When carrying out construction or any contracting work on a commercial property or a private property, the business owners/private clients may be wary of intrusions of a construction crew and the interference of the work being carried out.

In the process of the construction work, there may be need to carry out activities that would generate noise or interfere with the serene nature of the complex or property such as concrete cutting, drilling, ramming, hammering and the associated personnel traffic in places where normal operations of the property users may be disturbed.

Rather than having to field heated questions from business bosses, clients, implement these techniques to ensure a smooth relationship with the property owners/users while at work.

Provide Optional Back Up
If you will be required at any point to turn off the power or internet access of a building, this may disrupt the work flow of the businesses within. Whilst it is simple common courtesy to warn the businesses well in advance of this, it is possible to go above and beyond.
A high power mobile generator can be kept on site for prolonged periods where the building’s power needs to be cut off. This can reduce the impact of the construction work on the building.

Some construction companies stock a wide range of mobile power generators in a selection of sizes suited to a range of different jobs. The implementation of this courtesy can help you retain a healthy relationship with the site managers and allow your workforce to complete the necessary tasks without disruption.

Complete Noisy Work out of Hours

If the employees in the building you are carrying our construction work on adhere to 9-5 hours, it may be preferable to complete the noisiest aspects of the work from 5-7. The reason it is preferred to carry out noisy tasks during that time of the day which because of noise pollution from the construction during site work, some site managers prefer to carry out noisy tasks during 5-7 so not to cause disruptions to other activities within and outside the site environment.

If noisy work is unavoidable during the business’ hours of work, it is good practice to at least warn the bosses of disruptions so they can notify the workforce. Most times when a decision can not be taken as to when to ascertain the period when the noisy tasks will be carried out the site engineer/manager determine when the task will be carried out as at when due to prevent delay of work.

Provide Safety Equipment
Protect their workforce against even the smallest possibility of an accidents and yourself against any injury claims by providing safety equipment to the business and employees. Nigerian construction Safety Services enforces the use of personal protective equipment from hard hats to goggles , keeping all parties safe from potential dangers.

Keep Everyone Informed
Before starting the construction and contracting work, it is preferential to provide information about the work to be carried out. Where possible find the email addresses of the upper management of the affected business and send them a day-to-day breakdown of the work to be carried out. This will help the businesses appreciate what work is coming up in the approaching days and give them a finite date for the completion of the work.

Any disruptions to the work or changes to the schedule should also be provided by email to retain complete transparency and ensure a healthy relationship. Provision of information about daily tasks carried out on site should be made available both to the management and the site manager which contains detailed activities done during the start and end of the work.

Electronic documentation of daily activities and tasks that will be done subsequently should be documented also that will be of help to the participating parties, this can also operate as an additional promotional opportunity for your firm, emailing with your company insignia may improve brand visibility and could lead to new opportunities in the short and long term.

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This list is more credible. How can you compare Elalan with JB? Elalan is not even in the league of Cappa and D'alberto, ITB, COBEL and the likes.

The list stated NIgerian owned. Most of the ones listed are foreign companies with Nigerian subsidiaries

The construction industry in Nigeria, as is the case with other developing nations, is dominated by foreign construction firms. But as time has gone by, some indigenous firms have grown both financial and technical capacity to stand stiff competition from these foreign firms.
The capital intensive industry has seen the rise of the local players who have shown that they have what it takes to at least compete with the foreign players in terms of design execution and delivery to name a few.
Here are some of these local players that are performing exceptionally well in the construction industry in Nigeria in no particular order.

1. EL – ALAN Construction Company
EL-ALAN Construction Company (Nigeria) Limited was founded in April 1982 as a private limited liability company and today is one of the fastest growing and most dynamic construction and civil engineering companies in Nigeria. For over three decades El-ALAN has delivered high quality integrated construction solutions.
The company’s initial focus was renovations and sub-contract work through which they quickly gained a name for themselves. Its success and reputation today are built on the consistent delivery of quality, speed, efficiency and overall client satisfaction.
El Alan has expanded its operational and service offering to cater to a wide spectrum of construction needs in both the public and private sectors. Its portfolio of work comprises successful projects in the residential, commercial and industrial spaces, working with clients across all sectors and with differing budgets.
They are an associated member of a group of companies that provide services across all areas of the construction industry. Through associated companies, they have access to world-class ideas, skills and innovative technology which puts us in a unique position where we are able to offer integrated and value-added services to our clients.
The company has forged alliances with world-class local and foreign partners, active in various segments of the construction industry. These relationships enable them to diversify its service offering beyond first class construction expertise to include other value-added services. Accordingly, it is able to proffer comprehensive solutions that meet clients’ needs from design and build to building maintenance and facilities management.

