. They add that, because of its altitude and terrain, heat and dust do not substantially lower the efficiency of the PV panels, as they do in neighbouring Saudi Arabia.

Support also comes from the top.

King Abdullah has ordered solar panels to be installed on palaces and mosques, businessmen say. His most senior ministers drive Tesla electric vehicles.

With more solar energy, the economic future of Jordan would be brighter and the country less at risk in a volatile region. All it needs is for the sun to energise its bureaucrats.

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Degree Programme, when I came across an interview granted by the former leader of the western region Chief Obafemi Awolowo, advising all Nigerians as to what lay ahead of the country. That is if care is not taking in terms of comprehensive and holistic governance agenda the nation Nigeria might have challenges developing.

The relationship between that statement and my vision is that a young person must have sufficient knowledge of his environment and his country. He should be able to find a space within that larger ambiance to make a contribution. And to my best of knowledge as a professional is that estate management practice in Nigeria at that time was largely focused on estate agency which is renting, buying and selling of properties, but in the whole process of the chain value you must be able to develop yourself, acquire knowledge and be able to deploy what you learnt in school and have come across in real life to be able to make a valuable impact in the sector.

That is to say the process of housing delivery system, property development system takes a whole lot of processes that unless you are well trained; exposed, experienced you may not be able to make any landmark in it.

So when I set up this firm in 1992, we had on board architects, engineers, surveyors, town planners and estate surveyors and valuers to look at every issues brought before us by any category of client, whether is a private client, corporate, multinational or an embassy.

Looking back today we have been able to consult for a whole spectrum of clientele across the length and breadth of Nigeria. That is the agenda for setting up this company 22 years ago and thank God that we have been opportune to see the result of our endeavours.

In the area of projects delivered through this platform, as a responsible professional, we don't judge our success on the account of the size of job done.

It is the intricacies imbedded in an assignment that gives us joy when it has

eventually been accomplished. But to mention few that people might be interested in, as young as this company was 8 – 10 years ago, we were appointed to be the lead consortium of all the 50 firms engaged by the f e d e r a l g over nment of Nigeria to value the entire asset belonging to the ESV. BODE ADEDIJI f e d e r a l government particularly in Lagos. And we discharged our duties in that regard satisfactorily, both to the government and to Nigerians as a whole.

In addition, we have been opportune to be the lead consultant in the valuation of Lagos State government assets throughout the state.

Subsequently too, it dawn on banks like first bank, which at that point in time was the leading bank in Nigeria to appoint us as the leader of all the surveyors engaged to value their asset throughout the country. That is in area of asset valuation and we are noted for the leadership role we played.

Looking at the area of mega assignment, this company was privileged to participate right from the conceptualization stage of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) asset challenge, which was a

In the area of projects delivered through this platform, as a responsible professional, we don't judge our success on the account of the size of job done. It is the intricacies

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body set up by the federal government of Nigeria then to tackle the complexity of toxic asset of those who borrow but could not pay back.

Because at that point in time if AMCON was not brought on board probably 70% of Nigerian banks and the entire financial systems would have been in major crisis. We had seminars with AMCON and through that approach 150 firms of estate surveyors and valuers participated in taking a second look at the bedrock of assets that actually gave birth to all these mega loans, and how we can liquidize these assets so that people can have a means of paying back their loans, that project was successfully accomplished.

Today we have a mega project in Port Harcourt which perhaps is the biggest in sub-Sahara Africa; that is “the rainbow project”. Out of the four firms, Knight Frank and Rutley and three other firms, we were appointed as the lead eyes “A” leader, giving advice on this multi-billion naira project from time to time. So we regard all these as the DNA of Bode Adediji Partnership and we thank God almighty for the opportunity given to us to serve humanity.

The leadership skills; how did you develop the firm to acquire all these skills?

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would be one-third more than the record amount America plans to build for the full year. Coal, meanwhile, is in growing trouble (see article).

India is determined to keep up. Its government is targeting a 20-fold increase in solar-power capacity by 2022, to 100GW. Though this might be over-ambitious, KPMG, a consultancy, expects solar's share of India's energy mix to rise to 12.5% by 2025, from less than 1% today. It thinks solar in India will be cheaper than coal by 2020. (Even Coal India, a mostly state-owned entity, plans to contract 1GW of solar power to cut energy bills.) Such is the frenzy that officials in sunny Punjab are urging Solar power is reshaping energy production in the developing farmers to leaseworld their land to solar supplies during the Arab spring in 2011. developers rather than till it.

The small steps sanctioned by Led by big projects in these two AED KHADER, a Jordanian Jordan's cautious bureaucracy pale in countries, global solar-energy capacity driver, has an alarming habit of thumbing his mobile phone comparison with the growth of solar rose by 26% last year. More remarkable while at the wheel-albeit on a straight energy in some other countries. But they is the decline in its cost. Studies of the road cutting across the desert. But after illustrate the allure of the technology, as "levelised cost" of electricity, which estimate the net present value of the scrolling back through almost two years well as some of its teething problems.

Across the developing world, solar costs of a generating system divided by of photos, he finds a picture that tickles power is hitting its stride.

Rather than the the expected output over its lifetime, him: of camels against a sandy rooftop panels popular in Germany, show solar getting close to gas and coal backdrop. Today that same spot outside Ma'an, a poverty-stricken city in south countries where solar irradiance is much as an attractively cheap source of Jordan, is crawling with workers in the stronger than northern Europe are power. Auctions of long-term contracts final stages of installing five square creating vast parks with tens of to purchase solar power in developing kilometres (almost two square miles) of thousands of flexible PV panels countries such as South Africa, the supplying power to their national grids. United Arab Emirates, Peru and solar panels.

Some countries, such as China, provide Mexico provide real-world evidence He is enraptured by the photovoltaic generous subsidies (though these are that such assumptions may even prove (PV) modules that shimmer in the sometimes years overdue). But in other to be conservative (see chart). desert sunshine. "It's amazing. I love it. countries solar PV is becoming It's good to see my country develop its competitive even without own source of energy," he says. "We financial support. have such good sun here. It's free. Why In 2015 China surged past don't we use more of it?" In his Germany to become the enthusiasm, he has convinced his biggest producer of solar daughter to become one of the first energy, benefiting from its Jordanian women to study for a solardominance of solar-panel energy engineering degree. manufacturing and policies to The 160-megawatt (MW) solar park, reduce dependence on dirtier which is scheduled to open this fuels, such as coal.

Solar power summer, will mark the launch of accounts for just 3% of the Jordan's effort to reduce its fossil-fuel electricity mix, but China is imports, which generated 96% of its now building its biggest plant, energy last year and cost about 10% of GDP. In a restive neighbourhood, it has in the Gobi desert. Analysts good reason to become more self- expect the country to install 12 reliant. Its liking for solar intensified gigawatts (GW) of solar in the after Egypt temporarily cut natural-gas first half of this year. That ?

