Department of Building-Technology

BRIEF HISTORY

The Department started at the interception of the Polytechnic in 1^st April, 1978 as the department of Building Technology/Quantity Surveying. In 1981/1992 session the first batch of 24 OND graduates in Building Technology were produced. The first HND graduates passed out in 1983. During this period and including up to 1986, headship of the department revolved around Architects, Quantity Surveyors, Land Surveyors, Estate Surveyors and town planners as there were no qualified builders to take up the mantle. The Department during this period has an understanding with Government Technical College Owerri to use her workshops for the practical aspects of the programmes. The curriculum committee was able to produce a syllabus for the department in line with what obtained in Kaduna Polytechnic and IMT Enugu. External moderators were then sourced from ABU Zaria and University of Benin.

In 1986, an accreditation team from the NBTE visited the Department but found the resources inadequate to grant it accreditation. This made the polytechnic Administration to pay the necessary attention to the Programmes. Workshop spaces were provided sometime as common services, studio spaces were provided, and some attempts were made at staff recruitment, while additional tools and equipment for practical courses were procured.

All these efforts led to a successful resource visitation in May, 1992. The Polytechnic was then granted approval to advertise and admit students into ND and HND programmes in Building Technology.

A full NBTE re-accreditation visitation was made in October, 1995, during which everything relating to the production of Building Technology graduate was accessed. The department scaled through successfully and had since undergone three other successful visitations. The department has undergone several successful re-accreditation exercises in 2000, 2005, 2010 and lastly in 2015. The department has also secured accreditation from the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria in 1993, with subsequent re-accreditation.

The staff strength of the Department presently stands at 13 Numbers of Academic staff and 2 numbers of part-time-staff. There are 3 numbers of Non-academic staff serving in the department. Three are also 3 numbers of workshop attendants.

The student enrolment for the ND and HND (morning)programme hovers between 320-400. The department also co-ordinates the academic activities of the Evening and weekend Programmes. The common Engineering services workshop house by the School of Environment Design and Technology served the workshop practices needs for the department. Presently, a workshop block has been provided for the department housing Block –Laying/Concreting; Plumbing, Painting, Decoration and Glazing workshops. Carpentry workshop is still within common services arrangement.

Since 2013/2014 session, there have been remarkable improvements in workshop practices with this recent development. The department has been growing from strength to strength with continuous improvement in staff, facilities, and the progamme.

VISION STATEMENT

To produce professionals that will be responsible for the compete production of new buildings, maintenance of existing buildings and Building Production Management, utilizing high standard of practice and providing modern and appropriate construction techniques, with more emphasis on improved training, safety, quality  and value management for the benefit of Nigeria.

MISSION STATEMENT

Promotion of Building Production Management, Construction and Maintenance Management Principles that will continuously provide solutions to the ever changing complexity of aesthetic, structural, services and functional requirements of all types of building and housing projects and the professionals that will produce and manage building production in all its aspects and ramifications.

HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS

• Engr. M. E. Nwosu
• Arc. Akizeski
• Arc. C. I. Okeke
• Sur. E. I Nwakwasi
• Arc. Dr A. U. Ibelegbu
• Arc. E. Edom
• Bldr. C. O. Amobi
• Bldr. G. C. Ukah
• Bldr. Hygi Udeagwu
• Bldr. E. O. Onwuka

OBJECTIVES OF THE PROGRAMME (ND & HND)

The National Diploma Programme (ND) in Building Technology is aimed at producing middle level manpower as technicians that are capable of performing basic functions in Building Technology practice both in private and public sector. The objectives are to produce diplomats that will assist the professionals in the built environment.

The Higher National Diploma courses in Building are designed to prepare Higher National Building Technologists for the Building industry. The philosophy underlying the Building programme is to develop and advance on completion of the courses the diplomat that will be able to perform the following functions of the Science, Technology and Practice of Building Production Management, Building Surveying, Construction and Maintenance of Buildings in all its aspects and ramifications. Through this philosophy, the graduates of building programme would have been exposed to both the theoretical and some practical aspects of his professional career.