2. Dantata and Sawoe Construction Company
Dangote and Sawoe has been operating for over 35 years and are among the top rated Construction Companies in Nigeria. With a staff strength of over 4.000 employees including over 80 Expatriates the company has built a solid name in the construction industry today.
The company owns a fleet of over 1000 mobile vehicles, trucks and construction equipment’s plus own Aggregate Crushing and Asphalt Mixing Plants makes them self-sufficient and has enabled them over the years guarantee quality performance in all its projects.
Over the years the company has constructed several hundred kilometres of highways and township roads and dozens of bridges and flyovers. D&S has been known in the market as a reliable partner for the Government as well as for Private Investors and Developers.





3. SETRACO NIGERIA LIMITED
Setraco Nigeria Limited is a leading engineering construction company with over 35 years working experience in delivering value-added civil and infrastructural projects. With projects executed successfully in over 20 states, and current presence in 15 states, Setraco has played a key role in developing Nigeria’s infrastructure.
Setraco was established in 1977 and started by constructing township and district roads in what was then Bendel State. Over the years the company has rapidly grown to become one of the largest construction companies in Nigeria specialized in roads and bridges. With a presence today in over 15 states; Setraco has played a key role in developing Nigeria’s infrastructure.
Setraco ensures that all projects are successfully completed to specification and in line with the company’s sense of responsibility towards our Clients and host communities.
Setraco's success is built upon its diverse and qualified workforce, which at times has reached over 11,000 employees from all corners of Nigeria and from 23 various nationalities across 6 continents. By recruiting the best professionals and technicians from all disciplines, Setraco is able to take on and deliver complex projects in difficult terrains and challenging environments.
Over the years Setraco has vertically integrated its organisational structure to include a Design & Soil Investigation Department, a Production Department and a Procurement Department covering both local and overseas purchases.
Combined with our fleet of modern and periodically updated equipment, worth over 200,000,000 USD, and its state of the art workshops around the country, Setraco has ensured that it has the necessary resources to meet the needs of the Nigerian Infrastructure Sector.

4. COSTAIN WEST AFRICA
Costain West Africa Plc was incorporated in 1948. As a private limited company in Nigeria, it took over the various works being undertaken by John Holt and Company (Liverpool) Limited’s building department. John Holt established a world-class reputation in building and civil engineering, open-cast mining, dredging and other construction related activities throughout the world.

Over the last 60 years, Costain West Africa Plc has executed a wide range of building and civil engineering projects, throughout Nigeria for private organizations, Federal and State Governments. It has been able to leverage the experience and strength of the Costain Group's worldwide activities.

Costain West Africa Plc went public on the 13th of March, 1974. Its shares were quoted on the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) subsequently. Costain West Africa Plc was the first construction company to be quoted on the NSE. It is now independent of the Costain UK Group.
Costain West Africa Plc offers committed project leadership with a focus on client satisfaction. The company is determined to be a leader in the construction industry. This shows in the way they look after their clients and the quality of their construction.

The Costain West Africa brand has become synonymous with Sub-Saharan Africa. The company understands local markets and adopts an approach that considers management expertise, teamwork and professionalism. It is complemented by the strength and experience of its operations in Africa.


5. MONIER Construction Company
MONIER CONSTURCTION COMPANY (NIGERIA) LIMITED is one of the early entrants in Nigeria's construction industry having been present since 1955 and incorporated in 1957 as a Building and Civil Engineering contractor with Head Office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
It parades state of the art equipment in Road Construction, Building and other key sectors of the Construction Industry the Company, at the time of incorporation in 1957, was wholly owned German Company, but with the passage of time Nigeria investors acquired interests in MCC. Today, MCC is truly Nigerian, owned by Nigerians and managed by Nigerians.

