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    Inclusive Birth Supporters’ Space and Recovery Care in the Postnatal Hospital Environment
    (University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2018-11-15) Lawal, Lateef Ademola; Vale, Robert
    The social and emotional dimensions of childbirth and recovery suggest the inclusion of partners and childbirth supporters’ to facilitate the recovery phase of new mothers while in hospitals but the postnatal environment currently appears largely to ignore the role of women’s childbirth supporters or families. The aim of this paper is to identify specific design features for enabling and enhancing the birth supporters’ role in the hospital postnatal environment. An on-line questionnaire survey complemented with focus group interviews with women and midwives was used to determine the physical design features for birth support-centred spaces in New Zealand hospitals, The findings revealed a disconnect in appreciation of the role of childbirth supporters even though participants found the need for an inclusive total environment both for birth supporters and new mothers yet there were hindrances due to existing hospital policies. These issues suggest a need to increase facilitation of the role of supporters in the postnatal environment. A range of design features for fostering inclusiveness for birth supporters is provided. The integration of more supportive family spaces can potentially engender recovery, while also fostering improved competencies in new mothers.
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    Design Factors Related to Postpartum Environments: Preferences for Sense-Sensitive Spaces
    (The Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture, 2018-09-22) Lawal, Lateef Ademola; Vale, Robert
    Despite recent design improvements following person-centred care in hospital settings and birthing environments (Verderber, 2010; Stichler, 2007), the key elements for a restorative hospital postpartum environment are not known. Building design can affect psychological-emotional and physiological wellbeing of women who have hospital births (Foureur, et al., 2010). In postpartum spaces women are increasingly faced with noise and multiple disruptions from healthcare providers (Boehm, & Morast, 2009), triggering lack of sleep and rest, due to not having a single room (Eberhard et al., 2000). This situation also contributes in shaping midwifery practice by creating cognitive and emotional responses, for midwives who work in such spaces (Hammond, et al., 2014; Hammond, et al., 2013).
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    Reinventing Prototype Buildings: The Significance of Prefabrication in Mass Housing Construction
    (West Africa Built Environment Research (WABER) Conference, 2011-07) Lawal, Lateef Ademola
    Increasingly, high quality housing remains a problem of the housing industry. Compared to the feat recorded by electronic and automotive industries, most prototype mass housing generally reveals a great deal of variability in the end products. which differs greatly from the original model. The variability is manifested in building components such as walls, floors and finishes, which compromise both quality and uniformity. Prefabrication is considered as a better approach to the production of mass housing. A number of visits was made to mass housing construction sites in Minna, capital of Niger State, Nigeria to assess discrepancies of work in the prototype buildings. A model prefab system was highlighted and other applications of innovative methods and techniques especially at the Massachusset Institute of Technology (MIT) House_n Research Consortium on open source buildings were discussed. The approach can engender high quality construction, increase standardisation of repetitive work and reduce time spent on construction.
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    Determination of Subsurface Geotechnical Properties for Foundation Design and Construction in Akenfa Community, Bayelsa State, Nigeria
    (American Journal of Civil Engineering and Archiutecture, published by Sciepub.com, 2014-08) Nwankwoala, H. O.; Amadi, A.N.; Ushie, F.A.; Warmate, T.; Eze, C.J.
    Abstract This study aims at establishing the sub-soil types and profile to ascertain the geotechnical characteristics of the underlying soils in Akenfa in Yenagoa, Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, Nigeria and recommend appropriate foundation design and construction of projects in the area. Three (3) geotechnical boreholes were drilled at the site to obtain baseline data on geotechnical properties of the soil and water level monitoring, the boreholes were advanced with the use of a cable percussion boring rig and were terminated to a maximum depth of 30m. The particle size distributions of a number of representative samples of the cohesionless soils were determined by sieve analysis. The results show that the samples are low to medium plasticity silty clay. The lithology revealed intercalations of clay and sand in thin layers to a depth of 2.0 m below the existing ground level. Underlying this clay is a stratum of loose to medium dense sand and dense sand. The sand is well sorted grading from fine to medium as the borehole advances. The laboratory analysis showed that the silty clay has undrained shear strength of 48 kPa. The loose sand has a maximum SPT (N) value of 12 while the medium dense sand has maximum SPT (N) value of 28. Considering the nature of the civil structures to be sited in the area, it is anticipated the load and the moderate compressibility of this near surface silty clay and the underlying loose silty sand be supported by means of raft foundation founded within the clay layer. It is recommended that studies on the geotechnical characteristics of the area be carried out as it provides valuable data that can be used for foundation design and other forms of construction for civil engineering structures in order to minimize adverse effects and prevention of post construction problems.
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    Entrepreneurial and Functional Building Technology Education as a Means of Achieving Vision 2020 in Nigeria
    (In Journal of Modern Applied Science, Published by Canadian Centre of Science and Education, 2012-09) Igwe, C.O.; Puyate, S. T.; Onoh, C. E. C.; Eze, C. J.
    Abstract: Entrepreneurial and functional building technology education, if well positioned has the potentials of launching Nigeria into the first 20 world economies by the year 2020. This paper integrates the industrial, educational and entrepreneurial activities that results in increased productivity. Functional building technology career broadly categorised into professional and non-professional. The paper reviewed the entrepreneurial prospects open to the non-professional builders trained in the technical institutions equipped with the knowledge and skills to competently perform in the building construction sites as craftsmen, technicians and technologist. Also, other entrepreneurial activities in the public and private sectors at both small and medium scale capacity. The review presented inadequate budgetary allocation to the education sector, dearth of infrastructural facilities, also, the gap existing between the construction industry and the technical institutions. It recommended, increased funding and acquisition of modern equipment/machine and adequate infrastructural facilities. Also, establish a sustainable linkage between the construction industry and technical institutions. Implementation of these will result in increased productivity, robust economy and actualization of the nation’s vision 2020.
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    Architect's and Geologist View on the Causes of Building Failures in Nigeria
    (In Journal of Modern Applied Science, Published by Canadian Centre of Science and Education, 2012) Amadi, A.N.; Eze, C.J.; Igwe, C.O.; Okunlola, I.A.; Okoye N.O
    The collapse of building in most cases is associated with loss of life and properties. The incessant failures of building nowadays are so enormous that it has become a serious concern to the professionals in the building industry, clients, governments, and the general public. Most of the times, the architect and engineer who are directly involved in the construction of such building are held responsible for building failures while the geologist’s input is neglected. The frequent collapse of some buildings in major cities in Nigeria can be attributed to absence of a geotechnical report on the project site before, during and after the construction exercise. Studies have shown that geotechnical investigation report of a four storey residential building covering 420 m2 at No. 56 Bola Street, Ebute-Metta, Lagos, that collapsed on 26th July, 2006 was as a result of the existence of reddish brown silty clayey material and compressible waste material like wood, plastic and nylon occurring from ground surface to about 11 m on which a shallow strip foundation was used. More so, on 1st July, 2006, another 3- Storey building collapsed along Bank road, Port-Harcourt. The result of the liquid limit, plasticity index, shrinkage potential, moisture content, tri-axial stress range and coefficient of consolidation carried out on the two locations indicates that the soil have low bearing capacity. The collapsed of these buildings were attributed to under design, improper supervision, poor quality construction, poor funding, use of sub-standard construction materials and absence of geo-technical investigation and engagement of non-professionals (quacks). This paper therefore x-rays the causes of building failures in Nigeria and discusses how the solutions to natural and man-made factors can be integrated in order to mitigate or ameliorate future building collapse in Nigeria.