 UMTE REQUIREMENT

National Diploma (ND) in Building Technology

Applicants with the following qualifications may be considered for admission into the National Diploma programme. Any three of Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Biology or Geography.

MINIMUM ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

• O/Level Requirements: credits in Mathematics, English Language, Physics, and any other two subjects from the following: Chemistry, Biology/Agric. Science, Geography, Economics, Technical Drawing/Fine Arts/Visual Art, Blocklaying and Concreting, Plumbing and Glazing, Woodwork, Metal Work/General Metal work, Engineering Drawing and ICT/Computer Studies/Data Processing in not more than two sittings.

HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA (HND) IN BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

Applicants with all the following qualifications may be considered for admission into the Higher National Diploma in Building Technology Programme.

• The minimum entry requirements for ND programme in Building Technology.
• The National Diploma with a minimum of Lower Credit Pass in Building Technology.
• A minimum of one year post National Diploma cognate work experience.
• In exceptional cases, ND diplomats with a pass grade (CGPA 2.0 – 2.49) in the ND examination that had two or more years of cognate experience in the specific field may be considered for admission into the HND programme.

Note that candidates with the above requirements are subjected to aptitude test for ND and HND while ND candidates also take the UTME.

SCOPE/COURSES

The profile of programmes run by the Department of Building Technology will enable students have a clearer understanding of each subject as well as see the need for making such a course part of the total programme. The details are at various levels from ND1 to HND 11 as follows:

FIRST SEMESTER ND1 COURSES

BLD 111 – BUILDING SCIENCE & PROPERTIES OF MATERILS 1

This course gives the student the competency to understand the properties of construction materials.

BLD 112 – BUILDING CONSTRUCTION 1

The competency is that the student should be acquainted with the building components involved in building construction and understand the various components of a building.

BLD 113 – WORKSHOP PRACTICE AND TECHNOLOGY 1

This course offers the student the opportunity to be able to construct walls made from bricks, blocks and concretes.

BLD  114 – TECHNICAL DRAWING

With this course, the student should be conversant with the fundamentals of technical drawing and their applications in engineering and technology.

SUG 101 – BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SURVEYING 1

The student completing this course should be proficient at measuring distances, and in undertaking a chain survey. The student should also be of familiar with leveling techniques, be able to reduce the data and plot profiles of levels. The student should be able to use a theodolite for measuring and setting out angles, undertake associated calculations and read maps accurately.

MTH 111 – LOGIC AND LINEAR ALGEBRA 

The course will enable students to understand the basic rules of mathematical logic and their application to mathematical proofs; know permutations and combinations compute the binomial expansion of algebraic expansions and understand the algebraic operations among others.

GNS 101 – USE OF ENGLISH 1

This course will promote the necessary language skills which will enable the student to communicate effectively. Understand the basic rules of grammar, know the nature of the language and appreciate literary word inEnglish. Understand the basic rules of grammar; the essential qualities of paragraph and appreciating literary work in English.

GNS 111 – CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION i

Knowledge from this course will enable the student understand the significance of good citizenship. The will know the benefits derivable from Nigerian citizenship. They will also understand the obligation of the government and the citizens as provided in the constitution.

GNS 222 – PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMICS

With this course, the students should be able to know basic economics of production through the following ways:

• Understand the existence of scarcity of resources and recognize the need to allocate resources between alternative uses.
• Understand the forces of demand and supply operating in the market economy to determine prices.
• Know the production equilibrium of firms in the economy.
• Appreciate the stages of economic growth with references to the Nigerian economy.

EED 126 – INTRODUCTION TO ENTREPRENUERSHIP

The student will understand and have sufficient knowledge to plan the establishment of a small business and realize the pitfalls involved.

The specific learning areas include:

• The basic concept of entrepreneurship
• Understand the historical perspective of entrepreneurship development
• Know how to plan a business entrepreneur/project
• Know how to operate simple stock keeping
• Appreciate the economies of land as a resource and development of land by developers.  

