UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN:

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 TME 223
INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING
PRACTICE

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN. OYO STATE,

NIGERIA

Dr. Moradeyo Odunfa.

 COURSE COMPACT
2021/2022 ACADEMIC SESSION

 Faculty: Technology
 Department: Mechanical Engineering

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 Course Code: TME 223
 Course Title: Intro.to Engrg. Practice
 Unit: 1
 Course Lecturer: Dr. M. Odunfa
 Semester: Second
 Time: Wednesday, 4:00-6:00pm
 Location: Technology Lecture Theatre (TLT)
 COURSE CONTENTS
 Different branches and scope of each area of
engineering, with special emphasis on
Mechanical Engineering
 Personnel training and development in the
engineering profession.
 Registration of Engineers.
 Duties and code of conduct of Engineers.
 Engineering Industries in Nigeria, their features and
handicaps
 Energy sources to industries, their future.
production types and features.
 Factory Regulations and laws in operation in Nigeria
RECOMMENDED TEXTBOOKS

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(1)O. E Simolowo: Introduction to Engineering Profession and practice
(2) Code of conduct for Engineers: NSE
(3)Engineering Personnel training and development in the
engineering profession.by COREN
(4) Abel Olorunnisola: Engineer in Society
BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE COURSE:
Introduction to Engineering practice, otherwise

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known as Engineer in society is designed to
introduce the student to what engineering
profession is all about both as profession and in
practice. Their roles in National development.
The goal of this course in addition is to expose
students to their critical roles in developing
economy, what they are and how society see
them, their application of knowledge and skills
to solving problems in plausibly real-world
scenarios.
 COURSE OBJECTIVES/ GOALS:

 The objectives of the course are:

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 to present a comprehensive treatment of different
topics itemized in the course contents.
 The course contents are as detailed out in the previous
slide
 LEARNING OUTCOMES:
 On completion of this course, the students will be able
to:
 differentiate between science, engineering and

 technology, and relate them to innovation;

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distinguish between the different cadres of engineering
– engineers, technologists, technicians and craftsmen
and their respective roles and competencies;
 identify and distinguish between the relevant
professional bodies in engineering;
categorise the goals of global development or
sustainable development goals (SDGs);
 identify and evaluate safety and risk in engineering
practice.
METHODS OF LECTURE DELIVERY & COURSE
OUTLINES:

 Lecture delivery methods-: This will be in modular form

 Teaching Aids -: May be provided by

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means of media projector
 (e) Course Outlines

 Modules & Details of Topics

 Module 1:

 Introduction
 MODULES

 Module 2:

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 Module 3:

 Module 4:

 Module 5:

 Module 6:
 MODULE 6 AND REVISION
 Week 10: Revision
 (f) Tutorials: Tutorial questions will be given to students

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to work out from time to time to form the continuous
Assessment.
 INTRODUCTION
What is Engineering?

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 Engineering is defined as the science,
skill, and profession of acquiring and
applying scientific, economic, social, and
practical knowledge, in order to design
and also build structures, machines,
devices, systems, materials and processes.
BASIC BRANCHES OF ENGINEERING

 Chemical engineering,

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 ii Civil engineering,

 iii Electrical engineering

 iv Mechanical engineering
 BASIC NEEDS OF SOCIETY

 The basic needs of society which provides the

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stimuli for the emergency of Engineering are as
follows:
 Shelter,

 Food and

 Defence/Security.
 WHO IS AN ENGINEER?
 An Engineer is an accredited University trained
person who has acquired minimum of four years
relevant experience in his/her engineering field and

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corporate NSE member and dully registered in
Engineering cadre by the Council for the Regulation
of Engineering Practice in Nigeria (COREN). Or an
accredited Polytechnic/College of Technology trained
person who has acquired minimum of two years
relevant experience in his/her engineering field,
possess graduate ship Certificate, Corporate NSE
member and dully registered in engineering cadre by
the Council for the Regulation of Engineering
Practice in Nigeria (COREN).
 FAMILY OF ENGINEER

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 Engineer
 Technologist

 Technicians

 Artician

 Craftsmen
 WHO IS AN ENGINEERING
TECHNOLOGIST

 Engineering Technologist is an accredited

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Polytechnic/College of Technology trained person
who has acquired minimum of two years relevant
experience in his/her engineering field and dully
registered under Engineering Technologist cadre
by the Council for the Regulation of Engineering
Practice in Nigeria (COREN).
 SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS
 What is the Society of Engineers is all about?

