ARC 216 GROUP 10

Members:
KOSOKO Sharon (21CA029644)
OLABODE Joshua (21CA029659)
ODUMO Lewistar (21CA029652)
OJO Esther (21CA029658)
JOHN-AFRICA Elioenai (21CA029642)

A presentation on buildings
Construction Industry

By ODUMO lewistar
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 The construction industry is defined as the association of professionals from the built
environment to carry out the erection and maintenance of buildings for a client or organization

 It can also be defined as the branch of manufacture and trade based on the building, maintaining,
and repairing structures.

 The allied professions generally consists of the contractors, consultant, architect, civil and
structural engineers, interior designers, e.t.c.
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The construction industry has3 categories

• building construction industry; most general contractors and operative builders engaged in the
construction of residential, farm, commercial, industrial, and other buildings fall under this category

• Heavy construction industry; all general contractors in te heavy contructions such as highways,
streets, bridges, sewers, flood control projects and marine construction.

• Special trade construction industry; are special trade contractors primarily engaged in activities not
normally performed or specialized buildings like mobile homes, and non building projects. This
includes electrical and plumbing etc.
Steps involved in construction (simplified)

• Planning
• Permit and insurance
• Site preparation
• Foundation/substructure construction
• Superstructure construction
• Punch list
• Warranty period
Sources of Information In the Construction
Industry By OLABODE Joshua

The Sources of Information in a construction industry refers to the different avenues in which information can be
gotten from during the course of construction. These may include:
 Design: This contains all the details of the visuals of the building
 Machinery: They are used in many ways during construction to give accurate information to the person
leading the construction.
 Employees: They provide useful information using what they've observed during their work to the heads of
each working group, which will help in the construction of the building.
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 Specifications: This shows particular instructions for the building being made to make its
functional spaces serve their purposes properly to make the building work well as a whole.
 Handbooks: This aids the workers to work smoothly during the construction process to ensure
maximum productivity and a successful building.
 Contracts: This specifies some conditions concerning the building being made in detailed
documents.
 ERP(Enterprise Resource Planning):This gives details about the expenses to be made during
construction.
 Planning tools: These are used to organise and regulate the activities and resources, done and
used respectively during construction.
Classification of Buildings
By KOSOKO Sharon

Classification of Buildings According to purpose.

 RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS: These include any building in which sleeping accommodation is
provided for normal residential purposes, with or without cooling or dining or both facilities
(e.g., houses, lodges, dormitories, apartment houses (flats), hotels, etc.)
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 INSTITUTIONAL BUILDINGS: These include any building which is used for purposes such as medical or
other treatment, care of persons suffering from physical or mental illness, etc. (e.g., hospitals and
sanatorium, custodial institutions, penal and mental institutions, etc.).
Contd.

 ASSEMBLY BUILDINGS: These include any building where a group of people congregate or
gather for amusement, recreation, social, religious, patriotic, civil, travel, etc. (e.g., theatres,
motion picture houses, auditoria, museums, etc.).
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 BUSINESS BUILDINGS: These include any building which is used for the transaction of business (other
than mercantile buildings discussed below) for the keeping of accounts and records, professional
establishments, service facilities, etc. (e.g., town halls, courts, libraries, etc.).
Contd.

 MERCANTILE BUILDINGS: These include any building which is used as shops, stores or market, for
display and sale of merchandise (either wholesale or retail). Storage and service facilities incidental to the
sale of merchandise and located in the same buildings shall be included under this group.
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 INDUSTRIAL BUILDINGS: These include any building in which products of materials of all kinds and
properties are fabricated, assembled, manufactured or processed. (e.g., assembly plants, power and gas
plants, refineries, diaries, sawmills, etc.).
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 STORAGE BUILDINGS: These include any building used primarily for the storage or sheltering of goods,
wares or merchandise, vehicles or animals, etc. (e.g., warehouses, cold storages, garages, hangers, grain
elevators, etc.).
 Types of Housing
By OJO Esther

 High-Rise Buildings:
These are tall buildings that are equipped with
elevators and usually has at least six stories. In
Nigeria, you can find them as apartment
buildings or used for commercial purposes
especially when used as corporate offices.
They can usually be found around
neighborhoods like Victoria Island, Ikoyi, etc
in lagos. Some of the most popular high-rise
buildings in Lagos include the UBA House
located in Marina, the Union bank building;
also found in Marina.
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 Terraced Houses
Terraced houses fall under the category of Nigerian
house types that are in high demand, which explains
why you’ll tend to find more of them springing up
within different neighborhoods in Lagos. These houses
exhibit a style of medium-density housing that
originated in Europe in the 16th century. For terraced
houses, a row of identical houses shares side walls. In
essence, a terraced house is a house built as part of a
continuous row in a uniform style. In some countries
and cities, they are referred to as row houses, row
homes or linked houses. Similar to Nigeria, terrace
houses are also very common all over the world.
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 Duplexes
A duplex is a residential building divided into
two apartments. This includes two-story houses
having a complete apartment on each floor and
also side-by-side apartments on a single lot that
share a common wall. You should note that a
similar structure that has 3 or 4 floors are
called triplex and fourplex respectively.
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 Bungalows
A bungalow is a low house having only one
story or, in some cases, upper rooms set in the
roof, typically with dormer windows.
Bungalows are largely affordable to maintain
and cut across several neighborhoods in Lagos
and the rest of Nigeria
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 Mansions

A mansion is a large impressive house. Factor this into the lavish taste of wealthy
individuals and what you have is different types of mansions in different parts of the
country. Real estate agents consider mansions to be houses that have a minimum of 8,000
square feet of floor space. Mansions are quite subjective by definition but experts believe
that a true mansion must be owned by an iconic and extremely wealthy person. A mansion
is expected to have entertainment facilities, dedicated leisure space, lavish grounds as well
as outstanding building materials and finishes.
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 Mud Houses
Mud houses are still prevalent in many
rural areas in Nigeria where such
homeowners use mud, palm fronds, raffia
matting, straw and wood to build their
houses. For the roof of the house, you can
use straw and mats that are made from
raffia palm leaves. Other houses include
towers, villas, Gable front cottage, Etc.