SECOND SEMESTER ND 1 COURSES

BLD 121 – BUILDING SCIENCE AND PROPERTIES OF MATERIAL II

The student should understand the properties of construction materials. Thus they will understand the following:

• Dynamics of using Newton’s Laws of Motion
• Basic Principles of sound insulation and acoustics
• Characteristics of lighting
• Properties and different species of timber
• Composition and properties of metals
• Composition and properties of paints and vanishes
• Characteristics of glass
• Derivation properties and uses of asphalt and bitumen
• Chemical composition and uses of adhesives
• Manufacture and uses of asbestos and asbestos products
• Causes, effects and prevention of corrosion and fungal attacks in building

BLD 122 – BUILDING CONSTRUCTION II

Student should be familiar with the various components of a building such as:

• Know the different types of floors
• Understand masonry wall construction and staircases
• Know the types of roofs and ceiling structures and coverings

BLD 123 –WORKSHOP PRACTICE AND TECHNOLOGY II

Student should be familiar with the use of woods and wood working tools and materials. They will understand the following:

• Woodworking tools and equipment
• Factory acts and safety regulations in wood workshop
• Types of timber used  for various work purposes
• Various types of wood joints and jointing materials
• Various woodworking machines in use
  
  BLD 124 – INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURAL MECHANICS.

The student should be familiar with dynamics, properties of materials and compute, solve problems on statically determinate structure. Specifically, the students will understand dynamics using Newton’s laws of motion, relations between stress and strain as well as station and graphical resolution of forces.

BLD 125 – PRINCIPLES OF ACCOUNTING

The student should be able to prepare the final account for a small business enterprise. Specifically they should know the recording of transactions in the books of accounts, understand the use of general ledger; know how to extract a trial balance, how to prepare the final account of a sole trader, how to prepare accounts for a partnership and a sole trader and understand the preparation of contract accounts.

 BLD 126 – BASIC PRINCIPLES OF ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN

On completion of this course and drawing the students should be able to know the basic principles of perspective, tracing and designing elements in drawing. They should also understand the principle of anthropometrics, appreciate the design process and know how to code and reproduce drawings.

CEC 108 – ENGINEERING GEOLOGY AND BASIC SOIL MECHANICS

The student should be exposed to basic geology and soil mechanics and apply them to building works. Specific learning areas include:

• Nature and composition of the earth crust
• Surface weathering processes
• Principal geological factors affecting some engineering projects among others
• Other aspect of structural geology and soil mechanics.
  
  SUG 102 – BASIC PRINCIPLES OF SURVEYING II

The student who completes this course should be proficient in using levels and theodolites, capable of understanding simple surveys and be able to set out building with confidence. The areas to understand include among others: the procedure and methods of third order theodolite and total station traversing, the principles, field methods and calculation procedures for minor triangulations; the basic principles and methods of using total station and GIS equipment; problems involved in producing contoured plans as well as setting in/out procedure for a medium sized building.

MTH 112 – ALGEBRA AND ELEMENTARY TRIGONOMETRY

• To know the laws of indices and their application to know theory of logarithm, surds and their applications in manipulations.
• Know the principles underlying the construction of charts and graphs.
• Know the different methods of solving quadratic equations
• Know the permutations and combinations
• Set theory
• Know equations and apply same to engineering problem.
  
  GNS 102 – COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH I
• Acquire the necessary communication skills, techniques of correspondence and comprehend with materials
• To know a presentation
• Comprehension and interpretation

GNS 128 – CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION II

This course will make students understand citizenship, the Federal system of government and constitution of Nigeria, the principles of State policy; constitutional rights and obligations of Nigeria citizens and other issues of National interest.

NDII   FIRST SEMESTER COURSES

BLD 211 – INTRODUCTION TO THEORY OF STRUCTURES

• Student should know how to determine reactions, bending moments, shear force value.
• To understand moments of inertia, products of inertia, max and min principal axis, neutral axis, and bearing stress
  
  BLD 212 – BUILDING CONSTRUCTION III
• Student should understand the use of scaffolding, fenestration and finishes to structural members of building
• Know the use of scaffolding
• Know the various types of fenestration in building
• Know the different types of finishes for floor, walls and ceiling.
  