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 This is an association of engineers formulated
and established by the members, sponsored and
financed by them. The functions are broadly
categorised into five. These are: i.
Standardization and ethical practices, ii.
Educational and Professional training, iii.
Interest and conflicts, iv. Monetary and land
issues, and v Sponsorship and charity
 ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES

 Five different Engineering Industries in

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Nigeria
 Building Industry

 Manufacturing Industry

 Communication Industry

 Automobile Industry

 Energy Industries including Oil and Gas

 Aircraft manufacturing Industry

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GOOD AFTERNOON
UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN:

Dr. Odunfa Moradeyo .

 TME 223
INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING
PRACTICE

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN. OYO STATE,

NIGERIA

Dr. Moradeyo Odunfa.

 COURSE COMPACT
2021/2022 ACADEMIC SESSION

 Faculty: Technology
 Department: Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Odunfa Moradeyo .

 Course Code: TME 223
 Course Title: Intro.to Engrg. Practice
 Unit: 1
 Course Lecturer: Dr. M. Odunfa
 Semester: Second
 Time: Wednesday, 4:00-6:00pm
 Location: Technology Lecture Theatre (TLT)
 COURSE CONTENTS
 Different branches and scope of each area of
engineering, with special emphasis on
Mechanical Engineering
 Personnel training and development in the
engineering profession.
 Registration of Engineers.
 Duties and code of conduct of Engineers.
 Engineering Industries in Nigeria, their features and
handicaps
 Energy sources to industries, their future.
production types and features.
 Factory Regulations and laws in operation in Nigeria
PERSONNEL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE
ENGINEERING PROFESSION.

 i. Five or Four years accredited University training for the

case of University Preliminary and Direct entry product
respectively.

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 ii. Four years accredited Polytechnic/College of Technology
training plus one year mandatory industrial training
experience and possessing of Graduate ship certificate for
the case of Polytechnic/College of Technology product.
 iii. Minimum of four years relevant engineering working
experience after graduation.
 iv Possessing of Corporate membership Certificate of the
Nigeria Society of Engineers(MNSE). and
 v Possessing of COREN Certificate of registration in
Engineering cadre of the Council of Registration of
Engineering in Nigeria (COREN).
 PERSONNEL TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE
ENGINEERING PROFESSION CTD

 Previous slide established or identified major bodies or

organizations involve in the training of Engineers.
These are:

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 Tertiary institutions( University and Colleges of
Technology/Polytechnics .
 Professional bodies/Associations such as: NSE, EEE
and etc.
 Regulatory body: Council for the Regulation of
Engineering in Nigeria (COREN)
 Association for Consulting Engineering in Nigeria
(ACEN)
 COUNCIL FOR THE REGULATION OF
ENGINEERING IN NIGERIA (COREN)
 The council for the regulation of Engineering in Nigeria is a
governmental statutory body responsible for the certification of
persons for the purpose of practicing the engineering

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profession in Nigeria. This is the highest Engineering
professional ruling body constituted by the Federal
government and backed up by Decree No 55 of the Nigerian
constitution. Part of its functions is to regulate the practicing of
engineering in the country and to register various qualified
engineering personnel into their cadres such as Engineer,
Engineering Technologist, Technician, Artisan and Craftsmen.
It also registers various Engineering firms into their various
categories. Both the NSE and COREN are separate and have
different functions which cannot be inter-changed.
NIGERIA SOCIETY OF ENGINEERS (NSE)
 This is an association of engineers formulated
and established by the members, sponsored and
financed by them. The functions are broadly

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categorised into five. These are:
 i. Standardization and ethical practices

 ii. Educational and Professional training

 iii. Interest and conflicts

 iv. Monetary and land issues, and

 v Sponsorship and charity

 REGISTRATION OF ENGINEERS (NSE).

 Categories of membership of registration in

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the Nigerian Society Engineers (NSE)

 Corporate Member: i. Fellows, ii. Corporate

Member

 Affiliates: i. Student Member, ii. Graduate

Member, iii. Honorary Fellows iv. Associates
Member.
 REGISTRATION OF ENGINEERS (COREN).

 Categories of membership of registration in the

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Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria
(COREN)

 Individual Member Registration

 Company/Firm Registration
 ASSOCIATION FOR CONSULTING ENGINEERING
IN NIGERIA (ACEN)

 ACEN statutorily register companies or firms

and not individual Engineer.

