The thinking underlying training in Building programme is to develop and advance the science, technology, practices and management of construction, operation, maintenance and deconstruction of buildings. The programme exposes students to cutting edge skills in building assembly/construction techniques, building construction and maintenance processes such as site management, financial management, building production and maintenance management, building structures, building development and redevelopment, materials production and usage. The graduates of the programme are expected to play a leading role in solving national problems and advancing Nigeria technologically through innovations in building techniques, processes and management. In essence, the building graduate will, among other things, receive training in the science and technology of building, as well as in creative and knowledgeable approach to the managerial functions needed to define, assemble, coordinate and control the technological, economic, human and material resources involved in building production, maintenance and deconstruction processes.

The Building programme requires diverse skills and is concerned with the provision and analysis of information for a variety of decision-making and resource allocation purposes relating to the built environment and improvements of it. It involves courses in building assembly/construction techniques, construction building process in the areas of management, contract management, financial management, building development, redevelopment and maintenance as well as the solution of related multifaceted problems.

Objectives
The specific objectives of the programme are to:
1. produce graduates with competence in the science, technology and management of building production, maintenance, deconstruction and with generalized knowledge of information and computer technology (ICT) as well as other allied professions to be able to relate effectively well in the building delivery process and integrate and translate disparate inputs of other construction industry professionals to the actual production of the building;
2. enable the student develop his/her intellectual, analytical and critical abilities in order to control the technological, economic, human and material resources involved in the building production, maintenance and deconstruction process;
3. equip the students with the ability to locate, extract and analyse, translate, integrate and use data from multiple sources such as drawings and other contract documents including
capacity to comprehend the environmental, social, economic and technological contexts underlying design and construction in the built environment;
4. produce value-driven and entrepreneurially sound graduates who are both technically competent and socially responsible to the society for the safety of men and structures both at the construction stages and during the eventual use of the building through emphasis on health and safety, quality management and economy in the process and methodology of building production;
5. produce graduates who will acquire skills and consequently render specialized services in any or some of the focal areas of the building profession such as building production management, maintenance management, condition survey, construction planning, construction methodology, project health and safety, and project quality management; and
6. to produce graduates who can advance postgraduate research in all aspects of building which include construction management, building maintenance management, building structures, construction technology and building services.

Employability skills
The new curriculum when applied effectively will equip Building graduates with necessary skills to work in public and private sectors of the contemporary digital world (nationally and internationally) in an innovative manner.
When the graduates become professionally licensed, they are recognized by Nigerian law as Builders employable in Public Sector Organizations as Construction/Building Production Managers, Construction Technology Expert/Adviser, Project Managers, Project Builder, Client’s Representative, Maintenance Officer/Manager, Construction Planning Manager, Building Project Health and Safety Manager. The graduate/builder can also work in any of client, consulting or contracting organizations.
The registered builder can also establish his own organization for contracting or consulting purposes and in the process promote entrepreneurship. Other areas of employability or entrepreneurship include materials research, development and marketing. There are many more. The building graduate and registered builder has employability opportunities at all stages right from the design, planning, preconstruction stages, to the construction and post construction stages and in essence throughout the useful life of the building and can add unprecedented values in organizations in the project value chain.