  BLD 213 - WORKSHOP PRACTICE AND TECHMNOLOGY III
  The students should know the following:
• Know paint and decoration and their effects on building
• Know the preservative characteristics of paint
• Know paint work
• Know plumbing materials for various jobs purposes
• Know water supply
• Know the different methods of installing and fixing appliances
• Drainage system
• Should be familiar with the use of paints and decorations

BLD 214 – BUILDING SERVIVICES

• The students should understand the various services to building and how to provide drainage systems to building.
• To know the sources, quality and classification of water
• Know the system of distribution of pipe-work for domestic cold water supply
• Understand hot water systems
• Know the basic sanitary appliances fitting and their uses
• Various types of drainage systems used in buildings
• Know methods of providing lighting in buildings
• Know the electrical fittings and control in a house.

QUS 209 – TENDERING & ESTIMATING 

The students should know the terminologies in tendering and estimating.

• Appreciate contractor’s activities during the tender process
• Understand the basic principles and scope of estimating
• Understand the constituent parts of unit-rates
• Distinguish between prime cost, overhead cost and profits

QUS 102 – MEARSUREMENT AND SPECIFICATION

The students should be able to prepare quantities, schedules and bill of quantities and the following:

• Know and understand the purpose of preparing a bill of quantities using the various methods of processing dimension
• Know all the different kinds of schedules required in producing bill of quantities
• Know how to write simple specifications to various work sections.

BLD 215– SITE MANAGEMENT

The students should be able to manage a site and know the laws connected to building. They should therefore know the following:

• The activities involved in site administration
• The basic legislation that relates to building construction
• How to organize labor for building construction work
• BLD 216 – PRINCIPLES OF LAW AND BUILDING CONTRACTS

This course will enable the students to understand the basic principles of these:-

• The branches and sources of law and the various schools of law
• Law and building regulations
• The legislation process and power separation
• The general principles of constitutional and administrative law
• The statutory acts, Edicts, Decrees, Bye-laws etc.
• The simple building regulations and planning laws.

MTH 211 – CALCULUS

On completion of this course the students should understand the following:-

• The basic concept of differential calculus and in application in solving engineering problems
• Integration as the reverse of differentiation to engineering problems
• First order homogenous linear equation with constant coefficients as applied to simple engineering problems
• The basic concepts of partial differentiation and apply same to engineering problems.

BLD 217 – Research Method

This course will enable students to:-

• Be able to write a good research methodology
• Understand the context of the research
• Know the methodology and sequence of writing a report.

COM 101 – INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER PACKAGES

This course will expose the students in the following:-

• Understand basic computer programming
• Appreciate the  computer system, and
• The computer word processing package such as MS word, etc.

NDII – SECOND SEMESTER COURSES

BLD 221 – INTRODUCTION TO STRUCTURES DESIGN AND DETAILLING 

The outcome from the learning process should be that the students should:

• Know how to determine reactions, bending moments shear force value.
• Know failure, buckled shapes and effective length
• Know framed structures
• Understand the design of simple structural elements.           

BLD 222 – BUILDING CONSTRUCTION IV

Generally, the students should be able to carry out external work, general administration of building construction including precautions against fire.

Specifically, they will know these:-

• The external works around the building
• The general administration of building
• Various requirements as regard fire precaution and regulations as applied to building.

BLD 223 – WORKSHOP PRACTICE & TECHNOLOGY IV

The practice will enable the students to be competent in the following:

• Be able to construct model building with all the essential services and finishes
• Electrical installation involved in the building process
• The construction of a small model building complete with all essential services and finishes

ICT 102 – INTRODUCTION TO PROGRAMMING CONCEPTS USING Q-BASIC

This course is to achieve the following:-

• To enable student to develop basic programming skills
• To implement programming concept using Q-basic
• Define Q-basic expression
• Q-basic function

QUS 210 – TENDERING AND ESTIMATING

The student should be able to know the preparation of build-up rates for preliminary items, factors and analysis applied to bill of quantities for low rise building. They will also appreciate and know the use of these:

• The buildup for preliminary items
• The pricing of attendance on nominated subcontractors
• Rate analysis to priced items in the bill of quantities
• Factors affecting tender prices

QUS 201 – BUILDINNG MEASUREMENT AND SPECIFICATION

The learning outcome will enable the students to understand and know the following:

The members of the team in the construction industry and be able to prepare quantities and bills for domestic and industrial buildings.

