ELECTRICAL SAFETY- PANACEA TO INCESSANT FIRE OUTBREAK IN BUILDINGS

Statistics has shown that 75% of most fire outbreak in buildings especially in commercial buildings in Nigeria are as a result of electrical faults. [Lagos State Fire and Safety Services, Olaoye Ahmed, 2014). Similarly, the United States Fire Administration stated that between 2014 and 2016 electric fire accounted for 63% of all residential fire outbreak with approximately 24,000 fires being […]

NEED FOR AN ELECTRICAL DRAWING

NEED FOR AN ELECTRICAL DRAWING/DESIGN FOR YOUR BUILDING Within my years of practice as a registered Electrical Engineer, I have never seen such an unwitting disposition of house owners like I am seeing currently in my location. Most of my professional colleagues advised me not to conclude since I haven’t practiced in the 36 states of the country, but I […]

HOW TO IMPROVE THE LIGHTING IN YOUR OFFICE PREMISES

HOW TO IMPROVE THE LIGHTING IN YOUR OFFICE PREMISES Lighting is very paramount in every business premises, the nature of your business will determine the type of lighting design to be carried out. From research, it has been proven that office lighting quality affect the productivity of the staff. Most commercial offices like factories, bakeries, sawmill, printing press and other […]

WHEN PROFESSIONALS DO THE JOB

WHEN PROFESSIONALS DO THE JOB As an Electrical consultant, I have had course to visit so many Electrical Sites (both Low Voltage and Medium Voltage) and the level of unprofessionalism seen on sites by unqualified electricians is quite alarming and some project managers are not bothered because they intentionally bring in this electricians without an Electrical Engineer to design nor […]

Earth Resistance Test

EARTH RESISTANCE TEST, A MUST FOR EVERY BUILDING www.delwit.com/earth-resistance-test I see a lot of building construction going on everyday in Nigeria, Benin City to be precise and I keep asking myself when will things get better? When will the Nigeria Society of Engineers (NSE) or rather the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN) begin to act effectively […]