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 However the companies and or firms must be
made up of COREN registered Engineers.

 In addition to the above mentioned functions of

ACEN, the followings are their additional
functions or responsibilities
ASSOCIATION FOR CONSULTING ENGINEERING
IN NIGERIA (ACEN) CTD

 The Association for Consulting Engineering in

Nigeria ACEN was founded in 1972 and
registered in 1979. ACEN is a body of registered

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independent private engineering consultancy
firms and voice of the profession in Nigeria.

 ACEN was founded with the vision statement “to

remain the ultimate reference business
association of choice for organisations providing
professional engineering consultancy services in
Nigeria”.
 ACEN MEMBERSHIP
 Prior to December 2007, ACEN membership was
open to individual and firm members, who
possessed the required experience and

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professional integrity. At the 2007 AGM, a
motion as passed limiting ACEN membership to
firms. This was to further emphasize the
business nature and focus of the association.
Membership is therefore now open to Consulting
Engineering firms with the adequate experience
and commitment to continuous improvement in
technical and business integrity. Today, ACEN’s
member firms numbering over 300 are located in
the 6 geo-political zones and the FCT.
ACEN & COREN; ACEN & NSE
 ACEN & COREN:
ACEN has been mandated by COREN to register,

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on its behalf, all consulting engineering firms in
the country. Furthermore, ACEN President now
seats on the council of COREN. Thus, ACEN is now
better positioned within the built industry.
ACEN & NSE:
Most members of NSE with interest in Consulting
Engineering practice are members of ACEN. ACEN
focuses only on the business interest of Consulting
Engineering Firms and her interest is, therefore,
specific and complementary to the scope of COREN
and NSE.
 ACEN & GAMA; ACEN & FIDIC
 ACEN & GAMA
 Group of African Member Associations (GAMA) is a subset
International Federation of Consulting Engineers otherwise
known as FIDIC to address specifically African concerns. It also

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promotes networking among its members. ACEN members serves
on their Executive.

 ACEN & FIDIC

 The International Federation of Consulting Engineers otherwise
known as FIDIC provides strongest platform for our
international activities. FIDIC is the voice of consulting
Engineering all over the world. FIDIC is best known for its
contracts documents, which are used all over the world,
especially for international projects in the third world. The
documents are used extensively by the Nigerian Federal Ministry
of Works
 ACEN REQUIREMENTS FOR COMPANY/FIRM
REGISTRATION
 Evidence of Company’s Income Tax Clearance Certificate for
recent three (3) years
 Evidence of Pension Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December,
2023 (Firm with minimum of 15 staff member)
Evidence of Industrial Training Fund (ITF) Compliance Certificate

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
valid till 31st December, 2023 (Firm with minimum of 5 staff
member)
 Evidence of Nigeria Social Insurance Trust Fund (NSITF)
Clearance Certificate valid till 31st December
 Company Audited Statement of Accounts for the last three (3)
years (2020, 2021 & 2022).
 Company’s Profile, including current evidence of registration of the
compny’s key personnel with relevant professional bodies (
COREN)
 Verifiable documentary evidence of at least three (3) similar jobs
executed in the last five (5) years including Letters of Award,
Valuation Certificates, Job Completion Certificates and
Photographs of the Projects where applicable
 COMPANY/FIRM REGISTRATION
 Company and or Firm registration is carried out by
the Council for the Regulation of Engineers in Nigeria
(COREN)

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 This is done before the statutory/mandatory
registration of the Company/Firm with the Corporate
Affairs Commission (CAC)

 The certificates obtained from both the CAC and

COREN empowered or qualified the company or firm
to compete in multimillion Naira or Dollar’s project’s
biddings organized by the Federal Tender Board and
Federal Bureau of Procurement
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UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN:

Dr. Odunfa Moradeyo .

 TME 223
INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING
PRACTICE

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN, IBADAN. OYO STATE,

NIGERIA

Dr. Moradeyo Odunfa.

 COURSE COMPACT
2021/2022 ACADEMIC SESSION

 Faculty: Technology
 Department: Mechanical Engineering

Dr. Odunfa Moradeyo .

