Nigeria
Ghana
Challenges faced
The firm faces the usual general challenges that affect
all practices in this part of the world; prevalence of substandard construction material in the market; lack of
skilled work men and; experienced contractors with the
expertise to build to specification with little supervision,
etc. Other peculiar challenges faced include client's
resistance to paying full professional fee and other charges
according to the standard scale of fees and difficulty in
sourcing for finances for viable project and prevailing
high bank interest rates. Rigid and non-innovative existing
building laws and regulations and slow approval process
of building plans are other issues laments Lewis.
Projects completed
The firm has transcended from hand-drawn designing
of projects to the use of CAD and to BIM and now they
42 are promoting projects with diverse vested interests as
consultants. The firm has gained vast experience in its
24 years of existence and they have managed to complete
profitable real estate financed projects like the Kanti
Tower in Nigeria, Oluwole Urban Mall Phase, and more,
from design to project completion.
“In the coming 5 years from now, we should be focused
on developing multi story high-rise mixed use projects
multi-family residential developments such as Terraform
Terraces in Anthony Lagos, as architect-developer, using
the latest technology, software, BIM and sustainable green
architectural principles. We hope to have promoted the use
of green roofs and green walls and habitable basements in
our projects”. Concludes Arc Ladipo Lewis.
May 2015