• Duties and functions of quantity surveyors
• The relationship between the quantity surveyors and the other members of the construction team
• The use of standard method of measurement
• The process of dimensions, collecting quantities and all work section
• The method of quantities for work involved in simple buildings
• How to take-off quantities for work involved in traditional domestic buildings and simple industrial buildings of not more than two storey
• How to produce bills of quantities using various methods.

BLD 224 –  MAINTENANCE TECH

The knowledge will enable the students to be familiar and know the following:-

• Various effects in buildings and their remedial measures
• The meaning of the terms used in maintenance and repairs and related facilities
• The ground geological fault and their effect on building
• Types of defects which affect brick/block works and masonry and remedies for them
• The causes of defect and their remedies in low-rise building

BLD 226 – PROJECT

• The student should be able to carry-out simple site work and produce a report of his activity and also
• Know how to carry out a report

BLD 225 – SITE MANAGEMENT II

This will enable the students to know the following:-

• How to manage a site and understand the application of work study to site
• The structural problems in site management and organization
• How decisions are made
• The principles which govern effective communication in public and human relation
• The importance of planning and controlling the execution of projects
• The process of work study and application to site works

EED 211 – ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

This course will expose the students to the following areas

• To plan the establishment of a small business and realize the pitfalls involved
• To know the techniques for generating business opportunities
• To evaluate a business idea for developing an enterprise
• To know the  methods of products/services selection
• To understand the process and procedure for starting an enterprise
• To understand the operational techniques in managing an enterprise
• To know the various existing industrial and support agencies in Nigeria
• To know the role of commercial and development banks in small and medium scale industries development
• To know the role of personal savings and portfolio investment in National Economic development
  
  HND I FIRST SEMESTER COURSES

BLD 311 – THEORY OF STRUCTURES I

This will enable the students have to understand nature of joints and be able to analyses simple determinate structure. They will therefore understand the following:

• Types of structural elements and joints in a farmed structure
• Analytical graphical methods of determining reactions and force in the members of statically determinate structures
• The use of influence lines to determine bending moment shear and reactions in a simple supported beam by a moving load

BLD 312– CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY I

The students should have competence on how to organize a site and be familiar with earth work and formwork in the construction industry. It is thus expected that the students should:-

• Understand how to organize a site
• Understand the techniques, procedures and plans involved in large scale earth movement
• Understand the principles and construction of formwork, trusses and floors.

BLD 313 – STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND DETAILINGS I

On completion of this course, it is expected of them (students) to understand the relevant codes of practice and be able to carry out design and detailing of beams and slabs. They should therefore understand and know the following:

• The process of design
• Apply limit state characteristic material strength and safety and design loads
• Strain relationship for concrete and steel
• Design methods of reinforced concrete rectangular beams and
• How to design solid slabs and stairs

BLD 314 – ADVANCED MEASUREMENT OF CONSTRUCT WORKS I

The student is expected to be able to prepare measurement from drawings in a standard form.

The students should know how to measure from drawings by reference to specifications as well as how to read from building drawings and preparing specifications and schedules of more complex building construction.

BLD 315 – BUILDING SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT

The student is expected to understand the technique of water supply, waste water and refuse disposal by the achievement of these objectives:

• To understand the principles and techniques of water supply to buildings
• To know the contractors procedure prior to submission of tenders
• To know the various methods of disposing wastes from building
• To understand the supply and methods of distribution of gas into buildings
• To know the concept of the various equipment used for moving people in highest buildings, and
• To understand refuse disposal system and their incorporation in building.

QUS 313 – CONTRACT LAW & ARBITRATION

Competency:   the students should be able to know the laws governing employments, labour and the responsibility involved in contract law.

They should therefore understand:

• Law of contract of employment;
• Law governing labour or trade unions;
• Voluntary and compulsory liquidations;
• Responsibilities and obligations of all the parties to a contract
• Liabilities of the professionals in the construction industry
• How contract can be discharged and remedied and
• Know the meaning of application and procedures of arbitration in the building industry.