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stormwater and sewer collection systems, pumping stations and interbasin transfer structures. With any of these, warmer temperatures and prolonged drought can change the corrosion patterns on any of this equipment because of changing subsurface environments. Corrosion can lead to water main breaks, which in turn can result in inflow and infiltration into the water supply. Also, during extreme flood events, utilities need greater capacity to treat excess volumes and might see increased contamination from high runoff.

Economic and institutional impacts In 2016, the EPA reported that the United States needs to spend $271 billion over the course of next 20 years to maintain and improve its wastewater collection systems in order to insure public health. Climate change-induced risks will add more to this figure.

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reverse osmosis and UV disinfection.

These advanced and optimized treatment processes further increase the energy consumption of water and wastewater utility system. Energy use at treatment plants represent a major component of operating costs, consuming as much as 35 percent of a utility's annual operating budget.

New York City's Department of Environmental Protection, which also is the city's water utility, recognized the vulnerability of its system after Hurricane Sandy. The DEP operates 14 wastewater treatment plants and 96 pumping stations that treats on average

1.3 billion gallons of wastewater per day. Many of the city's wastewater treatment plants and pumping stations are low-lying and located near the waterfront in order to discharge treated wastewater and for efficient sludge handling. This waterfront dependency creates challenges that were plainly evident when a number of facilities were destroyed during Hurricane Sandy.

The damage to treatment plants and pumping stations was estimated to exceed $95 million. Moreover, about 562 million gallons of untreated sewage was released into local waterways.

New York's DEP has predicted that flooding risk is likely to worsen over time, as climate change brings more extreme storm surge events and continued sea level rise in the next 50 years. DEP also estimates that equipment valued at more than $1 billion is at risk and the cumulative damages over the next 100 years could exceed $2 billion if no protective measures are taken into action now.

Conclusion? Investment needed According to World Bank, the climatedriven water scarcity could bring a sustained stall in economic growth or a dip in growth, particularly in regions of South Asian and Middle East. Even though the consequences of climate change will vary by region, no region shall remain unaffected. In developing nations of Asia and Africa where there is already a huge infrastructure gap for water distribution, flood control, irrigation and sanitation facilities, these systems are at a greater disadvantage.

Capital investment is needed in most of the world for improved water and wastewater infrastructure assets.

Utilities have to recognize the need for rehabilitation of these assets in order to control and survive climate change risks. Likely the world faces a fture where the supply of water will become more erratic while the demand, owing t o u r b a n i z a t i o n a n d g r ow i n g population, will increase exponentially.

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Well, we thank God for all He has done for us. What I know about leadership is that one must have the requisite knowledge, the pedigree to be a servant, because in leadership responsibility obligations to multiple stakeholders you must discharge all these faithfully and honestly and by the time you are able to get the confidence of your associates in that regards, and then there is no going back. As far as my life is concern which I could see some nexus between what we are doing as a firm and what I have been opportune to do as an individual, was that right from my secondary school days I was made a prefect in my school, in the University I was made to serve two years as class captain relating with the lecturers on behalf of my co-students.

Furthermore, at a very tender age of 34 years fortuitously, I became the managing director of one of the frontline estate surveying firm in Nigeria then; but the clear thing is that in aspiring to be a leader you must first and foremost humble yourself and by the time people see what you have on the table in terms of intellect, wisdom, selfless service and sacrifice, then leadership role becomes easy to assume.

Speak on the future plans for you as a person and the firm?

It will be wrong at this particular time of my life to say that I am fulfilled. No! In the past few years I have taken out time to do some retreat. At the age I am now there is need for one to look back at ones personal achievement vis-Ă -vis the challenges confronting your immediate environment and the country at large. I cannot think of any rational that will make me look at success squarely on the platform of personal achievement and satisfaction more so when the real issue of national d e ve l o p m e n t i s s t i l l a t l a r g e unattainable.

For instance, from the time I left school, the housing crisis in Nigeria has continued to escalate and I will be one of the few people in the country today that will refrain from putting the blames in door step of one regime or another.

For the fact that we have not been able to resolve our problem in housing, infrastructure development, specialized asset portfolio management across the country then we cannot regard ourselves as fulfilled.

As a professional in the built environment having seen all these problems, I feel there is still much to offer to ensure this country get to its desires pride of place in Africa and in the world at large.

As a professional in the built environment, do you support of a professional being in politics?

Yes, everybody on earth is a politician, depending on the level, but looking at par tisan and participatory engagement, as far as that is concerned I do know that from time to time I offer my own knowledge and the little wisdom I have acquired to the leaders in this country, at all level to ensure things are done right mostly in the built environment.

But unless one particip

ates fully in the political process in this country there is no amount of advice you give that can actually effect a change in your own sector in particular and the country in general.

Few of us has begun to interrogate this challenge and to be frank, I have no inhibition whatsoever in making myself available to serve my country, but a whole lot of us will have boundaries that we cannot cross like the nature of political rascality that has dominated the political landscape in this country over the past 20 years.

Look at the dimension of corruption that has govern this country over the decades, and more importantly, the degree of violence, bloodletting, assassination and c h a r a c t e r assassination that dominated the political landscape.

With all humility people like me must think twice before one makes any move in terms of going into active politics in Nigeria.

But we cannot really write Nigeria off on the account of all these ano

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malies in its political quagmire. We are evolving as a nation, who knows maybe if in the next couple of years that political landscape becomes clearer, cleaner and safer, maybe by that time people like us will be called to serve.

Speak on the plight of the i n d i ge n o u s p r o f e ssi o n a l s i n Nigeria?

Looking at this at two pure perspectives, if you look at the fate and the circumstances of the indigenous professionals in Nigeria today, compare to other countries, it is still a shameful picture we will see.

In this country, as we have about 1% of lawyers doing well, more than 80% of them still struggle daily to have access to means of livelihood. If we take a look at architecture today in Nigeria, 5% - 10% may be doing well, while about 80% of professionals in that field are still in penury. If we look at the medical doctors, quite a number of them are doing fine, but majority of the medical doctors in this country today are still struggling for survival.

A country with a population of 170 million people having the bunk of its professionals languishing and on the other hand a selected few of politicians own everything, boast of everything and engage on portentous life style, then the victim of all this scenario is Nigeria itself.

Most countries that has aspired and came to global limelight, either in terms of human development indexes, health, mortality rate, education, infrastructure, ICT means of doing business. They leveraged on the caliber of the middle class that they possess. In Nigeria, unfortunately the reverse is the case.

It is one of the few countries in the world that perpetually, emphasize money, noise making, tribalism, religious bigotry in addressing the issues confronting its citizens and that is why in any gathering you attend hardly will you find the cream of professionals being the driver of those sectors.

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Most countries that has aspired and came to global limelight, either in terms of human development indexes, health, mortality rate, education, infrastructure, ICT means of doing business. They leveraged that even those acclaimed successful professionals here who are boosting that they can move mountains, in terms of their net worth compared to their colleagues abroad they have no standing.

