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Why Off Plan Properties Are Not A Scam
Buying a property off-plan, whether to use as a home or as an investment is cheaper but incurs more risks than buying a property that has already been built.
Building Regulations
Kenya’s Switch To The Eurocodes
The year 2021 will see Kenya's construction industry adopting the European Code of Standards known as EuroCodes, replacing the British standards (BS) that have been in use since 1969. According to Kenya Beaureu of Standards (KEBS), come 2021 any product...
News & Opinions
Why Kenyans Are Not Happy With The Housing Development Fund
"No one wants to build a house when they can barely afford to put food on the table." The signing into law of the Finance Bill 2018 unleashed a heavy tax burden to be borne by the common mwananchi. Among...
Building Regulations
How To Carry Out Demolitions Safely
The manner in which the authorities carried out recent demolitions fell short of occupational safety and health standards, revealing the irony of a government tasked to uphold regulations that in itself is unable to comply with. Demolitions are one of...
Urban Design
Green Spaces Are An Endangered Species In Today’s Concrete Jungles
Ours is a society suffering from an edifice complex: a compulsive urge to build structures over any open space available. We are riding on the skewed logic that any undeveloped space is wasted land. The battle between the built environment...
Building Regulations
State of the Built Environment: What Are Some Of The Common Challenges Faced by Industry Players?
The construction industry faces plenty of challenges with both big and small companies struggling to counter them. We reveal why running a construction business in Kenya is not as simple as it looks and what to expect if you're planning...
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Made in Kenya, By China
Thika Highway, Outering Road and the Standard Gauge Railway: What do they have in common? They were all built by Chinese contractors. Kenya has made significant progress in infrastructure development in recent years eliciting interests from foreign Engineering, Procurement, and...
News & Opinions
Can The Real Construction Managers Please Stand Up?
The need to successfully manage a project is no longer a luxury but a necessity. This was arguably the most memorable quote from Mr Nashon Okowa, chairman of The Association of Construction Managers of Kenya (ACMK), uttered in the association's End...
Urban Design
Waste Management: Time To Take Out The Trash
It’s going to take a lot more than banning of plastic bags for us to have a clean environment and improve the general state of the country’s public spaces. A trip to Mombasa County, fondly referred to as County 001,...
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