ARC 323 – PRINCIPLES OF ARC. DESIGN AND DRAWING

The students should be able to produce Architectural drawings of buildings. They should therefore understand:

• How to draw and interpret drawings;
• How to prepare design briefs;
• The design process
• The procedures for development and programming for full scale drawing
• The principles of modular coordination in draughting
• The schedules and specification
• How to prepare services drawing and
• Working drawing detailing

MIS 301 – INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

The students should be able to use computer for information technology. They can achieve this through the understanding of the following objectives:-

• The concepts of information technology
• The use of breakdown structure in task creation
• Information and task relationship and
• Baseline schedule

SUG 208 – ENGINEERING SURVEYING II

The students should be able to undertake minor engineering surveys and compute all necessary calculations. To achieve this, they must understand these:

• The basic principle of geometric design of routes
• How to set-out routes consisting of straight and circular curves
• The methods of running, circulation plotting and drawing longitudinal sections and cross section
• Methods of even computations
• Methods of volumes computations
• The process of setting out structures, as well as
• The specialized aspects of ‘as built’ surveys

HND I 2^ND SEMESTER COURSESjbe

BLD 321 – THEORY OF STRUCTURES II

The student is expected to analyze indeterminate structures using moved distribution, three moment equation and slope.

• It is therefore expected that the student(s) should be able to understand and know statically indeterminate structures
• The application of flexible methods to solve simpler indeterminate problems
• The analysis of simpler statically indeterminate structures by the moment distribution; and
• The concept and use of three moment and slope defection, method in indeterminate structures

BLD 322 – CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY II

Competency:  the students are expected to know the techniques involved in solving sub-structural problems and erection of frames.

• Therefore the students are expected to understand the techniques, material and procedures involved in sheet pilings, underpinning and under watering and the construction of retaining walls.
• They should also understand the concept of glazing of steel, timber, reinforced concrete.
• Know the concept of dewatering, and
• Be able to know the techniques involved in sub structural problems and erection of frames.

BLD 323 – STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND DETAILING

The students are expected to carry out design of reinforced columns, reinforced concrete pad or isolated footing and R.C. retaining wall. Thus, the students are required:

• To understand the design of short and slender columns
• To know method of design of isolated footings and
• To understand the principles and method of pre-stressed concrete design.

BLD 324 – ADVANCED MEASUREMENT OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS II

The students are expected to be able to compare accurate talk from drawing and to arrange detailed schedules. This will provide student with an advanced knowledge of the measurement of construction works. They will also know how to prepare examples of different methods of processing dimensions, billing and preparing schedules.

BLD 325 – BUILDING SERVICES AND EQUIPMENT II

Competency:  the students are expected to know the concept election, fire prevention and ventilation services in building. It is also pertinent that they should know mechanical plants in construction.

• The students should therefore know the basic electrical installation in building and on site
• The provision required for the prevention
• The concepts of natural and methods of ventilation, as well as
• The various mechanical plants in the construction process.

QUS 314 – CONDITIONS OF CONTRACT

The students are expected to understand the JCT form of contract and be able to interpret them. To achieve the above, the course is to provide the students with advance knowledge of the application of JCT clauses in project execution and know in details the various standards forms for subcontract works and relate them to the main contract forms.

GNS 321 – INTERNATIONL RELATIOS 

The students should know the communication skills and practice with this course. They will therefore know the contributions of the early pioneers in the building profession, the span of control and the management and relation to industrial practices.

BLD 327 – MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE

The knowledge of principles of management and operational research is a pre-requisite for the students.

They should therefore be expected to:-

• Know historical background of management in the construction industry in relation to industry
• The contribution of some early pioneers in the field of management
• Span of control and types of relationships that exist in a large firm
• The essence of communication and how to communicate in an organization
• Management functions that must be performed in the building industry and
• The basic concepts and applications of operations research in the management of building industry.

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HND II FIRST SEMESTER COURSES

BLD 411 – THEORY OF STRUCTURES III

The student is expected to be able to solve problems involving deflection of structures and carry out plastic analysis of structures.

