Subscribers, visitors laud Buildcon at Lagos exhibition
Visitors, subscribers and real estate stakeholders have commended Buildcon Global Services Limited, a real estate company based in Lagos, for its commitment to quality and standard in the delivery of its products.
The stakeholders who were present at this year’s CEMCS exhibition in Lekki area of Lagos recently also lauded Buildcon’s architectural design and focus, particularly on quality and affordability.
Those that have seen the newly built Pracht Gardens Estate located in Ikota area of Lagos particularly praised the company for the state-of-art facilities used in its construction and the layout which they agreed, “shows what a dream home should be.”
Mr. Kenneth Babalola, a Lagos based industrialist who indicated interest in the company’s projects, maintained that what he saw at Buildcon’s stand and at Pracht Gardens Estate, is “a testament to the fact that company has skilled architects and competent engineers that can meet subscribers’ expectations.”
Corroborating Babalola’s view, Mr. John Okafor, a Petroleum Engineer, affirmed that he was impressed with Buildcon Global Services Limited for the unrivalled quality being demonstrated in its architectural and interior designs. He also appreciated the company’s payment scheme as it makes it easy for a subscriber to own a luxury home without stress, an initiative that should be emulated.
Mrs. Ngozi Okafor, a Lagos based Chartered Accountant equally commended the company for combining luxury with quality and at an affordable rate. “l think l have made the right decision by having interest in the company’s projects,” she said.
In her remarks, the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Mrs. Bukunola Gadzama, expressed delight with the accolades from visitors and subscribers, adding that the vision of Buildcon Global Services Limited is to deliver unique services to subscribers and exceeds their expectations.
“In creating these luxury apartments, we took into consideration the need for affordable housing, security, space optimisation, comfort, child-friendly environment and quality,” she said
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How BIM will change the real estate sector
BIM is an intelligent 3D model-based process that equips architecture, engineering and construction professionals with the insight and tools to more efficiently plan, design, manage and construct buildings and infrastructure.
Adoption of BIM will benefit construction firms in the following aspects but not limited to:
Cost estimating: BIM software has the ability to perform quantity take off and automatically adjust and accommodate any changes occurring throughout the design and construction processes.
Fabrication/shop drawings: With the help of BIM, developing shop drawings are simple for different systems of buildings.
Construction sequencing: BIM will also help in sequencing and coordinating fabrications, materials order and delivery schedules for project components.
Conflict and collision detection: Since all the models in BIM are created in proper scale in a 3D space, the software has the ability to call out any conflicts between building and utilities elements. After gathering data on 32 major projects, Stanford University’s Center for Integrated Facilities Engineering reported the following benefits of BIM.
BIM diminishes changes up to 40% by early problem detection
Compared to traditional methods of estimation, BIM produces estimates within 3% of accuracy.
BIM reduces cost estimation time by 80%
The most common challenges throughout the adoption and implementation of BIM in developed countries, according to the existing literature, appeared to be technology, people and processes. Subsequently it appears that some of the construction firms in developing countries that are working to implement BIM are sharing similar challenges even though most developing countries’ construction industries are using traditional technologies disseminated from developed countries.
Therefore, it is important to identify similarities of issues regarding the adoption of BIM in both developed and developing countries, and learn from BIM professionals with first hand BIM implementation experience. The lessons learned from early adopters in developed countries may provide enough encouragement to support the successful adoption of BIM in developing countries construction industries.also disclosed that other projects that would be embarked upon by the company include the Pracht Court in Ajah, Pracht Clusters at Chevron and another estate at Sangotedo in Lagos.
