Infrastructure Assessment: A Case Study of Aluminium Smelting Plant, Nigeria.

In contemporary era, there have been very significant deliberations on the infrastructural growth and management of the resources worldwide, focusing largely on reducing the consumption pace. These debates hinged predominantly on the quantity of energy, water, wastewater and indeed the overall resources utilized within any infrastructural systems towards sustainable building practices. On the increase, the lifespan of the building is essential in reducing materials use hence minimizing waste production to the environment. Particularly, the concern of energy is exceedingly crucial due to the energy involvement in the extraction of (building) materials during construction and operation phases of such infrastructure. Water also plays significant role from the inception through operation stages in any building project. Therefore, the duo-(energy and water) sources and their indirect impacts must be evaluated in view of sustainability attainment. Issues of this kind have made resources application become very challenging requiring proper attention. The purpose of this paper is to appraise "best practice" of infrastructure policy and reliability framework within the Aluminum Smelting Plant in Nigeria. However, the study principally overviews the sustainable development goals, against which existing settings can be compared and areas identified where improvement may be made. Findings revealed that there is a strong degree of agreement between the respondents in implementing novel development concept towards managing the building infrastructural systems. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]