And I am glad to say to people today that when we all travel abroad the entire mega project you see that touch on human lives they are all conceptualized, packaged, executed and eventually managed by professionals. It is only in this country that a tailor will be appointed to carry out a function that naturally belongs to a barber.

Policy issues on the sector, the procurement acts was passed recently by the National Assembly; what is your take?

On the issue of policy enactment, our major challenge in this country has always been the implementation mechanism. Personally, I have no problem with the procurement act having thoroughly gone through it. It's quite okay as far as I am concern, with its provision in the cause of service delivery system.

But where I have challenge is that it is an issue that has not been brought to public domain, in terms of allowing the masses to see the fundamental o b j e c t ive s b e h i n d t h e p u b l i c procurement act. Because, this is one of the most powerful acts that can actually allow this country to move from the domain of corruption and nepotism into a competitive world stage in terms

of righteous ways of doing things.

If for instance a public procurement act is thoroughly followed and a job is advertised; what it means is every professional are free to indicate interest and compete for the job, as far as they have the requisite knowledge to do the job and also in terms of cost efficiency to execute the project and also the delivery time space as well. That is what procurement act is meant to do in a country that desire development. But here our case is half hazard.

So looking at our policies, it is one thing for a government to formulate a policy and back it up with the acts of parliament, and another to ensure it is implemented. The issues remains, what are the dimension for sanctions and reward? That is where Nigeria is lacking.

But I believe we will get to that signpost at one time soon.

Housing deficit in Nigeria: as an international figure in real estate business, what are your views on the state of the market globally compared to Nigeria?

Housing in Nigeria without missing word is in crisis. As far as policy formulation is concern, Nigeria has gotten much more it required. The major bane of our national development in this country has to do with implementation of the policies.

Having been in the sector since graduation from University, I was sufficiently knowledgeable enough to interrogate the housing programme under Alhaji Shehu Shagari administration 1979 – 1983. Between that time to when Gen. Badamasi Babaginda (rtrd), came into power, there was a draconian, nothing was happening. But during the Babaginda era there was the national housing policy and the national housing funds.

These are highly crafted document that if this country and the leaders mean well for the citizens and desire to development the nation, we will not be facing the 17 million housing deficit that is facing us today.

The challenges have been that from one regime to another, the perception ?

Impacts on water quality Increased rainfall, changes in watershed characteristics and temperature associated with global warming exacerbate water quality problems for water utilities and their customers. For instance, in many combined sewer systems, the increase in variability and intensity of precipitation events overloads the capacity of the mains and wastewater treatment plants, resulting in the discharge of untreated sewer overflows into fresh water bodies.

Between 2006 and 2010, the city of Seattle and Kings County in Washington state discharged more than 1.1 million gallons of combined and sanitary sewage overflows to Lake Washington and nearby waters.

Water pipes, infrastructure could buckle under climate change Sewer overflows can lead to increased water pollution from bout 1.8 billion people on earth were not built for the stresses of sediments, nutrients, pathogens, do not have access to clean and extreme rainfall - nor heat. They are at pesticides and other pollutants. The safe water. Owing to extreme significant risk of failure. higher levels of nutrients, in turn, Four risks threaten water increase the potential for algal blooms hydrologic events accelerated by global warming, this staggering number is infrastructure systems: Water supply and the associated taste, odor and toxin expected to increase to 2.8 billion over and distribution impacts; quality problems. impacts; operational and industrial the course of next decade.

Climate change also impairs the Indeed, the International Panel on impacts; and economic impacts. quality of groundwater aquifers.

Climate Change anticipates that by Regions with higher temperatures have Water supply and distribution 2100, average global temperatures a high probability of groundwater with could rise as high as 4.5 degrees Celsius impacts salinity as more water evaporates before above 1990 levels, accelerating the rate One critical impact climate change has it can reach deeper levels underground. of water evaporation and thereby is cutting the availability of fresh water Also, rising sea-levels in coastal areas causing more precipitation all over the resources. About 98 percent of the leads to salt water intrusion into coastal globe. In Bangladesh, for instance, globe's water supply is saline while less aquifers, making less freshwater climate models predict that areas than 2 percent is freshwater. Much of available for domestic and irrigational subject to flooding might increase by 25 the fresh water exists in the form of ice use. percent if global temperature rise and snow, in addition to groundwater Warmer temperatures and prolonged and surface water such as lakes and drought season changes the corrosion another 2 C degrees.

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Secondly, the focus of government on housing if not mistaken is to communicate that we are doing something, but the degree of the problem we have now can only be understood from the angle of action, and until we take decisive action to tackle the crisis head on, housing crisis will continue to escalate.

But to cap all these points up, have we seen a government that looks at housing delivery and provision from the perspective of human dignity, that if few citizens lives in a comfortable environment and majority of Nigerians lives in dehumanizing housing condition. We are all equally dehumanized.

In addition, if we cannot sit down and see the percentage of the country gross domestic product GDP go into a particular sector, it goes to show that even if government make promises about the sector, it's all fallacy.

But if one day the percentage of the budget allocated to housing is about 2030 per cent, then we will be rest assured that there is an atom of seriousness in the business of governance in this country. Presently and statistically, the entire contribution of construction and housing to the economy of Nigeria is less than 3.3 per cent compared to some countries in Europe 68 per cent, while America is about 70 per cent. Because they value humanity and its well fare for existence, so making sure that housing provision is not left on the altar of talk shop remains a priority to the government.

Until we face that reality and use what we have to pursue what we want and for as long as Nigeria is structurally dependent on importation of virtually 80 per cent of building materials, all you will be hearing is crusade, crusade everyday about housing, there will never be a change and that is the dilemma.

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The government should as matter of urgency consult with the key stakeholders like us who have been in the industry for that we are re-engineering and what is the future for this?

Closely looking at what the consultants, pressure groups are asking this government to do concerning housing, I can predict ahead of time that there will be no change. Because the body language of this government shows they are going back to what they used to do 30 years ago. According to Albert Einstein “the only person that continues to do the same thing repeatedly and expecting a change must be an insane person�.

I would say that the idea of asking the state government to donate land for national housing programme nothing is wrong with it, but the next stage which is how these houses are going to be built and I afraid if we go back to the Shagari era and you are still looking at the contract awarding potentials, or using the same panacea to confront the housing problem at every state level, that is apply the same methodology of one size fit all, definitely there will be problems. If for instance, in Osun State today the government decides to rolls out 30,000 housing unit and ask the public to buy them upfront. Do you think any public servant in that state can afford to buy one unit with 11 months' salary is been owned in arrears?

So the government has to look at some of these housing solutions that is been presented at different quarters requires that it should critically be looked into by qualified professionals.

As far as I am concerned the federal government needs to create an enabling environment for the industry to thrive.

The government should as matter of urg ency consult with the key stakeholders like us who have been in the industry for years to proffer solutions to the housing challenges.