 Course Code: TME 223
 Course Title: Intro.to Engrg. Practice
 Unit: 1
 Course Lecturer: Dr. M. Odunfa
 Semester: Second
 Time: Wednesday, 4:00-6:00pm
 Location: Technology Lecture Theatre (TLT)
 COURSE CONTENTS
 Different branches and scope of each area of
engineering, with special emphasis on
Mechanical Engineering
 Personnel training and development in the
engineering profession.
 Registration of Engineers.
 Duties and code of conduct of Engineers.
 Engineering Industries in Nigeria, their features and
handicaps
 Energy sources to industries, their future.
production types and features.
 Factory Regulations and laws in operation in Nigeria
 . of conduct of
Duties and code
Engineers.
 This aspect of the course will be discussed from
the following subheadings:

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 Relationship of the engineers towards his fellow
associates
 Responsibilities of the engineers towards his Society

 Relationship of the engineer towards his clients

 Responsibilities of the engineer to the Engineering

Profession
 Responsibilities of the engineer with regards to
Contract.
 RELATIONSHIP OF THE ENGINEERS TOWARDS
HIS FELLOW ASSOCIATES

 The Engineer is to honour, respect and be courteous to his Fellow

Associates in the Profession.
 The Engineer is to properly accredit, venerate and acknowledge
any associate, partner or subordinate who has contributed to the

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work that he proves to have been carried out.

 The Engineer must not in any way connive with associates

engaging in unethical activities

 The Engineer must avoid and refrain from piracy in oral or

written matters but accord complete recognition to the work of his
colleagues.
 The Engineer shall at all times contribute to the advancement of
his associates in the profession by exerting efforts to assist in the
development of their knowledge and skills, especially when such
an Engineer is in a position of authority.
 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ENGINEERS
TOWARDS HIS SOCIETY
 The Engineer, while conforming to accepted engineering standards may
approve only those designs that ensure the safety of life, health, welfare
and property of the public.
 The Engineer must be honest and objective in the preparation and
presentation of reports, statement or testimonies.

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 The Engineer shall ensure proper verification and evaluation of
information, facts and data in his possession before expressing such
opinions to the public.
 The Engineer shall neither have business connections with nor allow the
usage of their names or their firms name by any individual, group of
persons or firms that is associated in any way with fraud, dishonesty or
illegality in business practice.

 The Engineer shall avoid being instigated, motivated or sponsored by any

party to express a professional opinion on any issue, unless such parties
on whose behalf he is expressing the opinion is explicitly identified and
the interest of the party properly revealed in the issue.
 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ENGINEER
TOWARDS HIS CLIENTS

 The Engineer shall not accept or undertake projects requiring

technical services of which he has no knowledge or adequate
experience.
 The Engineer shall disclose to his client any personal business

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affiliations, interests or connections that will affect his decisions
or mar the quality of services he should render.
 The Engineer shall not disclose any secret information obtained
from a client except in situations where such information opposes
the public interest or endangers the environment.
 A registered Engineer shall discharge his duties to his employer
with complete fidelity and shall accept remuneration only from
his client unless he has his client’s authority in writing to do
otherwise.
 A Registered Engineer shall not be the medium of payments made
on his clients behalf unless especially so requested in writing by
his Client, but shall only issue certificates for payment. And etc.
 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ENGINEER TO
THE ENGINEERING PROFESSION
 Registered Engineer should satisfy himself to the best of his
ability that the enterprises with which he becomes identified are
of legitimate character.

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 Registered Engineer shall not engage in the practice of making
preliminary studies and estimate of cost for proposed projects or
render other professional service or advice without adequate
compensation

 Registered Engineer shall not advertise services in any language

or manner derogatory to the dignity of the profession

 It shall be the duty of every Registered Engineer to bring to the

attention of the council any violation of this code of conduct and to
endeavor to encourage other registered Engineers to adhere to its
provisions.
 RESPONSIBILITIES OF THE ENGINEER WITH
REGARDS TO CONTRACT.
 Registered Engineer shall see that every provision which he considers
necessary to protect the interest of An owner, engineer, contractor or the
public is incorporated.
 Registered Engineer shall ensure that fairness and equity shall govern
the use of every bid over which he is to adjudicate. The contract shall be
awarded on the basis of the original bids except when substantial change

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is made in the work or when further bidding on alternate items is
requested. Any reduction of a bid disproportionate to such change
constitutes unfair competition.
 Registered Engineer shall ensure that a bid received from a contractor,
whether in open competition or privately, should not be used to secure
lower prices from competitors; nor shall competitive bids be rejected for
the purpose of using the information derived from them as a means of
securing lower bids from those who competed or from others. After the
acceptance of a bid, any alteration which would have materially changed
the bidding or award shall be avoided.
 Registered Engineer shall not call for unnecessary full estimates from
prospective bidders on tentative projects, and if he calls upon a contractor
for preliminary estimates or appraisals, the Registered Engineer shall see
that the contractor is paid for the service.
 CONSULTANT, CONTRACTOR & CONTRACT.
 Consultant is a registered Engineer by the Council for the Regulation
of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) in his chosen area of specialty. A
consultant can chose to either work as a consultant or a

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Contractor on a project, but can not operate as both the consultant
and at the same time as a contractor on the same project.

