by Muimi Nzangi | Sep 27, 2024 | Construction
The slow payment process is a problem that we have to deal with in the construction industry. As a contractor or sub-contractor, you aim to complete a project within budget, and on time and make profits. If payments are delayed, that is going to affect your cash flows...
by Muimi Nzangi | Sep 26, 2024 | Construction
EIA is an acronym for Environmental Impact Assessment. This refers to a systematic analysis of projects, policies, plans, and programmes to determine their potential environmental and social impacts, the significance of such effects, and propose measures to mitigate...
by Muimi Nzangi | Sep 26, 2024 | Construction
This is an act of the Parliament of Kenya to provide for the safety, health and welfare of workers and all persons lawfully present in the workplace against risks to safety and health arising out of or in connection with the activities of the person at work....
by Muimi Nzangi | Sep 25, 2024 | Construction
This follow-up article builds up on our earlier post on lessons from the success of the Singapore public housing systems. Here, we’ll discuss lessons from China and Chile. China’s Public Housing Programme The Chinese government had been the only provider of public...
by Muimi Nzangi | Sep 25, 2024 | Construction
In the colonial period, Singapore Island was used as a base for distribution, financial, transportation and communication functions, with mainland Malaysia as the production base for agricultural and mineral products. The area developed into a highly congested mixed...
by Muimi Nzangi | May 13, 2024 | Construction
History points to the Great London fire as what led to the start, and growth of the practice of quantity surveying in the United Kingdom before it spread to the rest of the world. In this article, we discuss how the London fire happened, the reconstruction of London...
