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In this course, the student experiments with different materials mix media to create fashion designs that challenge conventions and functions. Here, the challenge is to extend our perception of fashion design beyond function to project fashion design as pure art.

Concrete as a basic building material; Construction materials for concrete production – cement, aggregates, water, admixtures; Types of concrete – normal concrete, high performance concrete, air-entrained concrete, lightweight concrete, self-compacting concrete, short Crete, ready-mix concrete; Concrete mix design; Various concrete mixes for different classes of projects; Properties of fresh and hardened concrete: Water cement ratio, workability, bleeding, segregation, hydration, air-entrainment in fresh concrete; strength, creep, shrinkage, modulus of elasticity, water tightness, rate of strength gain in hardened concrete; Timber forms for concrete slab, beam, column and foundation; Production of concrete – batching, mixing, transporting, placing, compacting and curing; Quality control of fresh concrete; Tests on concrete – slump tests, compression test, test for Poisson’s ratio of concrete, ultrasonic test, Schmidt test; Admixtures to concrete – accelerating admixtures, retarding admixtures, fly ash, air-entraining admixtures, water retarding admixtures; Performance and utilization of concrete in buildings and associated infrastructure such as rigid pavements; Application of special concrete and green concrete technology; Maintenance aspects and problems. BUD 483: The Technology and Management of Mass Housing Projects (2units C: LH 30) Learning Outcomes At the end of the course, the students should be able to: 1. discuss the concept of mass housing; 2. apply contemporary technologies in mass housing; and 3. generate innovative alternatives in mass housing. Course Contents Students are required to study any on-going mass housing projects, examine `and write on the technology being used, make a critique of same and propose better or alternative solutions.

Preparation of estimate. Calculation of project overheads/establishment charges. Establishment of all-in-rate for labour, establishment of all-in-rate for material, establishment of all-in-rate for plant; and building up of unit rates. Identification of input resources: material cost and its components, labour cost and its components and plant cost and its components. Methods of pricing: net pricing and gross pricing. Computation of rates for the items in the following sections of the Building and Engineering Standard Method of Measurement (BESMM). Excavation and earthworks.

Computation of rates and preparation of schedule of materials, labour and plant for the items in the following sections of the Building and Engineering Standard Method of Measurement (BESMM): concrete work, brickwork and block work; roofing, woodwork, metalwork, glazing, finishing, painting and decoration.

Standard forms of construction contract. Analyses, interpretation and application of condition of contract clauses. Definition of works; meaning of completion, sectional completion, time for completion. Extension of time, instructions, defect liability and maintenance clauses; insurance and payment. Liability of contractor, subcontractor and suppliers. Bankruptcy and insolvency. Preparation of financial statements and final account; determination and preparation of termination accounts; position of parties in absence of express provision, regulatory clauses and statutory conditions. Liability of professional advisers. Scenario-based exercises to help the students to develop requisite skills in contract administration. Dispute resolution mechanisms, trends in commercial dispute resolutions. Alternative dispute resolutions. Emphasis on arbitration, introduction to the latest arbitration and conciliation Acts in Nigeria and other international documents. Institutions promoting alternative dispute resolutions locally and internationally. Cases in alternative dispute resolution in the Nigerian construction industry making use of adjudication, arbitration mediation, conciliation among others. Multi- door Court systems at State and Federal levels.

Analyses, interpretation and application of condition of contract clauses. Introduction to common standard forms of contract in use in the construction industry. The following are to be examined: Latest or current versions of JCT variants, FIDIC, NEC and the Nigerian standard form in use by the Bureau of Public procurement. Construction contracts record management. Claim and administration of claim in construction contract. Types of claims. Claims initiation, preparation, presentation and negotiation. Types of claims, quantification of claims, restitution claims – claim for a “reasonable sum”. Claims avoidance and prevention. Delay analysis and extension of time, acceleration claims.

Structure of the construction industry. Variation in workload of the construction industry. Relationship of output of construction industry to available resources. The construction economy, its relation to the national economy. Effect of government actions on the Construction Industry. Functional requirements and cost implications of constructional methods. Economics of building development. Nature and scope of development projects. Factors affecting the supply and demand for landed property. Introduction to the methods of valuation of landed property, including simple calculations. Construction and use of valuation tables.

Review of fundamental concepts in construction economics: estimate, cost, price and value, the concept of value for money. Preliminary estimates, methods of preparing approximate estimates. Theory and practice of construction cost planning and cost control. Cost planning principles and types of cost planning methods. Construction cost data: characteristics of cost data, accuracy and consistency of cost data. Presentation of cost plan and formats. Utilizing the outputs of cost planning and approximate estimates. Analysis of current research on the practice of cost planning and cost control in Nigeria.

Building cost indices and locational indices: principles, build up and uses. Use of cost analysis data and indices in establishing preliminary estimates of future projects. Advanced cost planning and cost control to align cost plan with preliminary estimate or cost limit; cost modelling techniques; cost engineering techniques: cost estimating or assessment methods employed in cost engineering. Effect of Building geometry on construction cost; development economics: aims of private developers and preparation of developer’s budget. Investment appraisal techniques. Aims of public developers and the use of cost/benefit analysis for evaluating public projects. Choice and acquisition of sites and their effects on developments. Sources of funds for development, public investment, mortgage financing. Development bonds, loans, grants, subsidy and taxation. Group assignment, using peer support to develop the knowledge and skill for aligning cost plan to preliminary estimate or cost limit.

Definition of accounting, the scope and function of financial accounting. The accounting equations, the theory of double entry bookkeeping. Accounting for construction and work in progress. Profit and loss account of a construction firms. Depreciation of assets, cost of capital, working capital and flow of funds, cash flow analysis. Topics include construction financing during all phases of project development involving permanent loans, construction loans, sources of mortgage funds and venture capital, and tax and interest considerations.