 Contractor is not registered by the COREN and may not even

necessary to be n Engineer. A contractor can be anyone. A
contractor not registered by the COREN can never work as
Consultant.

 Contract is form of agreement reached by two or more parties.

Both the Consultant and Contractor can be involved in a contract.
 ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES IN NIGERIA, THEIR
FEATURES AND HANDICAPS

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 Industry can be defined as the production of an
economic good or service within an economy. It
can also be defined as a specific branch of
manufacture and trade e.g textile Industry.
FIVE DIFFERENT ENGINEERING INDUSTRIES
IN NIGERIA

 Building Industry

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 Manufacturing Industry

 Communication Industry

 Automobile Industry

 Energy Industries including Oil and Gas

 Aircraft manufacturing Industry

 BUILDING INDUSTRY
 In Building Industry, the following major
professionals such as Architect, Structural Engineer,
Quantity Surveyor, Electrical and Mechanical
Engineers features prominently as Consultants.

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Contractors or Builders also feature prominently,
technicians such as Electricians and plumbers coupled
with artisans like bricklayers carpenters Iron benders
also do feature prominently in building Industry.
Other features of building Industry are the building
materials such as iron rod, Roofing sheets e.g long
span iron sheet, Asbestor sheet and Adex. Planks,
wood, imported wooden doors etc. Cement, sand,
granite and gravels also feature in Building Industry.
 BUILDING INDUSTRY CTD

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 One of the major handicaps in building Industry
is lack of qualified and experienced personnel
such as artisan especially bricklayers, Reason
might be due to the lack of younger ones learning
this profession. Energy or power problem also
affect the industry both directly and indirectly.
Price fluctuation of the building materials for
instance cement also affects the Industry
negatively.
 CONSULTANTS ON THE BUILDING
PROJECT

 Architect, (Prime Consultant)

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 Structural Engineer,
 Quantity Surveyor,
 Electrical Engineer,
 Mechanical Engineer and
 Food Technologist/Engineer.
CONSULTANT’S ROLES ON BUILDING PROJECT FROM THE
CONCEPTUALIZE LEVEL TO ITS COMPLETION,
COMMISSIONING AND HANDING OVER OF THE PROJECT.

 Design and production of drawings (Architectural,

Structural, Electrical and Mechanical)
 Preparation of Bill of Quantities by the Quantity Surveyor

and Bill of Engineering Measurement (BEME) by the

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services Engineers (Electrical and Mechanical).
 Preparation of the Tender document by the Quantities

Surveyor for the purpose of award of project.

 Opening of the tender by the Client in the premises of all

Project Consultants.
 Tender analysis and its report before the project is finally

awarded
 Supervision of the project right from the beginning to the
end and handing over of the project to the Client.
 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY
 In manufacturing Industry, there are lots of
manufacturing companies, for instance clothe
manufacturing such as Nigerian textile company,
Beverage manufacturing company, e.g Lever Brothers,

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Brewery such as The Nigerian Brewery, Nigeria
Bottling Company like Sven-up bottling company,
Coca-cola and etc. Other companies such as Proctal
and Gamble, Nigerian Wire and Cable etc to mention
a view do feature in manufacturing Industry. In all
these Companies, production of one thing or the other
are their features. Management personnel’s in
relevant disciplines are also their features, Factory
workers skilled and unskilled are the make-up of the
workers in these companies. The raw materials are
sourced locally or imported from foreign countries.
 MANUFACTURING INDUSTRY CTD

 One of the major handicap of manufacturing

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Industry in Nigeria is Energy or Power, lot of
money are being spent on alternative power
generation, due to epileptic power supply. This
has resulted into high production cost of their
products. Another important handicap is the
competition or taste for foreign/imported
products/goods. Also raw materials that are being
imported from foreign countries do constitute
problem to their production, hence one of the
major handicaps.
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