FUW TRENDS IN SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY JOURNAL
(A Peer Review Journal)
e–ISSN: 2408–5162; p–ISSN: 2048–5170
keywords: Building industry, life cycle management principles, sustainability
The shift of the Federal administration in Nigeria from Lagos to Abuja has attracted private and public investments in the built environment to cater for the increasing population. Despite this expansion, issues of quality, costs, time, and human and environmental safety as well as sustainable development, and disaster management have posed a challenge to the sustainability of the built environment. These challenges are associated with the processes in building production. Hence, this study aimed at investigating the potentials of Life Cycle Management for sustainable built environment in Abuja, Nigeria. The objectives of the study are to: examine policies and procedural framework in the built environment; investigate how adoption of initial phase principles may affect the sustainability of the built environment; examine how planning phase principles influence the sustainability of the built environment; determine how implementation phase principles may influence the sustainability of the built environment; and ascertain whether completion phase principles could improve the sustainability of the built environment in Abuja, Nigeria. Data for this study was collected using questionnaires and interviews from a sample of 341 respondents, representing 20% of the study population through purposive and stratified random sampling. Data obtained were coded and analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17. Afterwards, descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the data. Results shows a significant relationship since the P<0.05 for all the variables. The study recommends that LCM potentials be adopted to improve the sustainability of the built environment in Abuja, Nigeria
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