In the past, about 30 years ago, all the commercial banks in the country were mandated to dedicate about 5 per cent of their lending to the housing sector.

But such policies are not acceptable anymore. Unless we look at it from the core angle of access to land, cheaper means of construction and diversified means of construction development and come up with the single digit lending rate to investors in the sector and also mass mobilization of opinion.

Most of these challenges will continue to linger in the country.

In other hand, we have some companies in Nigeria that are doing well like Dangote group and the others; they should be allowed to partner with federal and state government to roll out affordable housing for the masses in this country Finally, speak on the power of consulting in a developing nation?

The consultants holds the key to development in any nation developed or developing, but here in Nigeria the key ministries of government are given to those who have no idea of what the sector is all about in terms of professionalism. We should start doing things right in this nation for once and keep away from this movement without motion style of development. The consultants should be carried along at all level of our development plan and execution in this country.

Have you seen anywhere in the world where a doctor is appointed to be an attorney general of the federation? No way because he will not function optimally. But here in Nigeria ministers are appointed based on political affiliations without looking at the critical sectors of the economy which is housing and have square peg in a square hole. It's only God that will help us in this country.

of government and some of us in professional practice, housing is perceived from a limited perspective.

Housing is not about providing roof over peoples head. It goes beyond that, housing provision is all about human dignity and until one is able to live in a safe and sane environment, one is not worthy to be called a human being.

Looking at some silent factors prohibiting housing delivery systems in Nigeria as they were 30 years ago, it is still the way they were today, nothing has changed.

Firstly, access to land is one of the impediments facing the housing delivery in this country. Now, we have the land use act, but the real clauses that will really transform access to land into reality have been kept in abeyance.

Secondly, without funding you cannot actually confront the challenges that exist in the housing sector, just like any other sector.

But you will find that in the wisdom of the man called Alhaji Lateef Jakande, the first civilian of Lagos State, that within a period of six months in office, through the national housing funds, a whole pool of resources was put together. But the power that succeeded him mobilized such huge resources and went to develop houses in Abuja, where the bulk of the contributor are from other parts of the federation. So the project and programme failed from its inception.

I feel what we should do in this country at this point in time is to reflect on what all that the previous regime has attempted to do and that have failed, and what can we do that these failures is put in check. But here we talk more about housing problem and do little in terms of tackling them.

For instance, there is a structural challenge in the housing sector now, as there are properties built in the form, scale and locations that bear no relevance to the yarning and aspiration of those who genuinely seek for houses.

In addition, there is no sufficient public mobilization to actually get everything that government has in mind, in place and in shape. For

instance, if you look at the housing delivery system from the angle of the industrial capacity of the country and try to bridge the gap, meaning that as we have 80% of the housing construction material being imported it is expected that we put a limit to it as we are currently trying to do in agriculture. Then you will find that things like iron rod, wood, metal, nail would be produced in the country, which will eventually bring the cost of housing down.

But when I think seriously about the central focus which is get money and build houses for people. Once a government pursues this kind of agenda it means we are going back to where we were 20 years ago.

In summary the government should look out for those professionals who are committed and form a think-tank that will actually pilot the entire country from this abysmal failure to some semblance of success within the next couple of years. By the time they begin to look at the housing solution in

In summary the government should look out for those professionals who are committed and form a thinktank that will actually pilot the entire country from this abysmal failure to some semblance of success within the next couple of years. By the time they begin to look at the housing solution in Nigeria from the angle of

Nigeria from the angle of contractor incentive, getting finance from government to build houses for the people will continue to get it wrong because it goes beyond that.

There are some states in the country today that if the federal government makes the mistake of building houses and be selling it at the rate 5 million for a unit, the houses will be empty for long because most Nigerians will not be able to afford the cost at the economic recession on going in the country.

What are the possible solutions to all these challenges facing the sector?

Regardless of the number of seminars and papers being presented across the country regarding housing challenge in Nigeria there is no seriousness from all the quarters, either the populace or the government. For example, the degree of housing crisis we have today requires that there should be a substantive minister in that sector to drive it. But what we have today is a hardworking young man who has been saddled with the responsibility of power, works and housing.

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They said the first phase of the airport, which is part of a push to attract more tourists and boost Rwanda as a conference destination, would cost $418 million and is expected to start in June next year and be completed by December 2018.

Rwanda's plans for the new Bugesera International Airport date back to 2011 when it first announced it was seeking bids from the private sector to design, build, finance, maintain and operate the airport through a 25-year concession.

"The first phase is for 1.7 million passengers (per year) capacity and it gets all infrastructure associated for $418 million," Mota-Engil Africa Chief Executive Officer Manuel Antonio Mota told reporters late on Thursday after signing an agreement with government officials.

Rwanda said in a statement that MotaEngil would operate the airport for 25 years, with an option to e x t e n d another 15 years.

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issuance of coordinate to public and private sur veyors on control Surv. Joseph O. Agbenla, FNIS the former Surveyor General of Lagos State, networks. He was at a point the head Nigeria has contributed a great deal to the Nigerian Institution of surveyors NIS of department investigation and and the surveying practice in Nigeria which has earned him great respect, integrity litigation department office of the and trust in the industry surveyor general. His duties includes, giving of technical advice on all judicial matters to members of the urv. Joseph O. Agbenla, b e n ch o n L a n d i n d i s p u t e s former surveyor general of irrespective of the source (privates or Lagos State, born at Ikenne Public).

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Agbenla's experience in Ogun State, started his this profession knows no bound as he educational pursuit at Ijebu Ode wa s o n c e d i r e c t o r c a d a s t r a l Grammar School, Ijebu Ode, Ogun department and he was managing and State, where he obtained; West Africa administrating all cadastral survey school cer tificate (Grade 11 projects within Lagos state.

Certificate) in 1976 and later Surv. Agbenla an astute leader has proceeded to the University of contributed a great deal to the Timisoara, Romania in September Nigerian Institution of surveyors 1978, to study roads, rails, bridges and NIS, both in Lagos State chapter and geodesy. In 1982, he graduated with at the national level. Other bachelors of Science degree in responsibilities held by him are surveying engineering. member committee on new certificate Surv. J.O. Agbenla, fellow and of Occupancy for Lagos State, member governing council of member recertification Committee of Institute of Corporate Affairs and Landed proper ties, technical business management started his committee on village excision in professional career in October 1983 Lagos State. He was also the chairman as a pupil surveyor grade 11, with technical committee on resettlement Lagos state government. Seven years of flood victims. later he was promoted as, senior The initiator, facilitator and surveyor in January, 1990 and in July SURV. JOSEPH AGBENLA, FNIS coordinator of the Africa Geospatial 1993, he became the principal Forum in 2014, has attended many courses both within and surveyor.

