The Nigerian construction industry is on a crossroads. For decades, projects have been plagued by building collapse, spiral costs, corruption and abandoned construction sites. Between 2022 and 2024 alone, the Collapse Prevention Guild recorded in the building over 135 collapse incidents with billions that have been lost against delayed or abandoned projects.
Against this background, the Nigerian civil engineer Tomisin Victor Kehinde developed a reform as a voice. His most recent article, “A review of the effects of project management on the improvement of civil engineering in Nigeria”, publishes in the Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering (MJCE), an international journal, which is examined by Scopus, and experts, is recognized as a roadmap for safer, more sustainable constructions.
Kehinde, the first and corresponding author of the article, carried out a comprehensive review of 10 Nigerian case studies, from the expansion of Abuja Light Rail and Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to the Zunneru hydropower project, the second Niger bridge, etc., the Nigeria errors such as cost overalls, project facilities, project, project, project, project, project, Project, Project, Project, Project, Project, Project, Project, Project, Project, Project, Project, Project, Project, Project, Project, Project, Project, Project, Project, Refiting, Laps and Project Management.
“In civil engineering, it is not just about concrete and steel, but also about systems, accountability and foresight. Without structured project management, even the best designs can end in the tragedy.” Said Kehinde.
The Malaysian Journal of Civil Engineering reached from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia Press and reaches the audience in Asia, Africa and Europe. Kehinde's study is accessible to a global audience of researchers and practitioners. With the indexing of Doi, the international readership and one of the few contributions made by Nigerians in this diary, the article marks its recognition as a scholar, whose work goes far beyond Nigeria. “Blueprints for changes
Kehinde's review identifies six reform pillars:
• Time and cost management – with the help of tools such as Earned Value Management to prevent excess.
• Risk management – Proactive planning for emigration of breakdowns.
• Quality and security standards – strict compliance with the reduction of structural failures.
• Engagement of stakeholder inclusive decision-making for building up the accountability obligation.
• Sustainable practices integration of environmental protection protection for long-term resilience.
• Digital technologies – Expansion of the use of the building information modeling (BIM), drones and cloud platforms.
The article attracts global parallels and finds that in the United States, which was determined by the project management institute, in the areas of security and accountability of framework conditions, a model KeHinde believes that Nigeria must adapt.
Scientists and practitioners take note of it. “Kehinde's work is more than academic,” said an independent expert for civil engineering. “It offers a roadmap to which political decision -makers and contractors can react immediately. His results speak not only to Nigeria, but also for every nation in which infrastructure failure threaten life.”
Kehinde emphasizes that the missions are no longer academic. Every collapse represents lives lost and futures deleted.
“Every collapse of the building is avoidable if responsibility is taken seriously,” he said. “Project management must be treated as essential for engineering itself. Everything that is less at risk.” Every failure we see today is avoidable tomorrow, “he says.
While Nigeria is fighting his infrastructure crisis, he positions the research of Kehinde in an internationally recognized Journal Journal not only as a scholar, but as an increasing leading provider in the global movement for safer, more accountable civil engineering.