The Alternate Chairman, Budget Monitoring Committee (BMC), a Sub-Committee of the University’s Governing Council, Dr. Olusiji Sowande, has charged contractors working on the projects under the NEEDS Assessment Intervention Fund to match speed with quality, stressing that the University would not entertain any undue delay or extension of delivery date.
Dr. Sowande, a member of Council, gave this charge during the inspection of on-going projects with members of the BMC and officials from the Physical Planning Unit (PPU) of the University. Speaking on the Academic Building Complex, sandwiched between the Directorate of Public Relations, the Directorate of Internal Audit Building and the Sports’ Complex, the Acting Director of PPU, Arch. Babatunde Anasanwo, said the complex comprised two block-storey building, which would be integrated as one complex. He said Block A part of the building is expected to house teaching facilities, lecture halls and seminar rooms while Block B is office accommodation, and the project has an execution period of 36 weeks.
On the 250-seater Computer Laboratory, Arch. Anasanwo said the contract had been awarded with an execution period of 30 weeks. He added that the building is made up of a large open hall that could accommodate 250 people, nine office spaces, a large electrical intake room, a server room and several conveniences. The Acting Director noted that the building was 35 percent completed.
Responding, Dr. Sowande directed the contractor to ensure that the materials to be used were well tested and of the highest quality. At the College of Food Science and Human Ecology (COLFHEC) Phase II Building, Arch. Anasanwo disclosed that it was an expansion of the Phase I and has five laboratories, two seminar rooms, a board room, classrooms and about 34 offices. He said it is a one-storey building that would be inter-connected with its Phase I and it has an execution period of 32 weeks.
For the male and female hostel complexes, Arch. Anasanwo said they both have two blocks of storey buildings and each block is handled by a separate contractor. He pointed out that the male and female hotels were prototype buildings located within the Student Centre premises and made up of 39 rooms each, all en-suite. He listed other facilities that the hostel could provide such as the Porters’ Lounge, common room and laundry rooms with external facilities such as borehole, generator and transformer house for each of the hostel, adding that the execution period of the buildings was 36 weeks.
Giving the rationale for awarding contracts to different companies, Arch. Anasanwo informed Dr. Sowande that by adopting such an approach, it was possible for the contractors to engage in healthy competition and timely completion of work in the interest of the University.