He was made the Assistant chief surveyor 1996, chief abroad, amongst them are workshop for professional surveyor 1999, Assistant surveyor general, July, 2003, deputy architects, surveyor and engineers in 2003, advance project surveyor general, July, 2007, Director of surveys, January managers course in 2003. Others include stress and time 2011, Acting Surveyor General June, 2012 - 1st July, 2013, and management 2004 and managing and leading strategic later was confirmed surveyor general of Lagos State by change 2005.

Surv. J.O. Agbenla's objective in surveying practice and Governor Babatunde Raji Fashola (SAN). He is the chairman Lagos State surveyor Council of Nigeria (SURCON) state service to humanity is to provide, give truthful appropriate th geospatial technical advice, for a good, long lasting inspiring ethics committee. He was appointed permanent secretary 16 developmental decision with a purposeful honest and March, 2015, and was also installed fellowship award by th exemplary leadership to all in the built environment.

Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS) 19 March, 2015.

His impact in this sector has not gone unnoticed; in 2011 he His professional practice within Lagos State cut across various zonal offices in Lagos State. He was zonal survey was Gold Award winner (DLINGA) Recipient distinguished officer at Epe and Badagry zonal offices, where he leader in National Development. He was nominated as one contributed immensely to ensure the boundary disputes of the best 50 professional in Nigeria by the Guardian between local governments, villages and villagers were settled newspaper publications. Surv. J.O. Agbenla, among other amicably. He supervised both private and public surveyors' prestigious awards and recognitions received in 2014, he was activities in the area. He was also the head of department selected as one of the outstanding professional surveyors in survey office-Land use and allocation committee. He was a Nigeria, by CED Magazine to commemorate the 80 years member of state boundary development committee, anniversary of Nigerian Institution of Surveyors (NIS), representing the state government in boundaries; inter local (1934 – 2014), in 2015 he was inducted into the Nigerian Construction Industry Hall of Fame, in an event organized government boundaries conflicts resolution.

At Ikorodu zonal survey office, Surv. Agbenla was a by CED Magazine. He is married and blessed with children.

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50 YEARS OF TOWN PLANNING PRACTICE SYNERGY NIGERIA INSTITUTE OF TOWN PLANNERS (NITP), AT 50. In this exclusive interview Tpl. Aderemi Jacob Makinde, FNITP, Past President Nigeria Institute of Town Planners (NITP), who witnessed how it all started in 1966, speaks on how the institute has evolved over the years and the contributions it has made to the growth of Nigeria's cities particularly and the economy in general.

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igerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP), at 50, how did it all start and the contribution made over the years?

My name is TPL. Aderemi Makinde, our great institute started way back in 1966, I was in the last year of my study at the then Technical College, Ibadan, now the Polytechnic Ibadan, when the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) started. Then I attended their meeting as a student town planner and from then up till today, I have always attended the Institute activities within and outside the country as the case maybe. I became fully qualified as a Town Planner in 1971 when I returned from Australia, where I studied the course in town planning and urban development.

At that time when we returned from Australia I and my friends who read the course were received a letter of congratulation from the Institute and also asking us to join the professional body.

In 1969, precisely the first conference was held by the Institute and it took place at the University of Lagos Conference Hall and that was during the Gen. Gowon administration as Head of State of the federal republic of Nigeria, and at that conference he was represented by his Chief of Staff, Major Anyaro. The theme of the conference that year was “Town Planning in National Reconstruction”.

This was because we observed that the civil war was about to end at that time and because of the destructions that took place during the war mostly in the eastern states and the then mid-western region that there was need to discuss and plan on how to rebuild the nation infrastructure

TPL. Aderemi Makinde wise. Because during the war there were a lot of broken down bridges, government offices, towns, damaged roads etc, which requires total rehabilitation and urgent repair as well.

Some of the outstanding achievement and contribution made to effect national development include; for example when in 1975, we had unfortunate incident of the dumping of the toxic waste in Koko port in Delta state. The Institute with its wisdom organized a conference with the theme “Towards a Better Human Environment”, the outcome of that conference that year eventually led to the establishment of environmental protection agency in the ministry of works, which has now metamorphosed to the present day federal Ministry of Environment. This was actually to protect the vulnerable environment and against pollution and desertification of

the urban and rural areas and take proper measures against flooding in the urban areas.

Other areas of social development the Institute dealt on include housing related issues, and in one of our conferences housing provision was discussed precisely in 1972, the theme of the conference that year was “Housing in National Development” it was actually done to draw the attention of the various governments in the country to embrace housing development, to provide suitable accommodation particularly low- income earners.

To that effect the federal government under Gen. Gowon started the Festac Town housing scheme, satellite town and the Ipaja new town scheme for the low income earners. Between 1974-1975, went into housing construction scheme in Lagos which was the most affected such as the Festac town, satellite town the Ipaja housing scheme etc. the federal government built over 10,000 housing units in Festac, satellite town the Ipaja housing scheme and in 1980 built over 200,000 housing units for low income group distributed throughout all the local government Head quarters in Nigeria.

Various state governments also adopted the same policy to go into mass housing schemes. And one of such state government was the first executed governor of Lagos state Alhaji Lateef Jakande, who built many housing estates across the length and breadth of the state.

He did so well in this area. He built over ten low cost housing schemes in Lagos, which include Badagry and Epe and these schemes helped a lot in solving the housing challenges at that time. The houses were over 12,500 low-income housing units and 80% of which were within the Logos Metropolis, in which he asked people to apply for two bedroom flats at the cost of N5,500 naira payable over a period of 25 years, 3 bedroom flats at the cost of N6,500 payable in 25 years and those that went for 3 bedroom flats were made to pay N38 per month and he also established the Lagos State Building Investment Company, where the mortgage loans was used to build the houses.

Some people bought the houses and later resale at the rate between N3 million and N5 million at that time.

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Other social economic and political issues were also discussed extensively at the conferences since inception of the institute. Beside, the institute had series of workshops and conferences and some of the reasons we were actually asking for the state and federal government to synchronize the physical planning with the economic planning, because most of the time the government only have economic planning without really looking at the physical planning, which was not the right way to go as a developing nation.

As a developing nation, there is great need for the economic development plans being carried along with the physical development plans. For instance, the issues of building of basic amenities like hospitals, roads, bridges, schools, water and electrification projects across the country requires proper planning of the towns and cities in the country for such amenities to be build without obstruction of the city plans. The issue of land use is also paramount in this case, because if the cities are not well planned, infrastructure development provision will be half hazard. So, that was why we as an institute advised that the government should synchronize the economic plans with the physical plans for even development of the nation.

We equally had another conference with the theme: National physical development plan”, which should include the provision of roads, and other physical infrastr uctures and the various government in the past has adhered to some of these viable suggestions emanating from the Institute conferences. So the Institute has achieved a lot in the past 50 years of its existence as a professional body in Nigeria How has the Institute felt in terms of government recognition?

In terms of government recognizing the Institute, it was a big challenge because the Institute which was established in 1966 never had its charter until 1992, that is, it took us 26 years before we were fully recognized by the government.

