Firm Partners COREN On Concrete Manual

Lafarge  Africa Plc, has become one of the key partners of the Council for the Regulation of Engineering in Nigeria (COREN), for the research  and development  of Nigeria’s first Concrete  Mix Design  Manual. The Company  is the country’s  only cement  and concrete manufacturer that contributed to the  development of the manual which was  launched  in Abuja, recently.
Speaking to newsmen at the ceremony, the Director of Marketing   at Lafarge  Africa Plc, Mr. Vipul Agrawa said, “We commend  COREN for ensuring that Nigeria now has a credible,  well researched  Concrete Mix Design Manual to be used for  concrete works in buildings and infrastructure  projects in the country. He called on all those involved in the manufacturing and use of concrete  for infrastructure development in Nigeria, to use the manual to make quality concrete  in building durable structures.”
Also speaking, the President  of COREN, Engr. Kashim  Ali,  said, “I am  glad that Nigeria now has its own Concrete  Manual,  based on local environmental conditions and raw materials  and does not have to depend on reference manuals of others countries.”
Ali stated that the manual will be constantly upgraded in line with  improvements in building technology. The manual, he further noted, is as a result  of exhaustive research  and testing with concrete materials in different parts of the country.
The Deputy Governor of Bayelsa State, retired Rear Admiral John Jonah, said the development was a big plus for engineering in Nigeria.