Impact of Building Construction Activities on the Environment: A Case Study of Southwest, Nigeria

Abstract

The environment is threatened severely by so many problems, some of which are caused by the activities of Construction Projects. The global concern to address environmental degradation caused by various developmental actions (construction projects inclusive) is the basis for calls to evaluate and assess environmental impacts of building construction projects in Nigeria. This paper deals with the effect of environment in construction work in a particular area. Surrounding environment has immense effect in construction plan, site management, costs and implementation. On the contrary, it affects the workmanship’s availability as well as material availability. Moreover, duration of a certain projects also depend on the impact of environment. Effect of climate, rainfall, humidity and temperature are the noticeable fact in the paper. This article represents the environmental effect of a particular place in south western Nigeria. Outcome of the investigation shows that the significant effect can be observed in the various ingredients of environment as well as construction project. Also, all environmental regulatory agencies and sensitization organizations should continuously sensitize the building construction public on requisite environmental management practice and sanction erring agents.

Keywords:Environmental Impact, Humidity and Temperature, Construction Projects, Building Construction, Material

DOI: 10.7176/EJBM/14-19-02

Publication date:October 31^st 2022