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professionals, which is not good for the growth of the nation GDP and the economy, because the foreigners will take their money away, but an indigenous professional will employ Nigerians and also spend his money within the country.

The irony of the whole thing is that most of these foreign professionals come into the country with less qualification and claim to be an expert and our government officials believes them without verifying their claims before awarding contracts to them. Most of them are not better than Nigerians technically, but our officials fall for them because of inferiority complex and the kick backs they will get from the contracts. It's quite unfortunate that such is still allowed in this country till today.

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their charter, there was a statement that says before a foreign architects practice in Nigeria he must be qualified and also register with the Nigerian Institute of Architects (NIA) and that was also what we were preaching at that time, that there should be element of Nigerians in any foreign company getting a job to do in Nigeria.

The idea was a good one, but changing of government slowed down the moves.

The idea led to what we have today, that is popularly called “the local content initiative” and which is to ensure that Nigerian professionals grow and contribute meaningfully to the development of the nation by partaking in the process of building the nation at all level.

We thank God that government at that time eventually listened to us. Also because the profession was new at that time, for instance the first professional school of planning was established in 1972 so the first set of town planner we had were all trained abroad, but now the story has changed, we have virtually all the Universities and Polytechnics in the country accredited to offer the course from the national diploma level to Masters degree level in some schools.

We equally advocated that the indigenous professionals should be allowed to do some jobs in the country, but the government even till now still do not believe in the competence of the local

Let's look at government policies as regards planning and the profession?

Well, I could say things are a lot better now in terms of policy formulation and implementation. The various tiers of government listen to the professionals now, because they have realized that there is benefits derivable from proper town planning, for instance if one wants to build a house in a planned city, he/she must first acquire the land, draw the structure plan which must be examined and approved by the government agency in charge and such plans must be registered by the government which generate revenue for the government. So wise government like Lagos State has embraced planning because of the sanity it will bring to a city and the revenue as well.

What is the membership growth of the Institute like since inception?

When we started in 1966, there were 66 members that were listed, but about 55 of them studies abroad and today we have over 4,000 registered members. And in other to position the institute, in 1983 about 17 town planners, including me got together and decided to start the college of fellows. In that meeting I was elected as first secretary of the college of fellows of the institute.

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the country offering town planning as a course and also to monitor the various chapters of the Institute and the practice of the profession in Nigeria.

We were more or less like elder statesmen to the Institute. We also took time to induct members who have contributed immensely to the growth of the Institute and those that have successfully passed our test as members of the college of fellows of the Institute.

Over the years we have also inducted non-professional town planners as fellows of the institute. These are individuals who in one way or the other have contributed to the development of the Institute and believe in town planning profession. Among those that received the honourary fellow members of the Institute are two former Head of States, Gen. Badamasi Babaginda Rtd and Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo (Rtd).

Others include federal ministries such as Major. Gen. Mamman Kontagora (Rtd). Major Gen. J.T. Useni (Rtd), Engr.

(Dr.) Temilola Kehinde, while the state governors recognized includes: Brig. Ben. Mobolaji Johnson (Rtd), the first military governor of Lagos State, Mr. Peter Obi of Anambra State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN immediate past governor of Lagos State, Alh. Adamu Muaz of Bauchi state, Sen. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, former governor of Kano State, Sen. Chief Godswill Akpabio former governor of Akwa Ibom State. All these people were inducted as fellows when they were governors of their various states.

Those in other profession inducted are Engr. (Prince) Abidoye Ayoola, Prof.

Akin I. Mabogunje, Prof. A.A. Utuama (SAN), Prince Bola Ajibola (SAN), Alhaji Saidu Umar – Magajin Garin Daura in Katsina State and Alhaji (Dr.) Musa Babayo – Past Chairman of TETFUND. All these professionals embraced town planning and also propagated the ethics of the profession in good light as well.

Brig. Gen. Mobolaji Johnson for instance was selected because of his foresightedness in developing Lagos at that time. He was the first military governor to build the first express road in Nigeria, when he built Lagos- Badagry expressway and the Lag os-Epe expressway, which no doubt opens those axes to economic and physical

Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners is the first chapter to be established by the Institute development of the state. And he actualized these facts because he believed in town planning and he also followed the development plan of the state as advised by the Chief Town Planner of the State at that time in the person of Late (Dr.) Franklyn Akinyemi, who was the first town planner to be a permanent secretary in Nigeria. While Prof. Amos A. Utuama, for instance helped the institute to prepare the town planning law when he was the Head of the Law Department in University of Lagos. So they contributed immensely to the growth of the Institute.

As a member of Lagos State chapter of the Institute, what can you say about the chapter since inception?

Lagos State chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners is the first chapter to be established by the Institute and it has remained active since its establishment in 1966.

In Lagos State, we have more town planners than any other state in the country and because when Lagos sneezes other states in the country catches pneumonia that is because the various government in Lagos State has always embraced town planning. From the period of Brig. Gen. Mobolaji Johnson, Alhaji Lateef Jakande, Babatunde Fashola, among others even the present government has always embraced town planning and its practice. Lagos remains a hub for every profession in Nigeria.

In Lagos state chapter for instance we have over 200 members attending meetings on any meeting day, and the chapter over the years has been playing the leadership role to other state chapters in the country. And as we speak the Institute has successfully established chapters virtually in all the states in the country and they are all doing very well.

How have the practice and the consulting aspect of the profession felt over the years?

Every profession has its own fair share of challenges but in the area of consulting, the town planners have done very well.

For instance, as a consultant I did the planning of Victoria Garden City (VGC) and in terms of beauty, aesthetics, security, privacy, identity, maintenance and sustainability, it remains one of the best housing estates in Nigeria. Others include Mayfair Garden City, which was built by HFP Construction Company. So generally, I could say the town planning consultants has done well over the years for the country and are still doing more great things for the even development of our great country Nigeria.

Speak on the challenges faced over the years by the Institute?

Some of the challenges the Institute faced over the years includes government recognition. It took us so many years to convince the government to believe that there is need for our cities to be planned before infrastructures are built, because planning gives government a guide on how the city will look before the structures are built. The roads, schools, hospitals, play g round, market, commercial areas within the cities, residential areas; those that requires bungalow, two storey building, sky scrapers etc. the town planners visualize all these things and sketch them out for proper and even development of the town, village or city as the case maybe.

So government accepting some of these ideas was a huge challenge. For instance we have tried in so many ways to convince the various governments in Oyo State in the past to plan Ibadan city, which is the largest in West Africa, but to no avail. Reasons because they see the fee charged by a consultant as a waste of funds, instead they prefer Ibadan to be the way it is without proper planning as a city.

These are some of the few challenges the Institute and the professionals are have faced over the years. There is wise saying “Failure to plan is planning to fail”, so we as an institute will continue to advocate, advice and encourage our government at all level to embrace urban and regional planning practice for the betterment of the citizens and the growth of nation in general.

