APPLICATION OF VALUE MANAGEMENT TO ENHANCE CONSTRUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING FOR FEDERAL CIVIL SERVANTS IN NIGERIA

Abstract

Value management techniques have been successfully applied to all types of construction projects from buildings to offshore oil and gas platforms, and for all types of clients from private industry to governmental organizations worldwide. One of the Sustainable Development Goals objectives is increasing access to new technologies to support sustainable development; this has led to the application of value management to residential housing to ensure sustainable development of affordable housing. In Nigeria, access to affordable housing has largely remained an unfulfilled dream to the vast majority most especially, the middle and the lower class of the society. The gap between the need for housing and the capacity to acquire the desired housing type has led to a demand crisis for affordable housing in Nigeria. In this paper, the concept and benefits of the application of Value Management was explored to enhance affordability of sustainable residential housing for civil servants in Nigeria. The quantitative approach employed was to understand the perception on the benefit of the application of value management on residential project in Niger state. This was done by the use of well structured questionnaire. A great number of innovative ideas are brainstormed during the Value Management process.