Monier has maintained a healthy presence in the South East, South-South and other parts of the country, where they have completed and delivered quality projects on schedule and budget.
The company prides itself in consistently delivering quality projects on schedule and budget, using the best available cost effective and environment friendly technology under the control of experienced and highly motivated work force.

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1) SIMDUL SHAGAYA
Simdul Shagaya is the founder and CEO of Konga and Dealdey. With over 10 years experience in new media and investment banking, Shagaya, whose corporate Africa stints include Google, Lucent Technologies and Rand Merchant Bank in South Africa, launched e-Motion Advertising in November 2005, a Lagos-based integrated marketing and communications agency. In March 2011, the serial entrepreneur then founded Dealdey (Africa’s answer to Groupon), which grew to be Nigeria’s leading daily deals site.
Nigeria is a market with deep mobile penetration and fast growing access to the internet,” coupled with the fact that the country’s largest city, Lagos with a population of 18-million people making it the epicenter of one the largest urban cities only has two world-class shopping malls, the Palms, which opened in 2005 and Ikeja Mall, in 2011, Shagaya swiftly launched Konga, a spin-off from Dealdey.

His primary goal with Konga, was to aggregate the youngest and fastest-growing market that was dispersed, under-served and that traditional retailers were simply failing to reach; “Konga is a word that is found across the numerous ethnic groups on the continent. And every day, consumers in Nigeria and across West Africa started to log onto Konga for products that they otherwise were purchasing in physical retail stores.

In early 2013, Konga raised a $10 million Series A round from Investment AB Kinnevik and Naspers. In Q2 2013, Konga beta-tested 'Konga Mall,' opening up the Konga platform to third-party retailers and moving away from a pure first-party online retail model. In late 2013, Konga finalized a $25 million Series B round from previous investors, Investment AB Kinnevik and Naspers, the largest single round raised by a single African startup at the time. On November 29, 2013, Konga.com crashed and remained offline for 45 minutes as a result of unprecedented traffic stemming from its Black Friday promotion. Konga sold more during the first six hours of the promotion than it did in the prior month.

Konga officially launched its third-party retail platform in the first half of 2014, rebranding it as 'Marketplace' from 'Konga Mall'; by the end of 2014, Konga's Marketplace featured 8,000 merchants, beating internal targets of 1,000 merchants eight-fold. Konga received USD $3.5 million worth of orders during its 2014 Black Friday promotion, compared to USD $300,000 during the promotion in the previous year. Konga reportedly grew 2014 revenue 450% from 2013. In late 2014, Konga finalized a $40 million Series C round from Investment AB Kinnevik and Naspers, the largest single round raised by a single African startup to date. Despite reports that Naspers acquired 50% of Konga in 2013, publicly-traded Naspers disclosed that its stake in Konga after the October 2014 Series C investment was 40.22%. Konga was reportedly valued at approximately $200 million as of the Series C.

In January 2015, Konga was ranked as the most visited Nigerian website by Alexa Internet. According to CEO Sim Shagaya, Konga "leads the field in Nigeria today [early 2015] in Gross Merchandise Value," a metric measuring the total value of merchandise sold through a particular marketplace.


2. JASON NJOKU


Jason Njoku is CEO and Co-Founder of iROKO Partners. He graduated from the University of Manchester in 2005 with a Chemistry degree. After several failed business attempts in the world of online media, he moved back home with his mum at the age of 29. Whilst back at home, he observed his mum’s love of watching Nollywood films. A search for a reliable source of films online yielded nothing, and so the idea to stream Nollywood films online was born. In 2010, Jason moved to Lagos and set-up iROKO Partners.

Nollywood Love was the company’s first platform, streamed on YouTube. To-date, iROKO Partners is YouTube’s largest partner in Africa. In 2012, the company launched iROKOtv, a platform to stream Nollywood movies. The site has recorded over 800,000 registered users and today, 14 million hours of movies have been watched in 178 countries around the world.

iROKO Partners was also one of the first companies in the Nigerian digital music scene, launching iROKING in 2011. The platform has almost 100,000 registered users who have access to over 35,000 tracks by 400+ artists. Across all the iROKO Partners’ platforms, 193,000,000 minutes of entertainment are consumed every month.

iROKING has also launched mobile applications for its music application on the iOS, Android, Windows and Symbian (Nokia) mobile handsets. The application allows access to thousands of the latest Nigerian tracks and stream songs over Wifi or 3G
In 2012, Forbes Africa named Jason as one of Africa’s Top Young Millionaires to watch. He has also been named as one of London’s Top Black Men of Power in Black Enterprise Magazine. IROKO Partners has over 110 employees in offices in Lagos, London and New York.


