Impact of Reliable Built Structures in Driving the Sustainable Development Goals: A look at Nigerian Building Structures
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The bearing of lasting built structures in driving
the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) cannot be
overemphasized. The SDGs agenda is a plan of action for
eradicating poverty among the people of the world, strengthening
universal peace and laying the foundation for sustainable
development and prosperity for all. The quality of built
structures in an environment defines the level of advancement
attained by the society, for which the quality of structures that
will lay the base for sustainable development must be reliable. No
meaningful development can be achieved without reliable built
structures. In fact, all the 17 SDGs need consistent built
structures to be achieved. This paper researches on the reliability
of built structures as a base for sustainable development with
particular emphasis on Nigerian building structures. Statistical
method is used to analyze data on failed building structures.
Results obtained point to the fact that the failure rate and the
casualty rate of Nigerian building structures are very high. As
safety of human lives is implicitly embedded in the SDGs, much
have to be done to raise the standard of building that will
contribute to the achievement of the SDGs.
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TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)