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Monday, April 22, 2024 - 15:52

On April 17th, 2024, the Institution of Surveyors of Kenya, in partnership with the Construction & Real Estate Students Association (CRESA) and the Department of Real Estate, Construction Management & Quantity Surveying (RECMQS) Department, hosted a compelling Real

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Monday, April 22, 2024 - 15:35

Department of RECMQS, in collaboration with CRESA, organized a public lecture featuring Associate Professor Francois Viruly, of the University of Cape Town on 12th April 2024  at Space 108 in ADD.

Monday, April 22, 2024 - 14:38

On April 12th, 2024, a team from the Department of Real Estate Construction Management and Quantity Survey had the opportunity to tour the Global Trade Centre (GTC) Towers. The faculty members, Mr. Nzioki and Mrs. Kariuki, and students Bwana Bill Onyango, Diana Korir, and

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Friday, April 12, 2024 - 15:52

The Construction and Real Estate Students  Association (CRESA), in collaboration with the Department of Real Estate, Construction Management, and Quantity Survey (RECMQS), recently hosted a distinguished guest, Professor Francois Viruly from the University of Cape Town.

Vision

To be a leading centre for the development of knowledge in the discipline of engineering and and to inspire through our activities and relationships, in order to raise the standard of life of the people of Kenya and Africa as a whole.

Faculty Library

The Faculty of The Built Environment library is located in A.D.D. building located along Lower State House Road.  It is one of the branches of the University of Nairobi Library System with a sitting capacity of 82 students.  The library mainly provides information services to academic staff, non-academic staff, postgraduate, undergraduate students of the Faculty of The Built Environment and Design, and alumna of the University of Nairobi. The A.D.D library has a sitting capacity of 82 students.

About Us

The Department has existed since 1956 when the Royal College, (presently University of Nairobi) was established. The Royal College was part of the University of East Africa. However, the Department has existed under different names in the various times of existence. Upon its inception, the Department offered Diploma courses allied to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS), of United Kingdom, and admitted the first Bachelor degrees programmes bunch of students in 1967.