The student should therefore be able to understand the deflection of beams in structure as well as the plastic theory of bending.

BLD 412 – CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY III

The student should understand statutory regulation, preliminary work, concrete work prefabrication and plant requirements.

To understand this, the students should understand and know the following:

• Preliminary works and preparation of large and restricted sites
• Statutory regulations, preliminary work, concrete work prefabrication and plant requirements
• The production of concrete and its placement in concrete work, and
• Prefabricated components and plant requirements

BLD 413 – STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND DETAILING III

With this course, the students are expected to know the designing of safe structures using professional codes and classical analytical methods.

To achieve this, the following objectives shall apply:

• To understand the limit state design philosophy of reinforced concrete structures
• The yield line theory
• The limit state of serviceability
• The importance of torsion, shear and flexure in structures as well as
• Know masonry structures

BLD 414 – ESTIMATING AND PRICE ANALYSIS I

The student is expected to know how to build up unit rates and make estimates for complex and engineering works.

This is possible as the student should know these:

• How to build-up rates for complex building works and Civil engineering works including preliminary items
• How to make up approximate estimate by various unit, cube, superficial or floor area, story enclosure and approximate quantities, and also
• Factors affecting cost of tenders

BLD 415 – MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY

The student should know the concept of causes of building materials failures and the technology of maintenance of building and infrastructures.

The students should therefore understand and know these:

• The various materials and processes for carrying out maintenance work in buildings and infrastructural facilities
• The nature of deterioration in common building materials and components that are caused by external and internal agents.
• The types and causes of failures in building and in infrastructural facilities
• The peculiar maintenance problems associated with higher rise building, industrial buildings and their specialist work, and
• The peculiar maintenance problems associated with estate roads and infrastructural works.

BLD 416 – CONSTRUTION MANAGEMENT I

Competency: the student should be able to know the contact document management processes and allocation of resources to building operations

They should therefore understand the following:

• The processes of contract documentation and forms of contract and tendering processes.
• The application of scientific management processes to high rise buildings,
• The process of management as they apply for building operation and coordination on site, i.e. subcontractors nominated suppliers and the like.
  
  BLD 417 – BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL CONTROL

The students should be able to prepare single budget and financial control of a project.

They should understand the following to achieve the above competency:

• The basic principles of finance,
• The basic principles of budgeting,
• Some aspect of personnel and its cost implication,
• The element of profitability and
• Basic aspects of cash flow, information flows and conditions of contract.

QUS 316 – MEASUREMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING WORKS I

In completion of this course, student should be able to measure special civil engineering works and understand preparation of method related changes in civil engineering bills if quantities.

The objectives to achieve this include:

• To understand the principles and format of CESMM
• To understand the concept of method related changes
• Understand the measurement code and measure works and some selected areas.

BLD 419 – INTEGRATED STUDIO DESIGN

On completion of this course the students should be competent in the handling of building projects from the inception to the completion as a person-in-charge of the project. They will focus on these areas:

• Site analysis and site plan,
• Architectural working drawing,
• Structural analysis and detailing,
• Bill of Quantities (BOQ) and
• Specification /construction process & work programme

HND II SECOND SEMESTER COURSES

BLD 429 – PROJECT

The student should be able to use the knowledge and skills acquired in the various courses to present a project report.

The project work will make the students know:

• The importance of project to the programme
• How to identify problems in practice
• How to collect and use data for analysis
• How to present project.

BLD 422 – CONSTRUCTION TECH IV

The student should understand the construction transformation and drainage facilities.

They should understand and know the following:

• Airport construction
• The construction of drainage, flexible and rigid pavement, and construction of surface water drainage
• Railway construction
• Simple tunneling
• The construction of reinforced concrete, pre-stressed concrete and precast concrete work

BLD 423 – STRUCTURAL DESIGN AND DETAILING IV

The student should be able to carry out design and structural detailing of two storey buildings, simple steel and timber structures.

The students should therefore understand:

• General arrangement of drawings, working drawings and standard methods of detailing,
• The use of structural steel in building and working stresses, design of tension and compression members, riveted, welded and bolted joints connections
• The principles and design of timber structural members, and
• Undertake design and detailing of a building structure not more than 3 floors

BLD 424 – ESTIMATING AND PRICE ANALYSIS II

The students should be equipped with the knowledge of knowing different tendering methods and types of contract.

