Lagos State Government has urged site supervisors of buildings under construction across the state to pay adequate attention to propping, while carrying out building projects.

The state’s Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr. Idris Salako, made the appeal during a review of construction activities and the need to reduce incident of building collapse, especially buildings under construction.

Salako, who underscored the importance of proper placement of props, especially at the stage of casting, to avoid errors that can ultimately result in collapse, therefore urged all site supervisors, owners/developers and other relevant building professionals to always pay proper attention to propping and observe the appropriate timing for casting to avoid building collapse.

He added that project boards must be properly placed on every site, noting that a typical project board must contain the name of the owner/developers, proposed number of floors and use, names of professionals on site, as well as their addresses and phone numbers.

The commissioner maintained that names of all artisans working on site, including iron benders, welders, bricklayers, carpenters and others must be provided on demand with their passport photographs appropriately attached.