Abia Builder’s Association Demand ‘Site Engineers’ Arrest

The Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria and the Nigerian Institute of Building, Abia chapter, have called for the arrest and imprisonment of any person who claims to be a site engineer.

The builders made the call on Monday in Umuahia while briefing newsmen on their stand on the recurring building collapse incidents in the state.

In an address, the State Practice Committee Chairman of CORBON, Mr Wisdom Okoro, blamed the spate of building collapse on the failure of regulatory authorities to enforce the law.

Okoro said the law and the code establishing the building profession state that only the builder stays on the site to handle the building processes.

According to him, it is a misnomer for anybody to claim that he is a site engineer.

He said, “Anybody who is on site and says he is a site engineer doesn’t have the authority to do building works.

“The building works, according to the statutes, codes and regulations that established the building profession, is that of a builder, not a shared responsibility.”