Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute

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The Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI) is a Government of Nigeria institute responsible for researching and developing road and building materials for the Nigerian building industry. The institute is under the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology of Nigeria. [1]

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History

The institute replaced the West African Building Research Institute which was established in 1952 by building professionals from Ghana and Nigeria in Accra, Ghana. [2] Membership of the institute was made up of building engineers from both countries. When Nigeria gained independence from Britain, the Nigerian members of the institute left the West African Building Research Institute to form the Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute in 1978. [1] [3] The Ghanaian members formed the Building Research Institute of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Locations

The headquarter of NBRRI is in Abuja, Nigeria. [4] There are four zonal offices that facilitates the institutes activities:

  1. Eastern Zonal Office in Anambra State [5]
  2. Western Zonal Office in Ikoyi, Lagos [6]
  3. Northern Zonal Office in Kano, Kano State [7]
  4. National Liboratory & Production Complex in Otta, Ogun State [8]

Nation building

The institute engages the Government of Nigeria on various policies that regulate and improve the quality of buildings in Nigeria. [9] In May 2011 the Federal Government of Nigeria announced a Material Testing Laboratory to be set up, which would provide a facility for the testing of building material before use. [9] The facility had become necessary due to the regular occurrence of collapsing buildings. [9] The facility was to function as research and education centre for tertiary institutions and the construction industry.

Collaborations

NBRRI has research collaboration with other state and foreign agencies. In 2009, the institutes and its Ghanaian counterpart signed a memorandum of understanding to research into building and road construction materials. [3] In June 2011, the NBRRI announced it was partnering with the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria for the construction of 1,000 housing units every federal state of Nigeria. The partnership required that all the buildings be constructed using alternative building materials that had been developed by the institute. [10]

Achievements

In March 2011, the institute announced that it had developed a new technology for the moulding of bricks known as cement stabilized bricks technology. [11] The new technology was to reduce the cost of building due to a cheap alternative building material that the technology used in the production of bricks. [11]

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References

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  2. ↑ "Background of the Institute". www.brri.org/brri. Archived from the original on 11 September 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  3. 1 2 "NBRRI, Ghana's BRRI Sign MoU On Local Building Materials". www.allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
  4. ↑ "Nigerian Building and Road Research Institute (NBRRI)". www.simplynigeria.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  5. ↑ "Zonal Office-East". www.simplynigeria.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Zonal Office-West". www.simplynigeria.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  7. ↑ "Zonal Office-North". www.simplynigeria.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  8. ↑ "National Liboratory & Production Complex". www.simplynigeria.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2013. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  9. 1 2 3 "Building Collapse - NBRRI to Establish Material Testing Centre in Abuja". www.allafrica.com. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
  10. ↑ "NBRRI, FMBN partner on mass housing provision". www.punchng.com. Retrieved 18 June 2011.[ permanent dead link ]
  11. 1 2 "NBRRI launches new building technology". www.sunday.dailytrust.com. Archived from the original on 25 March 2011. Retrieved 18 June 2011.
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