Cost comparison between built-in security components and some physical characteristics of buildings in Nigeria: Case studies of residential, commercial and institutional buildings in Abuja and Minna

• Main Author: Anifowose .O.M
• Format: Article
• Published: Penerbit UKM 2011
• Online Access: http://journalarticle.ukm.my/3529/; http://pkukmweb.ukm.my/jsb/jbp/
• Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia

This paper examines the impact of physical characteristics of buildings on the costs of providing security in building projects. The study achieved this by establishing the existence or otherwise of significant differences between total costs of security components in buildings and (i) the nature...