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projection for the end of the third quarter remains USD 50/barrel for both Brent and WTI. We see more upward potential for oil prices in the fourth quarter and 2017. Sustained growth in demand for oil (albeit lower than previously assumed) combined with stagnating global production (notably non-OPEC and non-shale oil) will lead to a better supply-demand balance. The first clear signal appeared last week when a report suggested that 2015 oil discoveries dropped to a 70-year low.

This suggests that the risk of a supply shortfall clearly increased. Any anticipation in the market of a structural decrease in the current oversupply – or even a shortfall – will provide support for the oil price. It is impossible to provide an exact timeline, but we do expect the oil price to rise towards USD 65-75/barrel by 2017.

of 70% of the storage capacity, raising the threat of shortages during the coming winter season. However, when it transpired in early August that, as from November, the gas storage capacity would probably be greater than previously expected – 20 of the 30 storage units – prices rapidly fell again.

The price of Transfer Title Facility (TTF) plunged by about 30%. At the same time, demand for gas is expected to pick up. LNG supply to Europe is projected to rise now that demand from the Middle East and North-East Asia is set to slow as the cooling season (high demand for electricity for air conditioners) draws to a close.

Uncertainty about the gas stocks for the coming winter could cause heightened gas price volatility. The recent strong price fall has gone a little too far in our view, so a recovery of the TTF gas price looks like a plausible scenario to us.

Almost the reverse applies in the US, where the price of Henry Hub gas remains high (> USD 2.80/mmBtu). We expect demand for gas to slacken as soon as temperatures fall, probably leading to more price pressure in the fourth quarter. Culled from Energy Monitor

capacity a week before the conference kicked off.

Hotels in Kenya that reported booming business include Intercontinental Hotel, Golden Tulip, Radisson Blu, Sankara, Villa Rosa Kempinski, Serena, Nairobi Safari Club, Fairview, Hilton, Laico Regency, Sarova Panafric and Sarova Stanley.

Over 10,000 delegates from Africa and Japan visited Kenya for the two-day conference, which drew 35 African heads of state.

Kenya had projected that about Sh12 billion would be pumped into the economy as a result of Ticad.The summit that was held at Kenyatta International Convention Centre was the first out of Japan capital Tokyo.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe who also attended the Ticad summit with his delegation told African leaders that his country will commit $30 billion in public and private support for Gas prices are cooling, TTF down by infrastructure development, education 30% and healthcare expansion in the Gas prices soared in the second quarter, continent. mainly because of a gas storage problem Toshiba Corporation is among in the United Kingdom. An outage at the exhibitors participating in the Japan Fair Rough gas storage facility led to the loss at Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD) VI, the Tokyo International Conference on African Development 2016 that was held on August 27 and 28 at the Kenyatta International Convention Center.

Exhibiting at the Japan fair, Toshiba Corporation showcased its ability to provide total energy solutions that Make Energy, Transmit and Store Energy. The corporation also realize the "Smart Use of Energ y". Additionally the corporation demonstrated its ideal position to support growing demand for power in Africa with world-class geothermal power generation equipment and high efficiency energy transmission and distribution (T&D) technologies.

In 2015, Toshiba Transmission & Distribution Systems (India) Pvt. Ltd. (TTDI), an Indian subsidiary of Toshiba, won a contract to supply Kenya Power & Lighting Company (KPLC) with Hotels in Kenya major beneficiary of TICAD summit approximately 4,000 transmission and otels in Kenya were among top boost to the hospitality sector that has in distribution (T&D) transformers for the beneficiaries of the just recent years endured hard times substation network that connects power plants to end-consumers in Nairobi and concluded Tokyo International following travel bans and terror threat.

Several Hotels in Kenya were full to the surrounding region.

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he Organization of Petroleum a new output ceiling, sticking to a policy Exporting Countries will hold of unfettered production.

Al Sada's comments indicate the group informal talks at a conference in Algiers in September and considers the is concerned by the drop in prices and recent decline in oil prices "temporary," may consider action if the market doesn't stabilize at a higher level, according to the group's president said recently.

"Expectation of higher crude oil Robin Mills, CEO of consultancy demand in the third and fourth quarters Qamaar Energy.

“If they're going to talk about anything of 2016, coupled with decrease in availability, is leading the analysts to that's worth announcing to the market, it conclude that the current bear market is would have to be an idea like the only temporary and oil price would previously proposed freeze in oil increase during later part of 2016," production," Mills said by phone from Mohammed Al Sada, Qatar's energy Dubai. "I don't hold much credence in minister and holder of OPEC's rotating that coming about, but they could be in a presidency, said in a statement on the better condition to agree on a freeze by group's website. Members constantly the end of the year than they have been."

West Texas Intermediate oil rose 1.3% discuss ways to stabilize the market, he to $42.34/bbl at 1:27 p.m. in Dubai after said. falling 14% in July.

Oil tumbled into a bear Russia sees no need for market last week, ending a renewing discussion of an recovery that saw prices oil-output freeze at current almost double from a 12crude prices, while leaving year low in February. The open the possibility for the renewed decline keeps future, Energy Minister pressure on many member Alexander Novak told countries that are still journalists in Moscow unable to balance their Monday. Novak didn't rule budgets. OPEC ministers out speaking with his last met in June when they rejected a proposal to adopt OPEC President Chakib Khelil counterparts from OPEC

Chinese company blocked from buying assets in the US will benefit from a UK tax break in excess of £2bn as a result of the oil price slump.

After its buyout of Canadian company Nexen in 2012, China National Offshore Oil Corporation (Cnooc) runs two of the North Sea's biggest oil fields and pumps around ten per cent of total output from the region, says report.

The company, like China General Nuclear Power (CGN), is owned by China's assets supervision and administration commission, which is under the "direct control" of the state council - Beijing's highest government authority.

It was revealed last month that CGN is being charged with industrial espionage in the US accused of stealing nuclear secrets. Cnooc itself was blocked from buying a US oil company in 2006 over "national security concerns".

However, no such concerns appear to have been raised about it becoming the largest company operating in the North Sea and as a result, it is benefitting from a range of tax breaks designed to ease pressure on the industry in the face of the two-year oil price trough.

Last year, then chancellor George Osborne cut North Sea taxes on newer fields and the overall tax bill from 50 to 40 per cent, while earnings losses directly related to the oil price slump also generate income tax rebates.

Cnooc paid £2.5bn in tax in 2014, when the oil price peaked in the summer at $115 a barrel. After a fall to less than $50 a barrel last year, the company recorded an overall tax credit of £316m, an effective income tax rate of -18 per cent, it said.

