Edo unveils platform to monitor building projects

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The Edo State Government has launched a digital platform, EdoBuild360, to monitor building projects and assess the condition of government buildings. Read More:…

The Edo State Government on Wednesday launched a digital platform, EdoBuild360, for monitoring building projects and assessing the condition of government-owned buildings across the state.

The platform is designed to provide digital records of buildings and enable the monitoring of construction projects, from planning and execution to completion.

Speaking at the launch, the Special Adviser to Governor Monday Okpebholo on Building Projects Monitoring and Implementation, Irene Ojo, said her office developed the initiative in partnership with government agencies, including the Edo State Health Insurance Company, the Edo State Development and Building Control Agency and the Edo State Public Building and Maintenance Agency.

She said the platform would also provide information on building safety and make it possible for Edo indigenes in the diaspora to assess properties they intend to acquire.

Ojo said the initiative followed a needs assessment she conducted after assuming office, during which she identified gaps in safety practices within the building sector.

“It is something that started from day one. The very day I resumed office as a Special Adviser. I had run a needs assessment on every project that I got involved in and then realised that there were gaps as far as safety is concerned within the building environment.

“Of course, the Executive Governor of Edo State, Senator Monday Okpebholo, gave me the enabling environment to be able to think, to be able to go ahead and begin to look at what the gaps are.

“The EdoBuild360 is a platform that enables end-to-end management within the building environment from planning to building, to execute and monitor the entire process.

“Not only would you be able to know how many buildings are in this state, you would also be able to ascertain the true conditions of those buildings, because in the platform, condition surveys are embedded where trained inspectors can now go ahead and inspect buildings and see the true condition of the…

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