Data survey on public-private professionals role in building control measures within the Nigerian construction industry

Data Brief. 2018 Sep 5:20:1229-1236. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2018.08.193. eCollection 2018 Oct.

Abstract

The data survey focused on building control measures which are critical in attaining sustainable built environment. The data examined the public and private professional׳s performance of building control measures and its barriers in Lagos. The targets consist of sixty (60) construction experts in public and private construction firms operating in Lagos. The sample size was generated from the pool of registered construction professional׳s from private and public construction organizations in Lagos using random sampling technique. Descriptive statistics and inferential tests which include Kruskal-Wallis and Mann-Whitney U tests were performed on the dataset generated. The data harvested will avail the construction expert׳s in public and private construction industry on the need for partnership in a bid to enhance building control measures performance in Lagos.

Keywords: Building control measures; Construction expert; Public and private institutions; Sustainable practice.