Uganda: New Construction Policy to Weed Out Quack Engineers - The government has put forward a Building Control Bill to regulate players in the construction industry and guarantee planned and secure building structures in the country. [AA Construction]

Rwanda: Construction Sector Lacks Professionals - Despite the boom in the construction sector that has partly led to the recent high growth rates in the real economy the sector is still challenged with low levels of professionals, leading to lack dynamism, according to the Minister of Infrastructure. [AA Construction]

On Sunday 1 November 2009, the new Council elected Mr Phill Mashabane as President, and Ms Lula Scott as Vice-President.The new Council forms a formidable team with a wealth of experience and diversity.

Nigeria: Work As a Team, Ovesuor Urges Industry Professionals - THE NEED for professionals in the built environment to network has been emphasised, just as a call for their involvement by government in major contracts in the country was canvassed. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: 'How Surveyors Can Improve Profession' - Federal Government has challenged surveyors in the country to take advantage of the evolving digital technology to move the surveying profession forward. The government said surveyors would by so doing contribute more to national development. [AA Urbanisation]

Zimbabwe: Surveyors' Shortage Stymies City's Growth - Council says an acute shortage of surveyors has seriously affected the city's expansion plans and delayed the implementation of long awaited housing projects. [AA Construction]

Society of Egyptian Architects (SEA)
Cairo,
Al Qahirah (Cairo),
Egypt

Address:
30, July 26th Street,
PO Box B-817
Cairo, Al Qahirah (Cairo)
EGYPT

Telephone: +20 (2) 283 36 69
Fax: +20 (2) 419 89 54
Website: http://www.sea1917.org
e-mail address: uia_egypt@hotmail.com

President: Seïf Allah Alnaga
Vice President: Mamdouh A. Karim
General Secretary: Ahmed M. Enan

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Ordre National d'Architectes du Cameroun
ONAC (National Order of Architects of Cameroon)
Yaoundé,
Cameroun (Cameroon)

Address: BP 5006
Yaoundé, Centre
CAMEROUN (CAMEROON)

Telephone: +237 (23) 42 40 65

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Ordre National des Architectes et des Urbanistes du Bénin
Cotonou, Atlantique,
Bénin

Address: BP 1981
Cotonou, Atlantique
BÉNIN

Telephone: +229 31 10 26
Fax: +229 31 10 26

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Ordres des Architectes Algériens
OAA, (Order of Algerian Architects)

Alger (Algiers, El Djazar), Alger, Algeria

Address:
14 Boulevard Victor Hugo,
BP 265
16000, Alger (Algiers, El Djazar)
ALGERIA

Telephone: +213 (21) 74 80 23
Fax: +213 (21) 74 56 74
e-mail address: arcanes_mrg@yahoo.com

President: Mohamed Reda Guellil
Vice President: Yahia Bouhadef
Secretary General: Abdelkader Saidji
Treasurer: Abdelouahab Harchaoui

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Uganda Society of Architects
Kampala,
Uganda

Address: PO Box 9514
Kampala, Kampala
UGANDA

Telephone: +256 (41) 3 38 53
e-mail address: ssenpart@imul.com
Director: Tom Kajumba

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Architects Association of Tanzania
Dar-es-Salaam, Dar es Salaam,
Tanzania (Zanzibar)

Address: PO Box 8275
Dar-es-Salaam, Dar es Salaam
TANZANIA (ZANZIBAR)

Telephone: +255 (51) 211 6623
Fax: +255 (51) 211 2019
e-mail address: joe@raha.com
Director: Dudley Mawalla

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Nigeria: Minister Chides Consultants on Abandoned Projects - The Minister of Works and Housing, Mohammed Hassan Lawal has called on all contractors and consultants handling Federal Government projects to return to site or be blacklisted. He made this known yesterday during an interactive session with the consultants, contractors and stakeholders of the ministry which took place yesterday in Abuja. [AA Construction]

Nigeria: Blame Professionals, Businessmen for Sub-Standard Construction, Products - Akanya - Director-General of the Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON), Dr. John Akanya, in an interview recently spoke to a team of media executives on alleged lacklustre performance by the standards watchdog in checking the influx of fake and sub-standard materials into the country. But the SON boss says the body is not to be blamed, stressing that unhealthy rivalry among industry professionals on one hand and the average Nigerian businessman's resolve to import low quality goods on the other are the major reasons for the impasse. HOUSES & HOMES EDITOR, Michael Simire, was at the session. Excerpts: [AA Construction]