3. SEUN OSEWA

Seun Osewa is the brain behind Nairaland. He enrolled into the University of Ile ife to study to Electrical Engineering in 1998 but dropped out to pursue his dream in ICT business. He started his career after going into web hosting but several months down the line, he was forced to close down. Although there was pressure from members of his family to go back to school get a certificate, he stuck to his achieving his dream in the ICT world.

Seun decided to start a web forum, as it was cost effective since start-up funds were farfetched. He created 3 forums in November 2003 (one for higher institution students, one for IT discussions, and one to cover the emerging GSM industry; the Mobile Nigeria Forum at MobileNigeria.com).

He decided to start Nairaland when he noticed two odd things about Mobile Nigeria. Despite its narrow focus, it was the only Nigerian community that gave a voice to Nigerians at home. Most other Nigerian sites were owned and dominated by Nigerians in the US or UK. They covered only issues of interests to Nigerians abroad, so also the off topic section of the forum, covering topics outside telecoms, like romance and jokes, was becoming more vibrant than the Mobile Nigeria Forum itself, suggesting the need for a more general-purpose Nigerian forum.
Seun as he is fondly called is most times referred to by many as the Mark Zuckberg of Nigeria as they possess some of the same qualities. Both are seen as young, vibrant, innovative school leavers who went ahead to pursue their dream.

4. Gbenga Sesan:

Oluwagbenga Olabisi Sesan born on July 27, 1977 was appointed Nigeria's first Information Technology Youth Ambassador in October 2001. His
interest and work is built around the use of ICTs in socio-economic transformation—focusing on underserved groups. He has often expressed his strong belief in the potential that Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs) hold for Nigeria and Africa.

He has been an active participant at national, regional, and international discussions on the need for Africa's inclusion in the Information Society, and has consulted widely for numerous organisations, including Harvard University, Microsoft, Res Publica, Freedom House, International Telecommunications Union, Heinrich Boll Foundation and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA) -- where he was the Vice Chair of the African Technical Advisory Committee. ‘Gbenga Sesan is the Executive Director of Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN), a social enterprise that connects underserved people-groups with ICT-enabled opportunities.

Originally trained as an Electronic & Electrical Engineer at Obafemi Awolowo University, ‘Gbenga completed management training at Lagos Business School, New York Group for Technology Transfer, Oxford University, Harvard University, Stanford University, Santa Clara University and University of the Pacific. His consulting experience includes assignments completed for numerous institutions, including Microsoft, Harvard University, and United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, Freedom House, Res Publica, Heinrich Boll Foundation, the International Telecommunications Union and the British Council.

Beginning his career with Junior Achievement of Nigeria in 2001, ‘Gbenga served as Program Assistant, Program Manager, Lagos Digital Village Project Manager and Development Manager. While at JANigeria, he had the opportunity of completing the Venture in Management Program (now Venture in Management and Enterprise Program) in 2001, a course that was his first introduction to management. While training volunteer and implementing JANigeria programs, ‘Gbenga also picked up skills that continue to be useful for his career development. ‘Gbenga has consulted and made presentations focusing on Social Media, and the general use of ICTs for development, in over 30 countries.
He is a Crans Montana Forum Fellow, Archbishop Desmond Tutu Leadership Fellow, Ashoka Fellow, Our Common Future Fellow, Cordes Fellow and Schwab Foundation Fellow. ‘Gbenga was Nigeria's first Information Technology Youth Ambassador and served as Vice Chair of United Nations Economic Commission for Africa’s African Technical Advisory Committee. In 2006, he was appointed as a member of the Nigerian Presidential Task Force on the Restructuring of the Nigerian Information Technology and Telecommunications Sectors. ‘Gbenga also coordinated the development of the first mobile application used for election monitoring in Nigeria, ReVoDa. He served as a multi-role coordinator for the social media conversation and reports around the protests across Nigeria following the unpopular increase in pump price of petrol by the Nigerian government in January 2012. He was recently named Schwab Foundation Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2014.

