Incessant Collapse of Building A Big Challenge to the Professional Women Builders

L.A. Kawu
Department of Building
Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University, Bauchi State

ABSTACT

This paper examines the causes of building collapse, roles of built
environment professionals in the lack of code enforcement saga. The option open or left to the professional women builders to step ahead of male colleagues in a male domain industry by spicing up their professional roles (as dictated by the code) with all their feminine attributes/natural endowments to fight this menace building collapse to a logical conclusion.
The paper concluded that, professional women builders could/can fasten the code enforcement process through fostering unity amongst all the women in the sister professions and also help curb building collapse through communication, coordination, collaboration, professional roles specialization and transformation of Nigerian Building Construction Industry as well as sustainability of our built environment.