On completion of this course, the students should therefore understand the concept of estimating and price analysis.

BLD 425 – MAINTENANCE  & FACILITY MANAGEMENT

The student should be familiar with management of maintenance works and essentials of estate management. They should therefore:

• Understand the importance of planned, preventive and organized maintenance and improvement projects.
• Know how to plan, prepare contract documents and programme for maintenance and improvements works and
• Know the essentials of estate management

BLD 426 – CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENTII

Competency: the student should be able to know work study as management tool and be able to prepare interim valuations and final account.

They should understand and know the following:

• Work study as management techniques and its application in the management of the construction industry.
• The difference focus of motivation in the construction industry, their techniques and applications in the management of building project
• The meaning and methods of preparing interim valuation and final account and
• The nature and processes of production planning and control and its application in the manufacturing and the construction industry.

BLD 427 – BUDGETING AND FINANCIAL CONTROL II

Competency: the student should be able to prepare single budget and financial control of a project.

They should therefore understand the following:

• Legal requirement regarding books of accounts,
• The principles of budgeting and budgetary control,
• Cost control and planning,
• Personnel management and  available personnel,
• Profitability and profitability index, as well as
• Know cash flow, costing, buying documents and incentive.

BLD 428 –ONNOVATIVE BUIDING STUDIES

This course is intended to impact the knowledge, application and practice of Building Technology and Construction Management profession to the candidates.

The students should understand the following:

• Functions of professional bodies and regulatory bodies in the construction industry
• Builders (Registration, etc.) Decree No. 45 of 1989
• Forms of Civil/building contracts
• Functions of claims and arbitration in building contracts
• Uses and application of vital documents in building profession
• Procedure for setting up business in the building profession.

QUALIFICATIONS OBTAINABLE (i.e. ND CERTIFICATE, HND CERTIFICATE)

The major qualifications obtainable are National Diploma (ND) and Higher National Diploma (HND) in building technology.

AREAS OF SPECIALIZATION IN THE DEPARTMENT

The students studying building specialize in the following areas on successful completion of the programme:

• Building construction technology
• Building maintenance
• Building services
• Construction journalism 
  
  SKILL ACQUIRED

The skills acquired by graduation of the programmes are mainly analytical skills and includes the following:

• Supervisory skills
• Construction skills
• Managerial skills
• Building maintenance skills
• Services installation skills

JOB/EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The opportunities for builders are mainly and tenable in the areas of building departments of public and private sectors.

Builders are employed in the following broad sectors of the Nigerian economy

• Building Construction Companies
• Private Consultancy Firm of Builder Practices.

PUBLIC SECTORS:            i.e. Federal and State Ministry and Parastatals.

• Local Government
• Urban and Regional Planning Board and Local Planning Authorities in All the States of the Federation.
• Nigerian Armed Forces: Army, Naval, Air Force.
• Nigerian Police
• Nigerian Custom Services
• Nigerian Prison Services
• Academic Sector as Technologist/Instructor, Staff of Works and Services Department.

PRIVATE SECTORS:         Commercial, Merchant and Mortgage Banks/Finance – Houses/Insurance, Mining/Petrochemical Industries, Oil and Gas Companies, Multinational Corporations, Building and Engineering Manufacturing Industries, Property Development Companies, Private Individuals Etc.

PROFESSIONAL BODIES REGISTERABLE

The building technology National Diploma (ND) graduate can register in the non-professional grade of the Nigerian Institute of Building (NIOB) as a technician, from which he/she can rise to the Licentiate non-professional grade.

With Higher National Diploma (HND), the graduates will register as associate member of the non-professional grade of NIOB. The HND graduate will take one exam or have post HND diploma in building to be a graduate member, which is the last non-professional grade.

Successful corporate examination after three years of graduate membership will lead to a professional grade as corporate member of NIOB. The graduate can then register with the regulatory body, the Council of Registered Builders of Nigerian (CORBON) after a successful interview and/or examination.

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