5. EMEKA OKOYE

Emeka Okoye is the CEO of Vikantti Software and CTO & co-founder of Next.2.us. The latter is a website that focuses on geosocial connectivity using various applications, including SMS and mobile phones. Okoye has over 17 years’ experience in Web, Enterprise & Mobile Software and Project Management. He graduated as a Geologist in 1990 but being passionate about software engineering, he built Nigeria’s first banking website (IBTC, 1996) and Internet Banking app (IBTC, 1997), co-founded one of Nigeria’s earliest start-ups and built the biggest Nigerian Portal (NgEx.com, 1997) and was the Project Manager/Lead Architect of Nigeria’s first major E-commerce Project in 2000 (FSB Bank, Valucard, UPS & Xerox, 2000).

After building Africa’s first mobile app for crowd-sourcing election data in 2011, Emeka has been pioneering the adoption of Semantic Web and Linked Open Data in Africa. As the Architect for Africa’s first Semantic Web music portal, MusicInAfrica, Emeka is undoubtedly one of the continent’s visionaries in mobile applications development.

His software development company, Vikantti mostly develops enterprise-related products such as Signature Verification Systems, Cheque Confirmation Systems, ATM Journal Management Systems and Mastercard Applications, among other things. In 2012, he founded OpenDataNG, a citizen-led Linked Open Data initiative for Nigeria to make public data accessible to common folks, discovering insights for organizations and generating wealth from Government data.

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President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday performed the groundbreaking ceremony of the N16 billion Delta Gas City project, which has been re-named Gas Revolution Industry Park (GRIP)at Ogidigben, and a deep sea port at Gbaramatu, both in Delta State.

The President performed the ground breaking ceremony which had been shifted severallyfrom its previous planned date of May 2014 due to feud between the Ijaw and Itsekiri over host community rights and the name for the project alongside Delta State Governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan and several ministers, including the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Allison-Madueke,
While speaking at the ceremony, President Jonathan said the GRIP would become Africa’s largest gas and fertiliser export processing zone when completed and would generate thousands of jobs for citizens, adding that about 3,000 jobs would be created during the construction phase and many more when completed.

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President Goodluck Jonathan yesterday commissioned the 504 MW first phase of the Alaoji Gas Power Station in Aba, Abia State with the assurances that more would be done by his administration to provide steady power supply to boost the economic development of the country.
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In a bid to improve the power generation capacity of the country, the Federal Government has decided to put in place hydropower component on all dams in the country so as to generate power from all dams in the country.

The Federal Government made the announcement through the Minister of Water Resources, Mrs. Sarah Ochekpe, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Mr. Musa Istifanus, at a meeting organized by the Federal Ministry of Water Resources to commemorate this year’s World Water Day in Abuja.

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About the Company:
We are the Engineering Network, Nigeria’s largest social online and mobile presence of Nigerian engineering and technical professionals. With over 25,000 engineering professionals on our network, it offers an excellent opportunity to share updated information about happenings in the Engineering sector.

Job Title: Office Assistant (Secretary)
Job Location: Lagos


Job Requirements:
The applicant must have high level of response and reasoning, must be computer savvy ( Ms office), should be willing to learn have good communication skills. He or she must also be able to work under pressure.

The Applicant must meet the following criteria:
• Managing necessary paperwork
• Applicant must be residing in Lagos

Job Qualification:
OND or HND or Bsc

Application Deadline
20th March 2015

How to Apply:
Send your CV to: info@engineer-net

About the Company:

We are the Engineering Network, Nigeria’s largest social online and mobile presence of Nigerian engineering and technical professionals. With over 25,000 engineering professionals on our network, it offers an excellent opportunity to share updated information about happenings in the Engineering sector.

Job Title: Office Assistant (Secretary)
Job Location: Lagos


Job Requirements:
The applicant must have high level of response and reasoning, must be computer savvy ( Ms office), should be willing to learn have good communication skills. He or she must also be able to work under pressure.

The Applicant must meet the following criteria:
• Managing necessary paperwork
• Applicant must be residing in Lagos

Job Qualification:
OND or HND or Bsc

Application Deadline
20th March 2015

How to Apply:
Send your CV to: info@engineer-net