Reasons why buildings get demolished by the government

Despite buildings undergoing all the necessary steps in the approval process, some buildings still get demolished by the relevant authorities.

The survey sought to find out from the Built Environment Professionals why this happens, and the results indicate that corruption (59.6%), cutting corners on approvals procedures by clients (58.5 %), use of unregistered professionals (51.1%) and poor coordination in the approval process (47.9%) as the main reasons buildings get demolished by authorities despite undergoing the necessary approvals.