While tax breaks in excess of £2bn will not be paid in a single year, says The Times, they reflect "the total value

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THE FUTURE OF GAS Shell says while gas is the future, it won’t be traded like oil

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Those atural gas changes to the is rapidly global gas becoming market structure one of the most will come amid a traded global renaissance for commodities, but the fuel, Shell that doesn’t mean it s ay s. I t w i l l will have a global p robably be price, according to u sed more Royal Dutch Shell. because when While the fuel transitioning to can be transported a lower-carbon anywhere on LNG economy, gas carriers, it will Charles O. Holliday Chairman, Shell Global complements probably remain regionally priced for the time being, renewable energy sources, which aren’t with some contracts continuing to track yet able to consistently provide oil, said Roger Bounds, senior V.P. for uninterrupted electricity to customers global gas at Shell. Prices will depend on during peak periods.

Additionally, some European location, regulation and infrastructure, countries may introduce a floor on the as some countries replace coal in price of carbon that could hasten a electricity generation to cut carbon switch to gas-fired power. emissions.

“There’s been a period of weakness “I shouldn’t say it’s not possible, but what would it take for such a price to be in carbon prices in Europe but in the possible?” Bounds said in an interview near future we’re likely to see that in Stavanger, Norway. “We have some starting to bite,” Bounds said. When that happens, “we think more gas will way to go.” get drawn into the system,” he said.

For a global gas price to emerge, pipelines would need to shed some interstate regulations like in the U.S., LNG Consumption trade data would need to be more European Union carbon has dropped transparent and widely available and 85% from its peak in 2006 as lawmakers buyers and sellers would need more struggle to deal with a glut. The price confidence their contracts will be hasn’t been high enough to rid Europe respected, he said. Europe is partly on of coal use.

Bounds expects global LNG that path with some hub pricing, he consumption to climb by 5% to 7% a said. year.

A trend of declining usage in “We’re somewhere back from that in Europe may also reverse due to the a number of other markets,” Bounds higher demand, with supply coming said. “We’re not that close to that in from U.S. export terminals and fields in India, we’re not close to that in China.”

Russia and North Africa. Shell CEO Ben Van Beurden said on Monday that Interchangeable Sources Until then, there will be many two-party he expects gas demand to grow at twice gas trades. Additionally, conventional the pace of oil.

At the moment, there is a global glut contracts that link the price of gas to the price of oil will remain, partly of natural gas as producers scramble to because the two will become gain a foothold in the expanding increasingly interchangeable as energy market. That will probably balance out in the early 2020s, said Bounds. sources.

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member states when he attends the meeting of the International Energy Forum in Algiers being held Sept. 26-28.

Russia, Saudi Arabia and other major oil exporters met in Doha in April in a bid to stabilize global markets by putting caps on output. The effort collapsed after Saudi Arabia demanded that rival Iran be a part of the agreement. At the time, Iran had ruled out any limits on its output as it ramped up production after the lifting of international sanctions.

Iran will probably raise production back to pre-sanctions levels by the end of the year, while Saudi Arabia will also be selling more crude as domestic use of fuel during the country's summer months slows, Mills said. Iran is pumping about 3.8 MMbpd and exporting about 2 million of that, Mohsen Ghamsari, director of international affairs at National Iranian Oil Co., said in an interview in Tehran last month. That's allowed it to get back to about 80% of the market share it had before the restrictions, he said.

The latest drop in prices won't last, Al Sada said. The recent slide in prices reflects weaker refining margins, a surplus of refined products, plus the UK's vote to leave the European Union and its impact on the financial markets, according to the statement attributed to Al Sada.

Members of OPEC have no specific plans to renew the failed April agreement with non-members to freeze oil production, two delegates from the group said Friday, asking not to be identified because the information isn't public.

OPEC partners intend to discuss the oil market and potential cooperation with other producers when they gather in Algiers, they said.

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of the tax cuts to Cnooc now and in the future".

North Sea oil price benchmark Brent crude remains subdued despite recovering from a low of $27 a barrel in February to more than $50 a barrel last week. It dipped again to below $49 this morning as hopes for an output deal next month fade.

Reuters reports more bearish sentiment also follows the news that a ceasefire with militants in Nigeria and the return to pumping of an Iraqi pipeline will boost already high global

this, in turn, would keep the oversupply intact. Although we do not see US output accelerating as quickly as the market fears, this was perceived as sufficient reason to call the price recovery to a halt.

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n early August, Brent oil slid back towards USD 40/barrel due to the market’s strong focus o n o ve r s u p p l y, b o t h i n production as well as in crude oil and refined product stocks. Speculation on a further price slump put extra pressure on the oil price. Nevertheless, prices did not fall further during the slacker summer period and the market looked set for a quiet final summer month. Nothing was further from the truth. The Saudi oil minister Khalid alFatih announced on 11 August that the OPEC would discuss the market situation together with several nonOPEC members at the next OPEC meeting in Algeria on 26-28 September.

He also said that the options for any actions required to stabilise prices would be entirely open at the meeting. One day later came a report from Russia that the country would support a possible freeze in production increases. Finally, the momentum of news was maintained when Iran announced its intention to attend the meeting in Algeria. Iran added, however, that it was prepared to help other oil producers stabilise the global crude market provided that its fellow OPEC members recognised their right to restore their lost market share. In other words: Iran will turn up but will

not agree to freeze production growth.

As in January, the speculative short positions had risen sharply since the beginning of June and were well on their way to reaching new record levels. The Saudi oil minister’s verbal intervention was an indirect but unequivocal signal to hedge funds that further speculation on falling prices would not be appreciated.

And this signal was received loud and clear. Positions were partly closed out and the oil price found fresh support.

Brent oil rebounded to USD 51/barrel, while WTI stopped just short of USD 49/barrel, where the recovery stalled due to profit-taking and a shift in market focus. The reason was that, one week into the revival, traders suddenly realised that prices over USD 50/barrel could boost (shale) production in the US. And

All eyes on the meeting in late September The market is now oscillating between two possibilities: oversupply and disappointing demand on the one hand and a freeze in production growth on the other. Accordingly, increased volatility is a near certainty in the weeks leading up to the end of September. The focus surrounding the weekly publication of the US inventory data (API on Tuesdays and EIA on Wednesdays) is invariably on oversupply. Usually, a confirmation of higher-than-expected inventories puts more pressure on the oil price. When inventories decrease, the data have less impact on the oil price.

At the moment, comments and speeches of oil ministers who will attend the meeting in Algeria are also being scrutinised to see whether they can provide some direction to the expectations. The likeliest scenario, however, is that there will be no freeze in production growth whatsoever. The market, after all, is already moving towards a better supply-demand balance as a result of the verbal intervention. In addition, such a decision would be in direct contrast to the OPEC’s actions so far. Regaining market share was the primary objective. And increasing the oil price by simultaneously reducing production could actually have a detrimental impact on OPEC’s market share. A likelier outcome is that the oilproducing countries will continue monitoring the market closely for the time being, but will consider it too early to freeze production growth at this stage. If necessary, they can still agree on production restrictions at the official OPEC meeting on 30 November in Vienna.

Oil price neutral to positive The oil price will remain volatile over the coming weeks. We do not expect the market to settle on a clear direction. Our

Dr. Ibe Kachukwu, Nigeria’s Minister of State Petroleum

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